News Tracker

Sat, 15 March 2025

  • 2:39 pm A Zimmerman police officer accused of soliciting a Ksh10,000 bribe has been sentenced to two consecutive one-year jail terms or to pay a cumulative fine of Ksh650,000.
  • 2:09 pm Jubilee Party Chairperson Jeremiah Kioni has assured that the party will remain in the opposition and has no intention of joining hands with the Kenya Kwanza side.
  • 1:48 pm Kenyatta University Teaching, Research, and Referral Hospital (KUTRRH) is set to commence kidney transplant operations in one month to become the first facility in the country to offer such procedures.
  • 1:25 pm The government plans to introduce a new levy to finance marketing and research in the multibillion-shilling tea industry; the regulations could be gazetted as early as next week, according to CS Kagwe.
  • 12:44 pm A Form 3 student from Elburgon D.E.B. Secondary School was allegedly shot dead by police during protests near the Elburgon Police Station.
  • 12:12 pm Professor Makau Mutua has dismissed claims that he secretly met on Friday with former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and former Attorney General Githu Muigai.
  • 11:50 am A jua kali man has created a machine that can make 3,000 chapatis and believes slightly over 2,300 machines are enough to make the 1 million chapatis per day as promised by President Ruto. 
  • 11:23 am Two-time Olympics marathon champion and former world record holder Eliud Kipchoge will race in Oceania for the first time in his career, in the Sydney Marathon on August 31.
  • 11:23 am Kenya Railways Corporation has dismissed allegations by Kalonzo Musyoka and Martha Karua that it illegally sold part of the land it gave to its former employees as compensation.
  • 10:57 am IEBC, SRC, and PSC commissions to receive salaries, allowances, and gratuity cuts as the government seeks to reduce wage bills among constitutional and independent offices.
  • 9:41 am Kawira Mwangaza's deputy, Isaac Mutuma, is to be sworn in as Meru governor on Monday, March 17, at Mwendantu Grounds from 8:30am, the Assumption of Office team announces.
  • 9:15 am Police in the Navakholo Constituency are holding a 19-year-old Form Four student for allegedly murdering a Form Two student for refusing to abort her one-month-old pregnancy.
  • 8:46 am The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties has officially gazetted the dissolution of the Amani National Congress (ANC), a party previously associated with Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
  • 8:08 am Over 500 employees of RIDA, an organisation under a World Vision project backed by USAID, protested in Baba Dogo, Nairobi, on Friday over four months of unpaid salaries.
  • 7:57 am DCI arrest of two fraudsters involved in a vehicle importation scam that resulted in a Kenyan being swindled out of Ksh1.1 million.
  • 7:10 am Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has ordered the arrest of criminal gangs involved in the cross-border skirmishes along the Narok-Kisii border.

Fri, 14 March 2025

  • 7:58 pm Kenyan journalist Flora Limukii has quit her role at global media house CNBC Africa
  • 7:19 pm The National Police Service has once again assured journalists of their safety while covering events in the country after several disturbing cases emerged.
  • 6:39 pm Tea exporters have called on President William Ruto to engage the Sudanese government to allow a one-month window for buyers and exporters to clear tea shipments already shipped from Mombasa.
  • 6:08 pm DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, who previously ruled out talks with M23 rebels, is reconsidering after battlefield losses and dwindling regional support; Angola announced that Kinshasa and M23 will hold direct talks in Luanda on March 18, despite the rebels continuing to seize mineral-rich territory.
  • 5:58 pm Celebrations have rocked Meru town after a section of its residents took to the streets in response to the judgment delivered by the High Court to uphold the impeachment of Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza.
  • 5:46 pm The High Court in Eldoret has sentenced a police officer who shot dead his wife using 11 bullets during a fight over a wallet and an ATM card to serve 30 years in jail.
  • 5:01 pm Athletics Integrity Unit suspends former world half-marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie for violating antidoping rules
  • 4:28 pm The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) on Thursday announced that the prices of Super Petrol, Diesel, and Kerosene will remain unchanged in the March fuel review.
  • 3:55 pm Justice Isaac Lenaola has equated the fight to remove all seven judges of the Supreme Court to “decimating a whole arm of government,” in a renewed fight against petitions seeking the ouster of the Apex Court.
  • 3:25 pm Detectives drawn from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a house-help who reportedly broke her employer’s safe and stole several valuable items.
  • 2:55 pm The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has issued a seven-day strike notice for all teachers nationwide.
  • 2:35 pm A key suspect in the murder of British national Campbell Scott has reportedly died at Kenyatta National Hospital after being found with a self-inflicted neck stab wound.
  • 1:55 pm Five suspects appeared before the Nakuru High Court on Thursday, March 13, facing murder charges related to the killing of Nakuru activist Richard Otieno, also known as Molo President.
  • 1:22 pm The Ministry of Health has flagged off a consignment of HIV commodities at the Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies (MEDS) to ensure seamless and adequate care for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in the country.