News Tracker

Sun, 23 February 2025

  • 10:51 am President William Ruto tours the MS Norwegian Dawn, a ship that docked in Mombasa County with 2,200 tourists.
  • 10:29 am Kenya Power cautions that sections of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) will experience a blackout on Sunday between 9 am to 5 pm as part of scheduled maintenance.
  • 9:55 am Renowned television host Ken Mijungu has parted ways with Cape Media's TV47, less than a month after his highly publicised arrival at the station after contract termination.
  • 9:11 am The Somali National Army’s elite Danab Special Forces took part in the Justified Accord military exercise in Kenya, marking their second appearance at the event, on Saturday.
  • 8:54 am Makadara MP George Aladwa has claimed that ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna could be ousted for disloyalty and plotting to work with former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 8:19 am Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka hits out at President William Ruto for allowing Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to hold a meeting in Nairobi 
  • 7:53 am Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and Energy Police Unit have launched a manhunt for the owner of an illegal fuel-siphoning den in the Karuku area in Makutano, Kirinyaga County, selling adulterated fuel to customers; The facility was closed and equipment confiscated.
  • 7:23 am Three nurses were arrested while operating at Kericho County Referral Hospital after attending to patients without the hospital's authority.

Sat, 22 February 2025

  • 6:52 pm Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has slammed Archbishop Anthony Muheria for repeatedly criticising the government after Muheria accused President Ruto of making empty promises instead of delivering on his development agenda; 'Stay in your lane,' Sudi said.
  • 6:10 pm Top officials, including Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi and Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, have been sued over Sudan’s RSF meeting in Nairobi; petitioners argue the gathering, where RSF declared a parallel government, undermines Kenya’s sovereignty and risks retaliation from Sudan, threatening national security.
  • 5:50 pm Climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)’s Climate Predictions and Application Centre (ICPAC) have cautioned Kenyans to brace for a heat wave in the coming days.
  • 5:11 pm Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr has condemned the vandalism of key market facilities, calling it economic sabotage.
  • 4:41 pm Teachers ask TSC to resolve delays in obtaining registration and revise the internship duration from the current one year to less than a year to ease the job crisis in the education sector.
  • 4:23 pm Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi has renewed his push for Thika town to become the sixth city in the country; he has submitted a city charter to the county assembly for ratification.
  • 3:41 pm Gatundu South Member of Parliament Gabriel Kagombe has called for a state funeral for the former IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati.
  • 3:10 pm Triple Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon has dropped out of the Sirikwa Classic Cross Country Race in a disappointing end in the race that inspired an imperious streak of form that saw her break world records multiple times last time around.
  • 2:39 pm Co-operatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya has appointed a new nine-member committee to oversee the National Coffee Exchange (NCE) transition to the Capital Markets Authority (CMA).
  • 2:13 pm Ruto has appointed Habil Olaka as the new Non-Executive Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Financial Inclusion Fund.
  • 1:45 pm Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui has appointed Chrisantus Wamalwa as the new Non-Executive Chairperson of the National Standards Council (NSC).
  • 1:21 pm The Ministry of Education has annulled the appointment of Prof. Amukowa Anangwe as the University of Nairobi Council chairperson.
  • 12:45 pm Nairobi County will introduce digital identification cards for all planning compliance officers to curb illegal inspections of construction sites by imposters and unqualified individuals.
  • 12:09 pm The government will buy land from absentee landlords and resettle squatters at the Coast, President Ruto has announced.
  • 11:50 am Only President William Ruto will be allowed to address mourners at the burial of the late MP Moses Injendi Malulu on Tuesday, March 4.
  • 11:12 am President Ruto and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urge an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a phone call, the State Department has said.
  • 10:44 am Police in Kisumu are hunting a woman accused of fatally stabbing another over an alleged affair in Nyamasaria, Kisumu East.
  • 9:44 am KURA announces the road closure of the Quarry Road-Mlolongo/Syokimau area for two months to pave the way for improvement.
  • 9:12 am Three students from South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) died in a road accident on Friday; the three who were riding on a motorcycle died on the spot.
  • 8:52 am The government will receive a Ksh193 billion loan from the United Arab Emirates by the end of next week, according to reports. 
  • 8:00 am Pope Francis is not “in danger of death,” but he’s also not fully “out of danger,” according to his medical team.
  • 7:35 am US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Jim Risch, accuses Kenya of enabling genocide by allowing Sudan’s RSF to form a parallel government.