News Tracker

Wed, 08 June 2022

  • 7:10 am Azimio presidential running mate, Martha Karua, warns Coast residents against voting for DP William Ruto, says he is only good at empty promises.
  • 6:55 am Former Nairobi governor, Mike Sonko, heads to Supreme Court after IEBC declined to clear him to run for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat.

Tue, 07 June 2022

  • 7:45 pm Azimio flagbearer Raila Odinga rebukes police officers who killed four residents in Kajiado, calls says they must face the law.
  • 7:01 pm UDA candidate for the Kiambu Senate seat Karungo Wa Thang'wa denied IEBC clearance despite a court order in his favour. The returning officer says he is yet to get communication from Legal Department. 
  • 6:24 pm UDA's lawyers write to the NIS, demanding an explanation over a statement by Interior PS Karanja Kibicho to the effect that intelligence reports show a 60 per cent win for Azimio in the presidential election. 
  • 5:38 pm UDA presidential candidate William Ruto and Azimio counterpart Raila Odinga in social media spat over a proposed policy to regulate importation of second hand clothes. 
  • 4:54 pm Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko causes a standoff at IEBC Mombasa offices after the commission refused to clear him to contest for the gubernatorial seat in the coastal city. 
  • 4:27 pm IEBC locks out 7 aspirants from Naivasha parliamentary race after failing to meet basic requirements such as signatures of supporters for independents.
  • 4:15 pm Martha Karua says this is the first time women feel closer to power, adds that Azimio has assured them of their place in the country's leadership.
  • 3:50 pm Jubilee Secretary General, Jeremiah Kioni, accuses police of favouring Kenya Kwanza in Mount Kenya region, says Azimio supporters are harassed and arrested.
  • 3:39 pm IEBC declines to clear former Nairobi governor, Mike Sonko, to contest for the Mombasa gubernatorial seat.
  • 3:06 pm Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala cleared by IEBC to contest the Governor's seat amid a court case challenging his academic qualifications. 
  • 2:21 pm Jimi Wanjigi says he is currently doing a masters degree in diplomacy a day after IEBC disqualified him from the presidential race for lacking a degree certificate.
  • 2:03 pm Nairobi Senator, Johnson Sakaja, assures Nairobi residents that his government will ensure quality service and work for the people.  
  • 1:55 pm Nairobi County Assembly Majority Leader, Abdi Guyo, and his running mate, James Lowasa, cleared to run for Isiolo gubernatorial seat in August.
  • 1:36 pm Safina's Jimi Wanjigi says he will not sit back and watch a few people bend laws in their favour, adds what happened at Bomas is unacceptable.
  • 1:13 pm Presidential aspirant, Reuben Kigame, says Wafula Chebukati and his team treat people with disability with disdain and as non-entities.
  • 12:50 pm Nairobi Senator, Johnson Sakaja, cleared by IEBC to run for the gubernatorial seat in the August 9 polls.
  • 12:39 pm Jimi Wanjigi argues that President Uhuru Kenyatta is planning to extend his term through the back door including by ensuring many presidential aspirants are locked out.
  • 12:22 pm Reuben Kigame says IEBC chairperson, Wafula Chebukati, and his team read the law to conveniently favour them, adds they used flawed regulations to lock out some aspirants.
  • 11:52 am Azimio presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, promises to establish a livestock insurance scheme backed by an appropriate legal framework with 100 days of election.
  • 11:22 am Ex-Kisumu governor, Jack Ranguma, accuses his successor, Anyang Nyong'o, of ordering police to teargas him on Monday, June 6.
  • 11:07 am Westlands parliamentary candidate, Nelson Havi, says he will ensure good legislation, push for equitable revenue allocation and effective executive oversight once elected.
  • 10:52 am Roots Party presidential candidate, George Wajackoyah, to hold his inaugural rally in Juja on Friday, June 10, to popularise his State House bid.
  • 10:27 am Murang'a Senator, Irungu Kangata, cleared by IEBC to run for the gubernatorial seat a day after the electoral agency declined to give him a nod to contest.
  • 10:14 am Presidential aspirant, Reuben Kigame, sues IEBC for failing to clear him to run for the country's top office, accuses Wafula Chebukati of discrimination.
  • 9:53 am Former DP William Ruto's Chief of Staff, Maryanne Keitany, says the Azimio economic blueprint will be very expensive if at all it will succeed.
  • 9:32 am ODM Secretary General, Edwin Sifuna, says IEBC was unfair to lock out some aspirants based on issues affecting running mates.
  • 9:11 am Raila Odinga says all elected or appointed members of the Azimio government to sign a specific anti-corruption charter in a move aimed at sealing graft loopholes. 
  • 8:42 am Ekuru Aukot says IEBC erred in clearing Raila Odinga to run for the presidency under Azimio, says the coalition is a corporate entity and cannot field a candidate.