News Tracker

Sun, 16 March 2025

  • 8:27 am Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka affirmed that he will not align with the government or pursue a cooperation agreement with President William Ruto's administration like some of his opposition counterparts.
  • 7:45 am Families of the 14 people who passed away in a road crash at Migaa that involved an 11-seater matatu and a truck converged at Molo mortuary to identify bodies and demanded post-mortem be carried out swiftly. 
  • 7:21 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announces a 3-day temporary closure on City Hall Way between City Hall Way Roundabout and Parliament Roundabout to allow for preparations for the WRC Safari Rally.

Sat, 15 March 2025

  • 7:50 pm DCI has arrested 38 suspects linked to a spate of robberies targeting pedestrians and motorists along major Nairobi highways during Ruto's tours of the city.
  • 6:55 pm KAA has denied a poster circulating online advertising over 400 job openings at the company.
  • 6:10 pm The family of Brian Odhiambo, who reportedly went missing on January 18, have been arrested outside the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) gates at Lake Nakuru.
  • 5:49 pm ODM Party leader Raila Odinga has told off politicians allied to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who are currently pushing him to run for president in 2027.
  • 5:14 pm MPs have rejected a proposal by the secondary school heads association to increase fees and instead called for a review of student capitation.
  • 4:48 pm Fishermen in Vanga, Kwale County, have raised concerns over continued harassment by Tanzanian police; the police accuse the fishermen of fishing on the Tanzania side of the Indian Ocean and using illegal gear.
  • 4:17 pm Kirigiti Stadium completion set for September after the government settles outstanding payment.
  • 3:51 pm Middle-level medical colleges under AMTIK have urged KUCCPS to review cluster points for health courses, citing low enrolment due to high grade requirements.
  • 3:19 pm Former MP and Kenyan Ambassador Professor Filemona Fundi Indire is dead.
  • 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.