News Tracker

Sat, 05 April 2025

  • 11:56 am The men’s national rugby sevens team, Shujaa, secured their first Main Cup semifinal berth in the HSBC SVNS Series 2025 campaign after stunning Olympic champions France 10-7 in the Singapore 7s on Saturday morning.
  • 11:28 am A Kenyan woman has reportedly been convicted in the United States after she was arrested for attempting to enter the country using her sister’s travel documents.
  • 10:55 am Several people are feared dead after an early morning accident on Saturday, April 5, involving a bus and a lorry ferrying bread on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
  • 10:30 am Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba has been summoned to appear at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters on Kiambu Road on Saturday, April 5.
  • 9:45 am At least 10 people were rushed to hospital after a 52-seater Tahmeed bus crashed into a PSV matatu on Friday, April 4, at night.
  • 9:10 am Kenyans have been put on high alert after a cholera outbreak that has so far resulted in 69 cases, as reported by the Ministry of Health.
  • 8:25 am The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday, April 4, announced that it had cracked down on a motor vehicle theft syndicate, arresting four suspects.
  • 8:00 am Maseno University students temporarily blocked the busy Kisumu-Busia road on Friday evening in protest.

Fri, 04 April 2025

  • 6:55 pm The High Court has ruled that Facebook's parent company, Meta, can be sued in Kenya over its alleged role in promoting content that contributed to ethnic violence in neighbouring Ethiopia.
  • 6:25 pm President William Ruto on Friday, April 4, defended Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja’s presence at his Mt. Kenya tour in Nyeri.
  • 5:55 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula on Friday, April 4, sought the intervention of the High Court, imploring it to strike out an application accusing him of contempt of court over his ruling on the majority party in Parliament.
  • 5:20 pm Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir has ordered an immediate probe into Coast General Hospital after three patients allegedly died following oxygen disruptions at the facility.
  • 4:52 pm A clearing agent has been fined Ksh 3 million or, in default, face a two-year imprisonment for demanding a bribe worth Ksh 2.9 million from a church official.
  • 4:25 pm The Kenya Meteorological Department has listed Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa among areas that are set to receive heavy rains for the next five days, from Friday, April 4, to Tuesday, April 8.
  • 3:57 pm Former Nairobi governor Mike Mbuvi, popularly known as Sonko, has promised to pay for the restoration of Irene Mbithe's eyesight, a victim of a hyena attack.
  • 3:25 pm President William Ruto’s administration has renewed its agreement with three Gulf companies to continue importing fuel on credit for the next two years under the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) oil deal.
  • 2:55 pm The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday, April 4, announced the arrest of the main suspect behind the gruesome murder of a Bomet businesswoman.
  • 2:18 pm The government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, has announced plans to gazette a 50 per cent duty waiver for the importation of 5.5 million bags of yellow maize to address the maize flour shortage in Kenya.
  • 1:55 pm An interesting scene unfolded when a crowd gathered at a rally by President William Ruto in Tharaka Nithi walked out on Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah.
  • 1:16 pm Kenya recorded its highest level of growth in ten months due to a stronger improvement in business conditions, even as optimism for growth remains at a minimum.
  • 12:53 pm Nurses from the Moi Teaching Referral Hospital (MTRH) have ended a 15-day strike after the hospital signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN).
  • 12:25 pm Kenya recorded its highest level of growth in ten months due to a stronger improvement in business conditions, even as optimism for growth remains at a minimum.
  • 11:55 am Several students sustained injuries on Friday morning after a 14-seater matatu they were travelling in got involved in an accident at Witeithie, Kiambu County.
  • 11:39 am The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has outlined a procedure students should use to boost their chances of securing their preferred courses.
  • 10:55 am Former Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Justin Muturi has alleged that President William Ruto attempted to coerce him into signing a suspicious Ksh129 billion deal with Russian investors while he was at the airport.
  • 10:23 am The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has arrested two suspects linked to a March 11 incident in Malaa, Machakos, where they pretended to be Good Samaritans before robbing and assaulting a woman.
  • 9:55 am Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has narrated how President William Ruto convinced him to take up the Attorney General position after declining the role several times.
  • 9:15 am Outgoing Mbeere North Member of Parliament Geoffrey Ruku has allegedly stepped in to save President William Ruto's visit to the Mt. Kenya region.
  • 8:39 am National Inteligence Service (NIS) Director General, Noordin Haji, has again cautioned members of the public against misusing social media platforms, terming it a huge threat to national and regional security.
  • 8:00 am The Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) has called on the government to review several statutory deductions, including the Housing Levy, arguing that the tax burden is heavy for Kenyans, affecting their productivity and business sustainability.