10:16 am
President William Ruto nominates Interior CS Kithure Kindiki as Kenya's next Deputy President.
9:45 am
Former Tharaka Nithi Woman Rep Beatrice Nkatha passes away.
9:09 am
Rigathi Gachagua's legal team moves to court to challenge his impeachment as deputy president.
8:38 am
Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka to visit DP Rigathi Gachagua in hospital at 9:45am.
8:00 am
Moses Kuria asks Central Kenyaresidents to rally behind a politician from Mt Kenya East as its next leader.
7:49 am
Former UDA Sec Gen Cleophas Malala faults President William Ruto for failing to intervene and stop the impeachment process after Rigathi Gachagua was taken ill.
7:00 am
Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba and formerBahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri break down in tears after visiting Rigathi Gachagua in hospital.
Thu, 17 October 2024
6:58 pm
DP Rigathi Gachagua's lawyers walk out noting that they had no instructions from their client to continue representing him after the Senate declined to postpone the impeachment hearing.
6:30 pm
Senators decline to suspend Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment hearing.
5:20 pm
Rigathi Gachagua's lawyer Paul Muite confirms that the DP experienced chest pains and has been admitted to Karen Hospital in Nairobi.
5:06 pm
Senate resumes impeachment trial after a short suspension following DP Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment.
5:00 pm
President William Ruto announces that the Government will employ 20,000 more teachers in January 2025.
4:27 pm
Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo claims Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua looked tired before Paul Muite, the lead counsel in his defence team reported that he had been taken in ill.
4:04 pm
Senate Speaker Amason Kingi suspends Senate sitting after Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua fell ill. Kingi directed that the DP should testify at 5:00 pm when the session resumes.
3:18 pm
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been rushed to hospital, his lawyer Paul Muite tells The Senate after the DP went missing moments before he was scheduled to appear as a witness at his impeachment trial.
3:00 pm
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja states Uhuru Park cannot be reserved on public holidays.
2:45 pm
A report by NielsenIQ Data Measurement for 2024 shows that petroleum jelly products recorded the highest demand growth of 8.9 per cent while demand for cooking oil fell by 8.4 percent.
2:10 pm
Senate resumes trial on DP Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment after a lunch break.
1:26 pm
3 Kenyans who had been arrested and jailed in Madagascar freed and flown to Kenya after Mining CS Hassan Joho intervened.
12:11 pm
Malindi Airport honoured as the Overall Winner at the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA)'s Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards ceremony held at Ocean Beach Resort.
11:47 am
Activist Morara Kebaso claims he believes police are likely to disrupt the parallel cleaning exercise he has planned in Narok County on Mashujaa Day.
11:00 am
Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyongo's wife gets appointed to the Africa Breast Cancer Council.
10:40 am
MCSK CEO Ezekiel Mutua credits Gachagua's lawyer Elisha Ongoya with representing him pro bono earlier in his career when he led a journalists union.
10:10 am
Property destroyed after fire razes buildings at Mukuru kwa Ruben.
9:05 am
MPs summon Gideon Moi over missing title deeds for Ksh1.08 billion Rift Valley Polytechnic Land.
9:00 am
DP Rigathi Gachagua arrives at the Senate accompanied by his son Keith for the second and last day of his impeachment hearing.
8:45 am
Environment CS Aden Duale reveals Kenya has officially joined the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) during a ministerial meeting held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
8:00 am
Treasury CS John Mbadi to fly to Washington this week to unlock Ksh77.9 billion loan.
