News Tracker

Mon, 02 September 2024

  • 10:54 am KAWU SG Moses Ndiema clarifies that union's delivery of petition to JKIA management affected check in and check out leaving passengers stranded for hours.
  • 10:10 am Kenyan Athlete Mary Moraa shatters Caster Semenya's 600m world record, running an incredible 1:21.63 in Berlin.
  • 9:56 am KUPPET officials kick off the teachers strike for a second week demanding the state to honour the 2021 collective bargaining agreement.
  • 9:18 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi was not fired over incompetence.
  • 8:58 am DP Rigathi Gachagua set to commission the Foreign Travel Management Information System and the Presidential Directives Management Information System at the KICC today.
  • 8:38 am More than 8000 families in the Kerio Valley belt to benefit from Ksh18 million water project from the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA).
  • 7:55 am Two girls in form two at Machakos School were arrested after fire broke out at the school on Sunday night.
  • 7:23 am National Police Service announces that it will embark on pacification operations to be conducted on sea, land, and air by clearing roads and streets.

Sun, 01 September 2024

  • 5:46 pm President William Ruto is scheduled to fly out to Beijing in China today, Sunday, September 1, to attend the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit.
  • 4:16 pm The Ministry of Health is intensifying its MPOX surveillance, shifting focus to airports across the country, Public Health PS Mary Muthoni.
  • 3:57 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki appoints a technical committee to review and formulate policy reforms for the National Police Service (NPS) and the National Youth Service (NYS).
  • 3:21 pm Kenyan Marathoner Eliud Kipchoge gifted a Tshirt after meeting Manchester United Players in the UK.
  • 2:41 pm US Embassy in Kenya announces that it will be closed on Monday September 2 in observance of U.S. Labour Day.
  • 1:55 pm Former Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi makes first appearance since his firing from President William Ruto's Cabinet, vows to support his administration.
  • 1:22 pm Swedish doctors undertake free surgeries Maragwa hospital in Kiambu County.
  • 12:54 pm Hundreds of Mombasa residents turn out to witness the unique funeral procession of billionaire Hasmukh Patel, whose body has been placed in a sitting position ahead of his cremation ceremony.
  • 12:25 pm President William Ruto Donates 1,000 Bags of Maize to ACK Bungoma as Tithe
  • 11:45 am President William Ruto says that he stands on cars during rallies because of his calling as an evangelist noting, "When your orientation is as an evangelist, you always behave like an evangelist even when you are doing other things."
  • 11:15 am Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) CEO Ezekiel Mutua was honoured with the Leadership Award at the prestigious Human Harmony Conference and Awards for his immense contributions in society.
  • 10:45 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua visits MCK Mikumbune Church on their 100-year anniversary celebrations.
  • 10:21 am President William Ruto attends a church service at ACK in Bungoma.
  • 9:47 am Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli eulogises the late Mombasa Cement CEO Kanji Patel as having been instrumental in enhancing police-public collaboration for constructing perimeter walls around police stations.
  • 9:12 am DCI detectives nab Kenyans who scammed foreign tycoon Ksh340 million beginning in 2022.
  • 8:25 am Tharaka Nithi County Police Commander Zacchaeus Ng'eno confirms that 12 people lost their lives after the vehicle they were traveling in collided head on with another vehicle at Nithi Bridge.
  • 7:55 am Fire broke out in Ngara in the wee hours of Sunday after a gas station reportedly exploded, the cause and number of casualties yet to be determined.
  • 7:21 am Edmund Serem and Matthew Kosgei win gold and silver respectively in the men's 3000m steeplechase, wrapping up the World Athletics U-20 outing in Lima, Peru.

Sat, 31 August 2024

  • 6:25 pm President William Ruto launches the Ksh3.5 billion Lake Victoria Safety Initiative.
  • 6:08 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki appoints 13-member committee to review reforms in the National Police Service (NPS). 
  • 5:50 pm KeNHA announces plan to build 60-km Highway in Thika in push to make it Kenya's 6th city
  • 5:00 pm President William Ruto presides over the commissioning of the 150-bed Nyabondo Trauma Centre in Kisumu County.