News Tracker

Tue, 03 December 2024

  • 8:25 am Medical students and researchers will pay at least Ksh30,000 to access health data collected under SHIF as the government moves to monetise the critical information.
  • 7:45 am NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua has lamented a rigorous search she was subjected to at a Court Martial in Uganda during Kizza Besigye's trial.
  • 7:10 am The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has warned about a gang targeting Nairobi land owners entering into joint ventures with developers.

Mon, 02 December 2024

  • 6:58 pm Five people were killed on Monday after the wall they were leaning on during a burial collapsed in Miritini, Mombasa.
  • 6:30 pm State Department for Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang has ordered the closure of the boarding sections of 348 primary schools after an assessment that showed they did not meet the required standards.
  • 5:47 pm Public Service and Human Capital Development CS Justin Muturi has directed all Huduma Centres to establish SHIF desks for easy access to information and registration.
  • 5:15 pm President William Ruto says the national and county governments have reached an agreement to pay the debt owed to the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) by contributing Ksh 1.5 billion and Ksh 2 billion respectively.
  • 4:45 pm The National Treasury is exploring alternative public-private partnership (PPP) models to finance Kenya's mega infrastructure projects following the cancellation of Adani Group-led initiatives for the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO).
  • 4:15 pm Health CS Deborah Mulongo will on Tuesday be part of an informal meeting at Parliament Buildings to discuss challenges facing the implementation of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Programme.
  • 2:59 pm The US Embassy flags as fake a letter that made rounds on social media barring Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen and Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi from entering the USA.
  • 2:29 pm Boda Boda riders in Mlolongo set a Tata Tipper Lorry on fire accusing its driver of hitting and killing both the bodaboda rider and his pillion passenger.
  • 1:57 pm DCI Director Mohamed Amin officiates the opening of a Drug Identification Training for 28 officers drawn from DCI, National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA), and Kenya Coast Guard Services (KCGS) at the Nairobi Safari Club.
  • 1:19 pm The Ministry of Health has launched a public participation process to shape the regulations that will govern the implementation of digital health solutions across the country.
  • 12:58 pm Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital staff stage demos at the level 6 facility demanding the reinstatement of Ahmed Dagane as CEO claiming that their health coverage was cancelled.
  • 12:22 pm KAA Board Chairman Caleb Kositany serves as a chief guest during the unveiling ceremony of the revamped JKIA Ndovu Roundabout.
  • 11:49 am Protests erupt in Isiolo County as residents demonstrate against poor road conditions and the lack of medicine in hospitals.
  • 11:25 am President William Ruto launches the Last Mile Connectivity at Sir Ramson in Taita Taveta County.
  • 10:51 am Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi presides over the official opening of Kenya's 60th Anniversary Diplomatic Journey Week at the Kenyatta International Convention Center.
  • 10:24 am President William Ruto vows to top Ksh1 billion to KEMSA to avail medicines in public hospitals for the smooth rollout of SHA services.
  • 9:48 am President William Ruto commissions the 33/11kV Sub-Station in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County.
  • 9:16 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua reveals that he used to hide from President William Ruto during the launch and implementation of government projects he did not support by disappearing into the crowd during official functions.
  • 8:47 am Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi on Monday threw his hat in the ring to unseat President William Ruto as Head of State in the upcoming 2027 General Election.
  • 8:10 am Arafat Mohamed, a youth who went missing in Eastleigh on Friday, was found dead in the Bahati area while his body showed cut marks.
  • 7:52 am 3 criminals believed to be waylaying motorists and robbing them of valuables along the Kisumu - Nairobi Highway were arrested by undercover officers drawn from Kasagam Police Station.
  • 7:07 am Property of unknown value was destroyed after a night fire erupted at Ngara Market in Nairobi on Sunday.

Sun, 01 December 2024

  • 5:19 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga says politics of tribalism has been overtaken by events and that Kenyans need to work together regardless of their ethnic backgrounds to make Kenya greater than it is today.
  • 4:55 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says that with inflation at the lowest in the last 17 years, the prices of essential commodities, among them food items and fuel, has gone down and the Kenyan shilling has stabilised.
  • 4:23 pm National Assembly Committee on Social Protection puts the National Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo on notice over continued absences to house summonses to answer concerns over funding mechanisms of the Inua Jamii Program.
  • 3:38 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga says that the trap that captured former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was initially set up by his camp to keep the AUC Chair hopeful from a possible collaboration with the Kenya Kwanza regime.
  • 2:56 pm President William Ruto dismisses differences between the state and the religious leader after the Catholic Church rejected his personal donation of Ksh2.6 million given to St Anna and Joakim parish in Soweto, Nairobi.