News Tracker

Fri, 20 September 2024

  • 12:58 pm Court suspends Deputy Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli's jail term by 7 days.
  • 12:10 pm S.K Macharia's lawyer Danstan Omari warns motorists using Directline Insurance that the policies may be invalid over the ownership squabbles plaguing the company.
  • 11:44 am Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga reveals he will be vying for the Council of Governors (CoG) chairperson position.
  • 11:09 am Gilbert Masengeli presents himself in court after initially ignoring seven summons.
  • 10:50 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua remains defiant over plot to impeach him; says he remains uncowed claiming only the electorate can remove him from office.
  • 10:00 am Trade CS Salim Mvurya reveals negotiations are underway to secure a Ksh.32.25B loan from India to boost manufacturing.
  • 9:44 am University of Nairobi lecturer found dead inside his home in Karachuonyo, Homa Bay County.
  • 9:00 am UDA announces it is planning to field a candidate in the Ugunja by-election.
  • 8:31 am Mutahi Kahiga denies Gachagua intentionally skipped President Ruto's event in Nyeri; claims Ruto led him to believe he would be attending an event in Kirinyaga where the DP proceeded.
  • 8:00 am A three-judge bench expected to rule on the legality of  NG-CDF and whether the fund should be scrapped or not today.
  • 7:31 am 8 people injured after night fire burns down 160 homes in Kawangware, Nairobi. 
  • 7:00 am LSK President Faith Odhiambo confirms the abducted Kitengela brothers have been found safe after being dumped by their captors at the Gachie border of Kiambu and Nairobi.

Thu, 19 September 2024

  • 5:20 pm Third-year students at Rongo University were on Thursday ordered to vacate the premises with immediate effect for the safety of school property and that of the other students.
  • 4:46 pm Kenya marginally improves from position 108 to 102 on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings.
  • 4:23 pm Casual workers in Trans Nzoia County stage protests accusing the local government of terminating 600 employees without notice.
  • 3:15 pm President William Ruto installs Douglas Kanja as the new Inspector General of Police at State House, Nairobi.
  • 2:55 pm Labour CS Alfred Mutua says Kenya is set to export up to 10,000 Kenyans every week to work as domestic workers and in other semi-skilled jobs.
  • 2:23 pm Police officers in Migori launched investigations into a mysterious fire that razed down the county government's accounts offices on Wednesday night.
  • 1:53 pm Deputy IG Gilbert Masengeli’s request to appear in court before Judge Mugambi today denied; He is set to appear tomorrow for sentence directions as 6-month jail term begins. 
  • 1:22 pm Kenya Shipyards Ltd Major General Said M. Farah officially hands over MV Uhuru II to Kenya Railways Managing Director Philip Mainga at an event attended by Defence CS Soipan Tuya.
  • 12:49 pm Douglas Kanja sworn in as Inspector General of Police by Chief Justice Martha Koome at Supreme Court buildings in Nairobi; Gilbert Masengeli reverts to his position as DIG
  • 12:21 pm One student was injured as a plane with two onboard operated by the West Rift Aviation School crashed into the Nairobi National Park.
  • 11:49 am President William Ruto gazettes the appointment of Douglas Kanja Kirocho as Inspector General of National Police Service to serve for 4 years.
  • 11:25 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua attends the burial ceremony of the late Deputy Governor of Lamu County, Raphael Munyua Ndung'u, in Mpeketoni.
  • 10:50 am Oxford Dictionary adds Swahili & Sheng words to its catalogue.
  • 10:00 am Burial for the late Lamu Deputy Governor Raphael Munyua underway in Mpeketoni.
  • 9:43 am Amb Ekitila Lokaale, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York relays Kenya is in  in support of Palestinian self-determination
  • 9:00 am CSs Soipan Tuya of Defence and Davis Chirchir of Transport to witness the handing over of the MV Uhuru II Ship to Kenya Railways in Kisumu.
  • 8:44 am MCAs from Central Kenya clash over who to support as Mt. Kenya kingpin between DP Gachagua and Interior CS Kithure Kindiki
  • 8:09 am Police initiate investigations after fire razes down the Migori County Assembly store.