News Tracker

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.'
  • 12:46 pm The National Service Police Commission (NSPC) announces that it has increased salaries for police officers beginning at Ksh4,000.
  • 12:21 pm MSME Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya meets Lake Victoria North Water Works Development Agency Chief Executive Officer Joel Wamalwa to discuss Water infrastructure in Kakamega County.
  • 11:45 am Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen, Team Kenya mourn Rebecca Cheptegei as a talented and dedicated athlete.
  • 11:00 am DP Rigathi Gachagua presides over the induction of the newly-elected  KTDA directors being held  in Mombasa.  
  • 10:50 am Acting Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli fails to appear in court again after being ordered him to present himself in person.
  • 10:19 am ODM leader Raila Odinga meets EAC heads of Regional Economic Communities as he continues to drum up support for his AUC bid.
  • 9:50 am Sultana Actor Winnie Bwire is dead. 
  • 9:18 am Kenya angling to secure chunk of Ksh6 Trillion China will dish out to Africa over the next 3 years.
  • 8:37 am Murang'a Senator Joe Nyutu claims President Ruto's recent tour to Nyanza was scripted to humiliate DP Gachagua
  • 8:15 am KUPPET Sec Gen Akello Misori insists the decision to call off the teachers' strike was a collective decision by the union amid protests by some officials who claim they were not consulted.
  • 7:47 am US sends Foreign Secretary Anthony Blinken to assess mounting security mission failures in Haiti.
  • 7:00 am President William Ruto meets IMF's Director of the African Department Abebe Aemro Selassie in Beijing, China. 

Wed, 04 September 2024

  • 6:23 pm Council of Governors (CoG) says it will not accept any move to reduce the counties shareable revenue
  • 5:30 pm Ministry of Labour vows to address aviation workers’ demands after protests over Adani deal.
  • 5:05 pm County Government workers issue strike notice over lack of salary review
  • 4:41 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga scheduled to attend State Banquet hosted by Chinese President XI Jinping.
  • 4:00 pm Kenyan govt offers to fly injured Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei to Nairobi for specialised treatment
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