News Tracker

Sat, 04 January 2025

  • 4:27 pm The Standard Group Editor-in-Chief Ochieng Rapuro resigns.
  • 3:39 pm Migori residents decry the lack of medicine in public health facilities; the county government says the issue is being addressed. 
  • 2:44 pm Police in Kiambaa, Kiambu County, discover the lifeless body of a 28-year-old woman in the Kamutaro area along the Ruaka-Banana Road.
  • 2:33 pm Two bodies of missing youths, aged 27 and 26, respectively, have been found at Kahawa and Mwiki in Kiambu and Nairobi counties.
  • 1:58 pm A former Kericho magistrate, Judith Nyakol, who was hounded out of office on allegations of corruption, has been awarded Ksh5 million in compensation because she was subjected to double jeopardy. 
  • 1:23 pm The US Embassy, IPOA, National Police Service, and Raila are among the leaders and institutions mourning KNHCR Chairperson Roseline Odede.
  • 12:11 pm Moses Kuria defends President Ruto after mourners in Embu heckled his speech; he terms the actions as ‘ungodly’.
  • 11:20 am KNCHR Chairperson Roseline Odhiambo Odede dies after a short illness.
  • 10:47 am Government warns Kenyans against visiting the area where the space rocket fell over health concerns.
  • 10:09 am Cases against Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja over the abductions of six men last year will be heard on Wednesday, January 8.
  • 9:50 am The government directs parents with pupils in 348 schools that were closed over safety standards to seek transfers ahead of the reopening next week.
  • 9:03 am Millions worth of property were destroyed as fire gutted the historic Limuru Country Club on Friday night.
  • 8:45 am Public Service CS Justin Muturi has broken ranks within the Cabinet, becoming the first to criticize the government over the rising cases of abductions.
  • 8:01 am The body of missing activist Ibrahim Hilal Mwiti, who was last seen in the Nairobi CBD in November last year, has been found at Thika Level V Hospital.

Fri, 03 January 2025

  • 4:50 pm The government says the eCitizen paywall issue was caused by an internal network occurrence that affected the operating system.
  • 4:17 pm Ruto on abductions: 'Whether undertaken by citizens, criminals, or the police, it must be investigated, and we must get to the bottom.' 
  • 3:49 pm Lobby groups call for the overhaul of NTSA to end road carnage.
  • 3:14 pm Former DP Rigathi Gachagua dismisses Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah's claims of linking him to abductions of Kenyans, asking him to stop being used by the government to divide Kenyans.
  • 2:50 pm The police arrest one suspect believed to be part of a carjacking ring that has been stealing from motorists along Nairobi’s Southern Bypass.
  • 2:12 pm eCitizen payment service restored after hitches were reported in the morning.
  • 1:48 pm A section of leaders from the coastal region storm the KWS offices in Mombasa, demanding justice after a ranger allegedly shot and killed a man for refusing to give them a New Year’s gift.
  • 1:12 pm The Kenya Space Agency refutes claims of launching a compensation claim against India over space rocket debris in Makueni, stating investigations remain ongoing.
  • 12:50 pm Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah accuses Gachagua of orchestrating abductions while delivering a scathing attack against Governor George Natembeya.
  • 12:26 pm IPOA urges disciplinary action against Nyandarua police chiefs for negligence and misconduct during the chaotic December 28 event attended by former DP Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 11:53 am Gas prices could rise this year if proposed laws regulating the LPG sector sail through Parliament, stakeholders warn.
  • 11:14 am KCSE results could be released on Tuesday, January 7, hints CS Julius Migos.
  • 10:45 am Nine people killed as a matatu and lorry collided head-on near Soi shopping centre on Eldoret Kitale Highway, Uasin Gishu County Police Commander Benjamin Mwanthi confirms.
  • 9:37 am A suspected eCitizen crash has hundreds of tourists stranded at the Nairobi National Park; the government site is used to collect entry fees.
  • 9:25 am An angry mob storms a police station in Nandi County, injuring police officers and killing a murder suspect before burning his body.
  • 8:45 am Uganda Law Council to reconsider Martha Karua’s application for a temporary license to defend Kizza Besigye on Monday, January 6.