2:00 pm
Activist Morara Kebaso purchases a PA system after receiving contributions from Kenyans.
1:30 pm
Govt donates 50 bags of rice, 50 bags of beans, 100 mattresses and 100 blankets to Hillside Endarasha Academy.
1:00 pm
Education PS Belio Kipsang has ordered parents who have collected their children at Hillside Endarasha to return the pupils at the learning institution.
12:36 pm
UN condemns rising cases of femicide in Kenya after Rebecca Cheptegei's death.
12:00 pm
Spot checks reveal the dormitory at Hillside Endarasha Juniour Secondary School was constructed using timber.
11:49 am
3 die after grisly accident involving a govt vehicle & lorry at Fort Tenan in Kericho County.
11:30 am
Education CS Julius Migos cuts short China trip to fly back home to lead the government's response to the Hillside Endarasha Juniour Secondary School Fire Tragedy.
10:59 am
Tourism CS Rebecca Miano orders KWS to mop up hyenas from Juja as fast as possible.
10:15 am
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to visit Hillside Endarasha Academy today following fire tragedy, after which he is expected to address the nation.
9:50 am
The dormitory at Hillside Endarasha Junior Secondary School where a fire occurred on Thursday night was housing 152 boys.
9:38 am
Kenya Power confirms power blackout affecting several parts of the country.
8:59 am
President William Ruto orders investigations into the school fire at Hillside Endarasha School.
8:01 am
Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o says govt spending on foreign travel contradicts President William Ruto's austerity order.
7:45 am
Kenyan Police Commander deployed in Haiti Godfrey Otunge vows to deal with the dreaded Haiti gang leader Lanmo Sanjou, the head of the infamous Mawozo 400.
7:00 am
17 pupils die in school fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri County while several others are nursing serious injuries.
Thu, 05 September 2024
6:58 pm
Environment CS Aden Duale meets UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen to discuss the upcoming Conference of Parties (COP 29) and the Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee on Plastic (INC-5).
6:28 pm
Govt releases Ksh3.4 billion for Inua Jamii beneficiaries.
6:13 pm
Digital Strategist Dennis Itumbi has officially taken over the Office of the Creative Economy & Presidential Special Projects and announces plans for nationwide Town Halls.
5:37 pm
DP Gachagua states the govt is ready to engage macadamia processors and exporters if they are ready to offer farmers better pay.
5:23 pm
President Xi Jinping of China assures African presidents of Ksh6.5 trillion ($50 billion) financial support including a $29.4 billion credit line, $11.2 billion of various forms of assistance and at least $9.8 billion of investment in Africa by Chinese companies.
4:23 pm
President William Ruto asks China to support calls for reforms in the international financial architecture.
4:02 pm
Acting Police IG Gilbert Masengeli once again fails to appear in court defying orders in four different occassions.
3:18 pm
Doctors, nurses, clinicians threaten nationwide strike withinGovernment Mandates Civil Servants to Register for SHIF By October accusing counties of failing to settle salary arrears.
2:58 pm
The Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi convicted a private investigator for receiving a Ksh30,000 bribe from a businessman.
2:19 pm
DP Rigathi Gachagua assures DCI Director Mohamed Amin of government's support in ensuring the war on drugs is sustained for a drug free society.
1:56 pm
ODM criticises the Nation Media Group over a story published in The Nation which claimed Raila is retiring from local politics.
1:20 pm
The late Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei's father, Joseph Cheptegei, says he 'lost a daughter who has been helping in many ways.'