News Tracker

Tue, 27 May 2025

Mon, 26 May 2025

  • 5:20 pm The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council has introduced a new online system through which all healthcare facilities will register to enhance service delivery.  
  • 4:49 pm Popular social media influencer and city businessman Khalif Kairo has been charged with tax evasion, with KRA demanding Ksh1.28 million from him.
  • 4:22 pm Kenya has reaffirmed its support for Somalia, but has added that Nairobi will not cut links with breakaway states of Somaliland and Jubaland.
  • 3:51 pm Former DP Gachagua visits Juja MP George Koimburi in the hospital moments after the legislator was found in a coffee farm in Kiambu following his alleged abduction.
  • 3:20 pm The High Court has dismissed former police chief Koome's application in a case he has been sued over the deadly Gen-Z demonstrations last year.
  • 2:54 pm The government has released 200,000 bags of maize to millers to help stabilise the prices of flour ahead of the anticipated shortage, Agriculture CS Kagwe has said.
  • 2:21 pm KWS has allowed construction of hotels in Meru National Park, President Ruto says, just days after a similar project in Ngong Road Forest was cancelled due to uproar.  
  • 1:49 pm Trans Nzoia governor Natembeya has dared the government, saying he will not be silenced, this coming just days after he was freed on bail following graft claims.
  • 1:17 pm Opposition chiefs will meet on Tuesday to discuss alleged forced disappearances in Kenya, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has said.
  • 12:50 pm Nigeria has officially launched an AfCFTA air corridor aimed at boosting exports to Kenya, Uganda, and South Africa while cutting logistics costs for Nigerian exporters.
  • 12:20 pm At least 47 Nairobi Imams are currently on their way to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the Hajj, a spiritual Islamic pilgrimage.
  • 11:50 am Friends School Mbale, in Vihiga, has been closed after students went on the rampage after they were denied a chance to watch a football match.
  • 11:25 am KDF and police have met to strategise on how to end rising insecurity in North Rift, this coming just days after the shooting of Catholic priest Alloyce Cheruiyot Bett.
  • 10:50 am The Ministry of Agriculture has dismissed a letter circulating on social media falsely claiming to authorise the export of raw macadamia nuts
  • 10:22 am Juja MP Koimburi, who was reportedly captured by unknown individuals on Sunday, has been found dumped in a coffee plantation in Kiambu.
  • 9:42 am The government will introduce early warning systems as part of its strategy to address recurrent fire incidents in Nairobi, Regional Commissioner, Mwanza, has said 
  • 9:22 am The Music Copyright Society of Kenya has threatened to take action against DCP leader Gachagua over Mt Kenya musicians' boycott calls.
  • 8:40 am The government has revealed that at least 23 public universities are insolvent, as Head of Public Service Koskei warned their administrators.
  • 8:20 am Ruto's ally has filed a criminal case against the Adani Jomo Kenyatta International Airport takeover whistleblower before a court in France.
  • 7:50 am Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kagwe has announced a 100 per cent waiver on all land rates defaulters for the upcoming month.
  • 7:22 am President Ruto's senior economic advisor, Kuria, has criticised former DP Gachagua over his alleged coercive tactics and political intimidation.  

Sun, 25 May 2025

  • 6:46 pm President Ruto has announced that the government will set aside Ksh500 million in the upcoming financial year to address illegal power connections in Nairobi's informal settlements.
  • 6:23 pm Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Winfridah Mokaya has called for a corruption probe into Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi after the lawyer revealed bribing a Supreme Court judge to influence a case in the Court of Appeal.
  • 5:58 pm The government has ordered the reopening of 73 schools in the Kerio Valley immediately; this is despite threats from KNUT to withdraw teachers from the region.
  • 5:20 pm The Digital Content Creators Association has condemned Rigathi Gachagua's comments calling for the boycotting of Mt Kenya musicians who visited DP Kindiki, terming them as 'regressive and intolerant'.
  • 4:49 pm Juja MP George Koimburi has been abducted by unknown individuals outside Full Gospel Church in Mugutha, Kiambu County, Senator Karungo wa Thang'wa has confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke.
  • 4:09 pm Police in Eastleigh are investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy who fell from the 16th floor of a nearby building this morning.
  • 3:50 pm The lifeless body of a Grade 5 student from Gwa Chobe village in Kinangop, Nyandarua County, was discovered this morning, abandoned in a dam.
  • 3:28 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has declared that all medical expenses and additional costs for the victims of the tragic fire in Kibra Sub-County, which resulted in eight fatalities, will be covered.