News Tracker

Thu, 19 December 2024

  • 4:28 pm The High Court ordered Metro Trans to pay over Ksh1 million to the family of a deceased man who was knocked down by one of the buses in Mwiki, Kasarani.
  • 3:31 pm Senior Principal Magistrate Edwin Mulochi sentences a man to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of defilement in a crime committed on June 1, 2023, at Koibour Village, Baringo County.
  • 3:10 pm The High Court ordered a popular Nairobi public service vehicle (PSV) sacco, Metro Trans, to pay Ksh1.3 million to the family of a deceased man who was knocked down by one of the buses in Mwiki, Kasarani in 2021.
  • 2:48 pm US Ambassador to Kenya Marc Dillard meets Kenyan-American leader Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley who won an election as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
  • 2:20 pm Interior Ministry report shows that at least 100 women were killed between August and November this year while Kenya recorded 7,107 gender-based violence cases since Sept 2023.
  • 1:45 pm KNEC announces plans to administer questionnaires to Grade 9 learners to explore their interests and other personal attributes that will speak to the kind of pathways and tracks that they will pursue in senior schools.
  • 1:21 pm Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua asked the government to withdraw a car and an intelligence officer who he accused of following him from Nairobi to Kalawa Ward in Mbooni Constituency, Makueni County.
  • 12:27 pm PCS Musalia Mudavadi says that there is a decrease in general crime while vandalism cases have risen.
  • 12:03 pm Kenya Police ranked third worst in Africa in terms of competency and professionalism according to the Afrobarometer Report.
  • 11:53 am Acting Interior CS Musalia Mudavadi says that over 13 million Kenyans are registered on the eCitizen platform while 1,130 paybills were collapsed into one pay bill that collects Ksh900 million daily.
  • 11:13 am The Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) dismisses reports that it registered a political party associated with former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and former UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala.
  • 10:31 am Internal Security PS Raymond Omollo launches the terrorism financing risk assessment report for non-profit organizations that seek to protect domestic and foreign NGOs, community-based organizations (CBOs), companies limited by guarantee, trusts, and faith-based organisations.
  • 10:01 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja reveals that starting January, all Nairobi County employees will wear badges and have their names publicly listed in a bid to curb rampant corruption.
  • 9:36 am Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Ndung'u Waititu, his wife Susan Wangari, and 6 others to appear before the High Court today for a ruling on whether they will forfeit to the State their assets worth Ksh2 billion.
  • 9:12 am Kenya records an increase in the number of vessels docking at the Mombasa Port, with Kenya Airports Authority (KPA) announcing a 300% increase in transshipment traffic.
  • 8:37 am Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi says that the nationwide power outage experienced on Monday night was a result of a technical hitch in the Tanzania-Kenya interconnector
  • 8:13 am Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) announced that they will embark on a nationwide strike on Saturday, December 21, citing discrimination claims and low pay.
  • 7:56 am Two police officers who were found slaughtering a cow that was reported missing at Kaptagat Police Station pleaded not guilty and were released on a cash bail of Ksh40,000 or an alternative bond of Ksh200,000 with surety.
  • 7:14 am Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHCR) condemns the ongoing demolitions and evictions in Nyama Villa, Kayole, which have left hundreds of families homeless.

Wed, 18 December 2024

  • 6:54 pm High Court extends conservatory orders barring the government from compelling Kenyans to disclose their International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers to February 2025.
  • 6:02 pm Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua confirms plans to join forces with Wiper Party leader to rival President William Ruto in the 2027 Presidential election.
  • 5:54 pm Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo reveals that the government is accelerating a plan to introduce body-worn cameras for police to help the government corruption.
  • 5:06 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says that 550,000 citizens have registered for home ownership through the Boma Yangu platform.
  • 4:38 pm US Embassy hosts Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley, the first Kenyan-born American elected to the Minnesota State House of Representatives, at their office in Nairobi.
  • 4:22 pm 4 Kenyans have been charged with several accounts of forgery and conspiracy to defraud after swindling a Niger national off Ksh12.9 Million in a fake gold scam.
  • 3:35 pm Tourism CS Rebecca Miano attends Kenya's second International Minorities Rights Day Commemoration at the Bomas of Kenya
  • 3:13 pm Interior PS Raymond Omollo reveals that Operation Maliza Uhalifu North Rift, a government security initiative launched in February 2023, has led to a 62% reduction in the number of cattle rustling occurrences, with cases dropping from 63,054 stolen livestock to 23,668.
  • 2:42 pm The Catholic Church surprises 700 prisoners at the Busia G.K. Prison with early Christmas gifts and spiritual nourishment.
  • 2:21 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki revealed that the government is accelerating reforms in the tea, coffee, sugar, livestock, fisheries, mariculture, and aquaculture value chains to unlock their full potential while receiving status briefs from sector players at his official residence in Karen, Nairobi.
  • 1:52 pm The United States repatriated a Kenyan national, Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu, who had been detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in connection with terrorism after being held for 17 years without being charged in a court of law.