News Tracker

Wed, 26 March 2025

4:20 pm CS Aden Duale has been reassigned to the Ministry of Health, while Deborah Barasa has been transferred to the Ministry of Environment in the latest Cabinet reshuffle by President William Ruto.
3:30 pm President William Ruto has announced Cabinet reshuffles, replacing Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi with Geofrey Ruku, while Hannah Wendot has been nominated to the Ministry of Gender and Culture.
3:18 pm Traders were left counting losses after Nairobi City County Askaris demolished business structures along Athumani Kipanga Street in Eastleigh.
2:52 pm Nairobi County boda boda operators have strongly opposed the appointment of former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko as the national patron of the bodaboda and tuktuk operators.
2:22 pm President William Ruto on Wednesday met leaders from Western Kenya to assess progress on several key projects.
1:55 pm Mandera South Member of Parliament, Abdul Haro, has expressed disappointment with the government’s lack of action over rising attacks by Al-Shabaab in the region.
1:15 pm Komora Mabudi Jilo, one of the four candidates set to be interviewed for the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) chairperson job, has passed away.
12:59 pm Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has hit out at journalists who constantly water down his ministry's efforts to curb insecurity saying he is willing to facilitate their transport to volatile areas for them to appreciate what police officers go through.
12:27 pm Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu is set to remain in custody for one more month before the court rules on whether he can amend his appeal.
11:55 am Kenya has endorsed a carbon tax on all shipping activities globally as part of the broader scheme to curb the perennial climate crisis.
11:24 am The National Police Service (NPS) has said that a Kenyan officer in Haiti is still missing following an ambush by a local gang on the Multinational Security Support (MSS) team.
10:55 am CS Justin Muturi has responded to President William Ruto, hours after the Head of State labelled him incompetent.
10:28 am Eugene Wamalwa and Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka are among those in court for the bail hearing of former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu.
9:45 am Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei on Wednesday, March 26, criticised Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen over rising insecurity, accusing him of incompetence in his role in the Cabinet.
9:15 am The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has clarified that it has not suspended the implementation of new sea vessel and container inspection charges
8:57 am A Kenyan, Stephen Munyakho, who was on death row in Saudi Arabia, is set to return home after the Muslim World League intervened and paid the necessary fines.
8:19 am President William Ruto has taken a swipe at former Attorney General Justin Muturi, who is currently the Public Service Cabinet Secretary, terming him incompetent.
7:55 am President William Ruto spoke with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday evening to discuss the tense political situation in Somalia and South Sudan.
7:39 am Another Kenyan police officer, who is part of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti, has been killed during a confrontation with gang members.

Tue, 25 March 2025

5:50 pm The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson candidate, Kakai Kissinger, proposes the use of technology in party nominations and the next general elections.
5:12 pm NTSA restores its services, including vehicle registration, transfer ownership and logbook verification, which were unavailable for 5 hours noting, "We are pleased to inform you that our services are now fully restored. You can access our systems without interruption."
4:48 pm Police launched a manhunt for an ex-lover who reportedly trailed his girlfriend and killed her at her current boyfriend's house in Eldama Ravine.
4:36 pm The Central Bank of Kenya will be introducing a new tool that will allow banks to instantly receive any changes on the lending rates, while revealing that three banks remain behind in meeting the demands for core capital.
3:59 pm Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Hussein Mohammed clarifies that the federation sold 15,968 tickets of the available 18,000 regular Nyayo Stadium seats, dismissing claims that 22,000 tickets were sold out.
3:23 pm A former Kenyatta University official has been sentenced to 14 years in prison or to pay a fine of over Ksh4 million for office misuse and money laundering after he was convicted of a fraudulent payment for undelivered wheat flour worth Ksh288,000.
2:55 pm The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has commenced the process of recovering millions of unpaid loans by former beneficiaries.
2:27 pm Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has raised fears that Kenya could face more donor financing constraints, especially from the programs funded by the European Union, following similar cuts by the USA. Mbadi argued that if the US shelves its Ukraine support, the EU may be forced to channel most of its resources to the war.
1:56 pm The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) and the Federation of Women Lawyers(FIDA) Kenya have strongly castigated the assault of a woman in Nyamira County during a burial ceremony.
1:43 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome has announced that the Judiciary will be working with the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to tackle the scourge of corruption.
1:05 pm The Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital (CGTRH) has clarified an incident involving a patient who died by suicide in the hospital’s premises under unclear circumstances.