News Tracker

Wed, 11 June 2025

  • 2:22 pm Albert Ojwang's case has taken a new twist after IPOA revealed that critical CCTV footage from the OCS's office had been tampered with.
  • 1:45 pm The EU has placed Kenya in its updated list of high-risk jurisdictions presenting strategic deficiencies in their national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism regimes.
  • 1:15 pm MCAs in Isiolo are seeking to impeach Governor Abdi Guyo on various grounds, including alleged abuse of office. 
  • 12:55 pm The government, through Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, has explained why there has been inaction on its end in the aftermath of the murder of Albert Ojwang.
  • 12:19 pm MPs have summoned the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to explain why teachers in Mwala and Kalama sub-counties, in Machakos County, are not among those enjoying hardship allowances.
  • 11:45 am Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Mohamed Amin were directed to take oath as they prepared to appear before the Senate.
  • 11:22 am The government requested over half a billion to fund ODM leader Raila Odinga’s bid for the chairmanship of the African Union Commission (AUC), the Controller of Budget (CoB) has revealed.
  • 10:48 am National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has moved to avert further crisis in the health sector as he announced plans for legislative and budgetary intervention to end the stalemate between the government and the medics.
  • 10:15 am Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has regained his position as the leader of the Democratic Party of Kenya.
  • 9:45 am Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen is expected to appear before the Senate to respond to questions surrounding the death of Albert Ojwang.
  • 9:24 am Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi wants police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga arrested for attempting to conceal a crime following the murder of blogger Albert Ojwang.
  • 8:45 am President William Ruto has gazetted the appointment of the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) team.
  • 8:15 am Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has narrated how poverty politics have been used to lock the Ukambani region out of government for years.
  • 7:45 am The Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Igonga, has given the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) seven days to complete investigations into the death of Albert Ojwang.

Tue, 10 June 2025

  • 6:26 pm Political aspirants have been dealt a blow after the High Court ruled that campaigns conducted outside the election period are a violation of the law.
  • 5:45 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has directed the Administration and Internal Security Committee chairman, Gabriel Tongoyo, to produce an interim report on the killing of blogger Albert Ojwang within the next 48 hours.
  • 5:15 pm The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has sought to dispel fears that a group of individuals is moving around under the guise of checking IDs ahead of the 2027 elections, falsely posing as the agency's enumerators.
  • 4:45 pm The government has announced plans to address challenges that have been bedevilling the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) for years now, including debts.
  • 4:15 pm There was drama outside the City Mortuary in Nairobi on Tuesday as an irate crowd forced Homa Bay woman representative Joyce Atieno Bensuda to cut short her media address on the death of blogger Albert Ojwang.
  • 3:44 pm Users of the popular AI chatbot ChatGPT have reported a global outage, with thousands receiving different error messages.
  • 3:12 pm ACK Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit has flagged as fake sentiments spreading on social media that the church had withdrawn its support for President William Ruto following Albert Ojwang's death.
  • 2:47 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga has broken his silence over the death of X influencer Albert Ojwang, with demands to government. 
  • 2:25 pm The late X influencer, Albert Ojwang's wounds were consistent with an assault from a third party, Pathologist Bernard Midia has revealed.
  • 1:56 pm Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris has apologised after posting a tweet that wrongly named the Inspector General of Police as she commented on the controversial death of blogger Albert Ojwang.  
  • 1:24 pm Super Metro Sacco has blamed an accident where one of its buses overturned along the Thika Super Highway on a speeding lorry.
  • 1:04 pm Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley, a Kenyan-born Minnesota House representative for District 38A, has revealed that she voted against a bill seeking to exclude undocumented immigrant adults from a healthcare plan, MinnesotaCare.
  • 12:22 pm KNEC has announced the recruitment of assessors for this year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) oral and practical tests.
  • 12:02 pm Former Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has demanded that the police be held accountable for the death of teacher and blogger Albert Ojwang, who died while in their custody.
  • 11:30 am Several police officers have been arrested after a fatal shooting in Nakuru West, following a confrontation with protesters.
  • 11:17 am The Mombasa-Mtwapa road, a critical section of the 460-kilometre East African Coastal Corridor road project, is almost complete, the government has announced.