News Tracker

Mon, 24 February 2025

  • 2:59 pm US Ambassador to Kenya Marc Dillard condoles with the family of a Kenyan police officer who died in Haiti noting, "The United States is grateful for the courageous Kenyan police who are serving in harm’s way to keep our world safer."
  • 2:22 pm President William Ruto officially opens the Likoni Technical and Vocational College in Mombasa County.
  • 1:48 pm The Office of the Auditor General raises concerns over Kenya's financial dealings with the African Union (AU) and other international organisations after revelations of an irregular transfer of Ksh2.3 billion to the National Treasury.
  • 1:29 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga denies claims that President William Ruto's administration splashed Ksh13 billion on his AUC chair campaigns.
  • 12:40 pm President William Ruto, his deputy Kithure Kindiki, and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga hold a press conference at State House in Mombasa.
  • 12:09 pm SHA Chairperson Mohammed Abdi has revealed that the state cleared all SHIF claims between October 2024 and January 2025 amounting to Ksh17.5 billion.
  • 11:54 am Deputy President Kithure Kindiki hits back at his predecessor Rigathi Gachagua's claim that the government is planning to unseat CJ Martha Koome noting, "Accusers and defenders of judges must use constitutional and legal arguments to state their positions rather than trivializing such a weighty legal matter by bringing ethnicity into the equation." 
  • 11:29 am At least 17 people have been affected by a devastating fire that broke out in Kariobangi on Sunday afternoon, the Kenya Red Cross has confirmed.
  • 10:58 am Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) announces that it will partially close a section of the Quarry Road- Mlolongo/ Syokimau area for two months for rehabilitation works.
  • 10:19 am Kenya Power staff stranded after Nairobi County dumps garbage and clamps cars at Stima Plaza entrance after the two differ over the Ksh3.1 billion power bill owed by the county.
  • 9:45 am Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale asks former DP Rigathi Gachagua to refrain from attacking the president and should wait until 2027 to execute his political agenda.
  • 9:23 am Google has announced that plans are underway to remove SMS code verification in Gmail logins and move exclusively to QR codes to curb the rampant phishing scams in the emailing service, according to a Forbes report.
  • 8:53 am KWS announces that Kenya has welcomed back 17 mountain bongos from the USA in an initiative enhancing the country's leadership in wildlife preservation.
  • 8:17 am The Kenyan Government has hailed the signing of a peace agreement and the establishment of a unity government by the Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebel group in Nairobi.
  • 7:53 am A Kenyan police officer serving in the Multi-national Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti has died in hospital after sustaining injuries during an operation in SÉGUR - SAVIEN  in the Artibonite department.
  • 7:26 am DCI detectives arrested 3 more suspects in the murder of Richard Otieno, popularly known as Molo President, after Tanzanian police officers transported two of the suspects back to Nairobi from their hideout.

Sun, 23 February 2025

  • 6:12 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen confirms that security has been heightened along the Kenya-Ethiopia border following a deadly attack involving Turkana and Dasanach fishermen at Lopemukat common waters.
  • 5:26 pm Senior Counsel Nelson Havi has urged former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to stop his attacks on President William Ruto and attack him instead concerning the planned ouster of Chief Justice Martha Koome arguing that it was his fight and not the president’s.
  • 4:54 pm President William Ruto says that the country’s revenue from tourism increased to about KSh450 billion in 2024 noting that the sector has created job opportunities for many Kenyans.
  • 4:18 pm DCI detectives are probing an incident in which a police officer shot dead his colleague on Sunday morning while leaving a nightclub in Nairobi after disagreements.
  • 3:59 pm Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen puts people still engaging in criminal activities in the Kerio Valley on notice asking them to surrender or the security organ will go for them.
  • 3:24 pm Murang'a County Governor Irungu Kang'ata launches a mobile dialysis unit to improve healthcare access for residents in remote areas.
  • 2:53 pm Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma says that ODM is divided into two factions, those supporting President William Ruto and those preferring to join Rigathi Gachagua ahead of the 2027 elections.
  • 2:22 pm Former deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has vowed to lead protests if Chief Justice Martha Koome is bundled out of office
  • 1:23 pm Officials of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have officially signed a charter in Nairobi to establish a parallel government, paving the way for RSF to govern rebel-held areas and advocate for a secular state and a unified national army.
  • 12:41 pm Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa vows to lead protests against the new Boda Boda Regulations Bill presented to the Senate by Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale and subsequently tabled to the National Assembly. The legislation requires Boda Boda owners to formalise agreements with their
  • 12:26 pm Over 20 Kenyan fishermen were killed at the Todonyang border point along Lake Turkana after suspected gunmen from a neighbouring country ambushed them and opened fire indiscriminately on Saturday.
  • 11:58 am President William Ruto has announced that Kenya will revise visa and electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) requirements for passengers arriving at the Port of Mombasa.
  • 11:21 am Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen attends a church service at Ngoron Full Gospel Churches of Kenya in Tiaty, Baringo County ahead of a peacebuilding meeting in the same area.
  • 10:51 am President William Ruto tours the MS Norwegian Dawn, a ship that docked in Mombasa County with 2,200 tourists.