News Tracker

Sun, 05 June 2022

  • 6:01 pm Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri's clash with Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika escalates to personal epithets over the heated Governor's race. The vocal MP has been accused of campaigning for incumbent Lee Kinyanjui. 
  • 5:10 pm Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka defends Azimio from allegations of rigging, accuses DP William Ruto of crying foul after all avenues of vote manipulation were closed.  
  • 4:34 pm IEBC rejects Ekuru Aukot's application to run for the presidency on a Third Way ticket, cites failure to meet the requisite clearance standards. 
  • 3:46 pm DP William Ruto leads Kenya Kwanza coalition leaders to a church service in Gatina, in Kawangware area of Nairobi.
  • 3:00 pm Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga arrives in Nakuru as part of a number of rallies to mark his clearance by the IEBC. 
  • 2:19 pm Thirdway Alliance presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot arrives at the Bomas of Kenya where he will be seeking clearance to contest the highest office for a second time.
  • 1:30 pm City Businessman Agnes Kagure cleared by the IEBC to vie for Nairobi gubernatorial seat on an independent ticket.
  • 12:46 pm IEBC clears Evans Kidero to run for Homa Bay governor as an independent ticket. This, despite EACC expressing reservations about his integrity. 
  • 12:29 pm Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua currently meeting their supporters at Undugu Grounds in Lang'ata. 
  • 11:40 am Azimio la Umoja Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has picked academic scholar Professor Isaiah Kindiki as one of his chief agents in the presidential election. 
  • 11:00 am IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati clears Raila Odinga to contest for the Presidency at Bomas of Kenya.
  • 10:15 am Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo challenges IEBC to counter DP William Ruto's remarks that one million of his supporters had their records removed from the voter register. 
  • 9:30 am Maendeleo Chap Chap leader Alfred Mutua, Amason Kingi of PAA and Justin Muturi of Democratic Party left out as the Registrar of Parties announces Kenya Kwanza Alliance (KKA) official party members
  • 8:47 am Azimio flagbearer Raila Odinga attends a church service at the All Saints Cathedral ahead of submitting his clearance papers at the IEBC Clearance Centre at the Bomas of Kenya
  • 8:27 am Garissa Township MP Aden Duale announced that a Kenya Kwanza government will go after the Chinese government for allegedly extending bad loans to the Uhuru Kenyatta regime.
  • 7:51 am UDA candidate for the Kiambu Senate seat, Karungo Wa Thang'wa cries foul over IEBC's decision to bar him on grounds of having been impeached, argues a CEC cannot be impeached under the constitution
  • 7:28 am Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko accuses IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati of bias, claims the electoral agency boss risks being prosecuted at the International Criminal Court

Sat, 04 June 2022

  • 7:19 pm Rigathi Gachagua says the August 9 election should be anchored on bettering the economy and improving the lives of Kenyans and not creating positions for political rejects.
  • 7:00 pm Former National Assembly Speaker, Kenneth Marende, says he parted ways with Musalia Mudavadi after the ANC party leader joined DP William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza.
  • 6:26 pm Raila Odinga presidential secretariat spokesman, Makau Mutua, defends the media against attacks by DP William Ruto, says Kenyan media is very professional.
  • 6:08 pm Wiper leader, Kalonzo Musyoka, and KANU's Gideon Moi campaign for Azimio La Umoja presidential hopeful, Raila Odinga, in Narok county.
  • 5:40 pm DP William Ruto says Kenya Kwanza will invest in people, their enterprise, energy, talent and value addition in order to create more jobs for the youth.
  • 5:09 pm Kisumu Central MP, Fred Ouda, attacked by angry youth Kirembe Grounds where governor Anyang' Nyong'o was holding a rally.
  • 4:54 pm Kiambu UDA senatorial hopeful, Karungo Thangwa, faults IEBC for disqualifying him on grounds that he was impeached in 2019, says matter pending in court.
  • 4:15 pm Makueni governor, Kivutha Kibwana, installed as Kamba elder by the Akamba Clans Elders Governing Council, he is seeking the senatorial seat.
  • 3:58 pm DP William Ruto says today marks the official day when Kenya Kwanza starts the journey of saving Kenyans from the captivity of a few people.
  • 3:38 pm MP Jeremiah Loromukai who was eyeing the Turkana gubernatorial post disqualified by IEBC over invalid degree certificate.
  • 3:09 pm Lang'ata MP hopeful, Felix Odiwuor alias Jalang'o, offering a cash reward of Ksh100,000 for information leading to arrest of two of his employees who allegedly stole money from him.
  • 2:29 pm Nyeri gubernatorial aspirant, Thuo Mathenge, of The New Democrats (TND) party disqualified by IEBC over integrity issues.
  • 1:36 pm UDA Kiambu senatorial aspirant, Paul Karungo Thangwa, barred from contesting in the August 9 polls, he was impeached by the county assembly in October 2019.