News Tracker

Sun, 02 February 2025

  • 1:48 pm Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has broken down the operations of the Social Health Authority, rejecting claims that the government is overtaxing Kenyans.
  • 1:24 pm Business Registration Service (BRS) Director General Kenneth Gathuma confirms that the service is aware of an attempted data breach noting that a response plan has been activated to contain the situation.
  • 12:57 pm University of Nairobi students announce plan to march to the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) offices after loan disbursement delays. 
  • 12:26 pm Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua can be reinstated into the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and given an appointment, UDA party insiders led by Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa revealed.
  • 11:56 am Lang'ata MP Felix Odiwuor alias Jalang'o has clarified that payments amounting to Ksh28 million were not made for expired tender but completed works despite audit reports.
  • 11:15 am Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka attends a service at the AIC Isinet Church in Loitokitok, Kjiado South.
  • 10:47 am Former DP Rigathi Gachagua attends a church service at Almighty God Ministries Church in Mathioya, Murang'a County. 
  • 10:27 am Education CS Julius Ogamba mourns the death of six people, including 4 Dr Aggrey Boys' High School, in a road crash along the Wundanyi-Mwatate Road on February 1, 2025.
  • 9:54 am Survivors of the tragic crash that claimed the lives of four Dr Aggrey Secondary School students and other two members of the public along the Wundanyi-Mwatate Road revealed that the driver lost control after a tyre burst and subsequent break failures.
  • 9:19 am Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has called upon President William Ruto not to heed calls demanding the sacking of Public Service CS Justin Muturi over his stance on abductions but to find a way to end the vice instead.
  • 8:46 am Kenyans rush to loot from two lorries that collided at Mau Summit along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway on Sunday morning.
  • 8:21 am Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, Senate Leader of Majority Aaron Cheruyiot, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah, and Mogotio MP Reuben Kiborek demand Public Service CS Justin Muturi to resign for criticising the government.
  • 7:59 am The families of Steve Mbisi and Kalani Muema, who were part of the Mlolongo four and are still missing, said that they were turned away at the Nairobi Funeral Home despite being invited to identify the bodies of their loved ones.
  • 7:23 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Saturday night met several former MPs among them Peter Mwathi (Former MP Limuru), Hon. Mercy Gakuya (Former MP Kasarani), and Dr Juliah Chege (Kangema).

Sat, 01 February 2025

  • 7:50 pm DP Kithure Kindiki has pledged a review of the SHA’s means-testing tool after MPs raised concerns, aiming to ease health insurance costs for low-income earners like traders and boda boda riders.
  • 7:10 pm Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has slammed Governor Johnson Sakaja for allegedly neglecting his duties after city officers arrested a female hawker and locked her child in their vehicle, accusing Sakaja of being unreachable to address the incident.
  • 6:42 pm Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe has declared the domesticated water buffalo a food animal under the Meat Control Act, allowing its farming, slaughter, and processing for meat.
  • 6:15 pm At least three students from Dr Aggrey High School in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County, have died and others were injured after a bus they were travelling in got involved in an accident along the Wundanyi-Mwatate road.
  • 5:37 pm KNEC has dismissed reports purporting that the examination council has lost details of the teachers who invigilated the KCSE exams, hence the delay in releasing their pay.
  • 5:08 pm Registrar of Companies, Joyce Koech, announces plans to dissolve 98 Kenyan companies.
  • 4:40 pm Kenyan trumpeter Mackinlay Mutsembi competes to break the Guinness World record for the longest continuous trumpet performance, playing non-stop for 24 hours.
  • 4:23 pm MCAs drawn from Mumias East, Mumias West, and Matungu constituencies protest outside Mumias Sugar Factory for the removal of West Kenya Sugar Company.
  • 3:52 pm President Ruto has revoked the appointment of Joe Owaka Ager as chair of the Board of Directors of the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya and Kiema Mwandia as a member of the Tanathi Water Works Development Agency Board.
  • 3:26 pm DCI arrests three suspects linked to a series of robberies with violence that resulted in the deaths of four security guards in Siaya.
  • 2:44 pm  Defence CS Soipan Tuya establishes the Kenya Defence Forces Pensions Appeals Committee and appoints Colonels Joseph Yator, Lewis Muluvi, and Muthomi Nchuurai. 
  • 2:17 pm KBC confirms its X account has been hacked for more than 17 hours; its name changed to 'DeepSeek AI'.
  • 1:41 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said that the government will build at least 1,600 science laboratories to make sure every school in the country has one.
  • 1:18 pm Parents and guardians have 27 days to ensure their school-going children are registered for SHA; the government sets a deadline of February 28.
  • 12:36 pm Martha Karua’s, NARC-Kenya officially rebrands as the People's Liberation Party (PLP) to appeal to the nation's youth ahead of the 2027 General Election.
  • 12:00 pm Moi University Council has sent Vice Chancellor Isaac Kosgey on a compulsory 8-month annual leave effective January 30 to allow for the restructuring of the university's management.