News Tracker

Thu, 02 January 2025

Wed, 01 January 2025

  • 6:06 pm A KDF and a GSU officer have been accused of crippling a man in Kericho over the alleged theft of chicken, and the family is now calling for justice.
  • 5:10 pm Godfrey Otunge, the MSS Mission Force Commander to Haiti, promises that Kenya will push the best forward in a bid to eradicate gang violence in the country and help rebuild it this year.
  • 4:54 pm President Ruto promises to award sugar cane farmers bonuses later in January as part of the sugar reforms.
  • 3:50 pm Police have arrested a KDF sergeant among two other suspects in possession of a rhino horn valued at Ksh2.9 million.
  • 3:08 pm Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku has revealed that some rogue land officials, in collusion with cartels, fraudulently processed title deeds to land belonging to residents of the county before Christmas
  • 2:04 pm President William Ruto has issued a warning to contractors delaying the implementation of key government projects across the country, revealing that they risk being fired.
  • 1:45 pm The High Court has declared the 2023 appointment of former President Uhuru Kenyatta's cousin Captain Kungu Muigai as the Chairperson of the Kenya Cultural Centre Council null and void.
  • 1:07 pm Kapsaret MP Oscar Sudi has vowed to forgive and seek the release of all those accused of burning and vandalising his club known in Eldoret last year.
  • 12:36 pm COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli calls on MPs to create laws against the exploitation of Kenyans by various companies in his New Year’s address.
  • 11:15 am Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has appointed Nicholas Bodo as the acting Managing Director effective immediately, according to a notice to employees by the Authority's Board Chair, Caleb Kositany.
  • 10:20 am Kenya Space Agency confirms metallic object that fell from the skies in Makueni is a separation ring from a rocket.
  • 9:00 am President Ruto has sent a warning to Kenyans over protests, saying 'every freedom has its limits and that public safety and order must always supersede the desire for unchecked liberty'.
  • 8:12 am The government has introduced a ‘temporary ID’ option for expectant teenagers, which will force parents to dig deeper into their pockets for SHA cover.
  • 7:30 am Kenyans raise alarm over the rise in carjackings targeting motorists along the Southern Bypass highway, which connects the Ole Sereni area of Nairobi to Kikuyu.

Tue, 31 December 2024

  • 5:00 pm The Social Health Authority (SHA) and Murang’a County sign an MOU to provide medical insurance to 31,000 vulnerable residents prioritising the elderly, orphans, & chronically ill.
  • 4:20 pm Kapenguria FC wins a Ksh200,000 prestigious football tournament trophy.
  • 3:51 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah and 22 others released on Ksh1,000 cash bail after Milimani Court Principal Magistrate Rose Ndombi ruled that the nature of the offences does not warrant detention.
  • 3:22 pm Interior PS Raymond Omollo visits National Assembly Moses Wetangula's home to condole with him and his family following the loss of his dear mother, Mama Annah Nanyama Wetang'ula.
  • 2:57 pm Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka turns down President William Ruto's invitation to Kisii State Lodge dinner invitation saying that the idea of celebration while other Kenyans are in distress over abductions is absurd.
  • 2:17 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome mourns the death of John Tito Kunyuk, Principal Kadhi at Nakuru Law Courts following illness terming his career as distinguished.
  • 1:34 pm High Court orders Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to attend a hearing on January 8 to explain the whereabouts of six Kenyans who were reportedly abducted.
  • 1:01 pm All 13 protestors arrested in Mombasa during anti-abduction protests on Monday were released on a cash bail of Kshs 5,000 with one surety after they were charged with the crime of unlawful assembly.
  • 12:36 pm Gerald Mwangi Karicha, father to Billy Mwangi who was abducted in Embu breaks down narrating how his son was picked up before vanishing.
  • 12:12 pm Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi joins other leaders during the fourth edition of the Piny Luo Cultural Festival in Siaya County.
  • 11:49 am LSK demands Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to be held in contempt after skipping court sessions and sending his lawyers instead.
  • 11:16 am Environment CS Aden Duale says that the upcoming livestock vaccination targets farmers in need of support especially in the form of government subsidies.
  • 10:51 am The second driver caught on camera driving recklessly was charged with 4 counts including driving an unroadworthy motor vehicle and operating without PSV Badge and fined Ksh160,000.
  • 10:19 am DCI detectives arrested three suspects after they were found in possession of Government stores and an imitation firearm by officers from Githika Police Station in Kiambu County.
  • 9:53 am DCI, NPS, and NIS are expected to produce the abducted Kenyans who went missing in December 2024 at the Milimani Law Courts.