News Tracker

Fri, 13 September 2024

  • 9:52 am Report published by KIPPRA shows unemployment remains very high in ASAL areas
  • 9:00 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua asks Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to reconsider relocating traders from Wakulima Market
  • 8:36 am American media outlets fact check Homa Bay MP Peter Kaluma for posting inaccurate information about the Kamala Harris campaign. 
  • 8:00 am Concern as videos of former Nation Media Group journalist Nasibo Kabale living in the streets as a pauper emerge online. 
  • 7:50 am 6 students killed in hit & run accident along the Kibwezi-Kitui Highway.
  • 7:00 am 6 people feared trapped after an excavation site collapses in Shauri Moyo, Nairobi County.

Thu, 12 September 2024

  • 6:10 pm Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru reveals that counties generated Ksh58.95 billion from their own source revenue which was 72.8% of the annual target. 
  • 5:53 pm A 25-year-old woman dies in a Kiamutugu, Kirinyaga, following a house fire caused by a mobile phone explosion. Husband and children escaped unhurt
  • 5:21 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja claps back at DP Rigathi Gachagua challenging him to contact him directly over sentiments on Muthurwa traders transfer. "You have my number."
  • 4:45 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki cautions Kenyans against spreading fake news about the Hillside Endarasha tragedy.
  • 4:18 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua asks Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to consider having a sitting with the leadership of the Wakulima Market to agree on changes after Muthurwa traders staged protests.
  • 3:30 pm KIPPRA report projects Kenya's economy will grow by 6.1 per cent in 2024. 
  • 3:00 pm President William Ruto to fly out tonight for a two-day visit to Germany.
  • 2:45 pm NCIC summons Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku for allegedly making inflammatory remarks.
  • 2:00 pm David Ndii dismisses allegations that Adani paid a Ksh258 billion bribe to secure the JKIA revamp deal.
  • 1:45 pm Police block protesters who stormed Endarasha Academy demonstrating against reports that some pupils are missing.
  • 1:06 pm Kenya among 60 countries that have endorsed the use of responsible AI in military operations.
  • 12:30 pm President William Ruto offers to sponsor the full education of a kid through to high school after Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja’s request.
  • 12:19 pm President William Ruto hands over Ksh511 million recovered by the EACC from public officials to Treasury CS John Mbadi.
  • 11:40 am President Ruto receives the Golden Plate Award from the Academy of Achievement over what the institution describes as exemplary leadership.
  • 11:22 am An economic report from the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis projects that the GDP will grow above 6pc in 2024 on private investments.
  • 10:40 am  President William Ruto launches the Climate WorX jobs portal and asks youth to apply for the available opportunities. 
  • 10:00 am  President William Ruto's economic advisor Moses Kuria hails Gen Z protests as the genesis of a paradigm shift in Kenyan politics where Kenyans assess issues objectively. 
  • 9:43 am Mbeere North MP Geoffrey Ruku claims 'development isolation' is the main reason why Mt Kenya East is backing Kithure Kindiki to replace DP Gachagua as Mt. Kenya leader.   
  • 9:30 am President William Ruto presides over the launch of Kenya's 5th Open Govt Partnership Action Plan
  • 8:44 am Rebecca Cheptegei's family alters burial plans over condition of the late athlete's body.
  • 8:01 am DP Gachagua assures Kenyans President William Ruto is doing everything possible to develop the country.
  • 7:21 am 28 Kisumu residents file class action suit against the state for police brutality after having their relatives either killed or maimed by rogue officers.
  • 7:00 am Muthurwa traders hold demos and block section of Jogoo Road to protest plans by the County Government to relocate them.

Wed, 11 September 2024

  • 6:19 pm  KAA workers call off strike after staging protests the entire day over the JKIA Adani deal.