News Tracker

Fri, 06 September 2024

  • 3:05 pm Attorney General Dorcas Oduor receives Public Participation Bill from the National Assembly. 
  • 2:45 pm Controller of Budget report shows govt spent Ksh750 billion on interest payments in the financial year 2023-2024.
  • 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.
  • 3:38 pm Govt mandates civil servants to register for SHIF by October.
  • 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.'
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