News Tracker

Fri, 02 May 2025

  • 4:22 pm Former powerful Cabinet minister Fred Matiang'i has announced countrywide meet-the-people tours as he seeks to popularise himself ahead of the next elections.
  • 3:55 pm A group of angry Gen Zs on Friday, May 2, stormed the county Parliament of Mombasa, demanding answers over the delayed release of the Mombasa county budget for the upcoming 2025/2026 Financial Year.
  • 3:22 pm President William Ruto on Friday, May 2, expressed hope in Arsenal Football Club lifting this season's Champions League trophy.
  • 2:55 pm Slain Kasipul MP Charles Were will be buried on Friday, May 9, 2025.
  • 2:30 pm Nakuru Senator Tabitha Karanja has dismissed reports that she is admitted to a hospital in London.
  • 1:52 pm The government, through the National Treasury, has reopened the pensioner self-registration portal for pensioners who initially failed to register.
  • 1:22 pm Kitui-based blogger Emmanuel Maleve has been arrested and detained at Muthaiga Police Station in Nairobi.
  • 12:49 pm Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sleuths are confident they will soon apprehend the gunman who ended the life of Kasipul MP Charles Were on Wednesday night.
  • 12:22 pm The High Court in Nairobi on Friday, May 2, declared President William Ruto's Climate Change Council appointments unconstitutional.
  • 11:42 am The United States Government has cancelled two contracts linked to Kenya, with a combined value of more than Ksh40 million. This move is part of a broader effort by U.S. federal agencies to reduce what they are calling “wasteful” spending.
  • 11:21 am Plans are underway to ensure employment in the public sector is purely based on merit, according to Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku.
  • 10:45 am At least five police officers drawn from the Special Operations Unit (SOU) have reportedly been killed by Al Shabaab terrorists inside Boni Forest in Lamu County.
  • 10:20 am Nakuru Senator Tabitha Karanja is hospitalised in London.
  • 9:55 am Several people are feared dead and others severely injured after being involved in a road accident at Pivot area, Timau, along the Timau-Meru Road in Meru County.
  • 9:17 am Medical Services Principal Secretary Dr. Ouma Oluga is currently holding a meeting with the Directorate of Policy, Digital Health, and Innovations to discuss key priorities in health sector transformation.
  • 8:59 am The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, has come under sharp criticism for allegedly failing to recognise the Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE) during Thursday's Labour Day celebrations.
  • 8:24 am Homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have made progress in probing the murder of Kasipul Member of Parliament, Charles Were.
  • 8:00 am Mumias East Member of Parliament Peter Salasya has decried his frustrations during his recent tours, alleging that an Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) in Budalangi blocked him from addressing residents.

Thu, 01 May 2025

  • 5:00 pm Mandera North MP Bashir Abdullahi has spoken out after a video of him speaking about 'Blood Parliament' went viral.
  • 4:50 pm The Maseno School fraternity has been thrown into deep mourning after the death of former Chief Principal Paul Otula.
  • 4:32 pm Siaya Governor James Orengo has once again hit out at President William Ruto's broad-based administration, accusing it of being ineffective.
  • 3:58 pm Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection, Alfred Mutua, has spoken strongly against sexual harassment in workplaces, calling it the biggest challenge workers face today.
  • 3:27 pm Businesses in Kilgoris came to a standstill on Thursday, May 1, after boda boda operators took to the streets to protest the death of their colleague, who was allegedly run over by a General Service Unit (GSU) officer.
  • 2:54 pm President William Ruto has announced that the government will hire 20,000 intern teachers starting January 2026 to reduce the teacher shortage in the country.
  • 2:25 pm The National Treasury has finally released the Finance Bill 2025, which proposes a raft of tax measures to be implemented by the government in the 2025/2026 fiscal year.
  • 1:52 pm Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has spoken out on the hardships Kenyan workers are facing, saying that many are suffering and unhappy.
  • 1:25 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has been asked to work with the national government to restore the face of the city and find a permanent fix to hawking and the presence of riders in the CBD.
  • 12:55 pm The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, now wants the government to consider changes to statutory deductions on salaried Kenyans to reflect current economic realities. 
  • 12:30 pm Kenya's Cardinal John Njue will not participate in the much-awaited papal conclave to elect Pope Francis's successor due to health reasons.
  • 11:51 am COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli has once again called for the regulation of social media use in Kenya.