News Tracker

Fri, 31 January 2025

  • 1:22 pm Public Service CS Justin Muturi on Friday lashed out at President William Ruto over the recent cases of abductions, asking him to prioritise the matter and probe the killings.
  • 12:55 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome has urged the IEBC selection panel to remain independent and resist external pressure when appointing new commissioners, calling the delay in forming the commission a disruption to democracy.
  • 12:25 pm HAKI Africa Director Hussein Khalid has said processes are underway to look for two of the remaining Mlolongo four, including body identification and DNA matching at the City Mortuary.
  • 11:50 am Lands CS Alice Wahome has urged Kenyans who are aware of school lands and properties that have been grabbed to prepare documents and present them to her office.
  • 11:20 am Former Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga has called on the government to listen to Kenyans on the effectiveness of SHA and use that information to improve it.
  • 10:45 am The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has listed petrol as one category of commodities whose price has gone up in January compared to December last year.
  • 10:22 am The brother of Slain Mlolongo abductee Justus Mutumwa has dismissed claims that the deceased was taken to the mortuary on December 2024.
  • 9:45 am Property belonging to hundreds of students was destroyed on Thursday night after a fire burnt down a dormitory at Dr Aggrey High School in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County.
  • 9:22 am The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has cautioned motorists against parking on roadsides, road reserves, roadways, bridges, and tunnels, noting that these offences will attract a Ksh 20,000 fine, six months' imprisonment, or both.
  • 8:45 am KCAA has confirmed that a Cessna 185 (5Y-BVL) aircraft crashed on Thursday evening at Kedong Ranch, Naivasha, killing those on board.
  • 8:15 am Raila Odinga's allies have expressed concern that President William Ruto's handling of the DRC crisis might hurt the former Prime Minister's chances in the upcoming African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship vote.
  • 7:45 am The National Police Service (NPS) has dismissed reports circulating on social media platforms and the mainstream media that Justus Mutumwa, one of the Mlolongo abductees, was found dead yesterday.

Thu, 30 January 2025

  • 6:10 pm A group of Maendeleo Chap Chap MCAs, led by Machakos County Assembly Minority Leader Judas Mbili Ndawa, have ruled out the option of dissolving the party to join UDA.
  • 5:58 pm The National Police Service Commission cautions Kenyans against applying for police constable vacancies making rounds online terming the advertisement as fake. Official advertisement from the Commission is yet to be made public.
  • 5:27 pm A second body of the missing Mlolongo four was found dead at the Nairobi Funeral Home, formerly known as City Mortuary, late on Thursday, January 30.
  • 4:48 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga mourns the late scholar Bethwel Allan Ogot as among the increasingly rare internationally known, deep, independent, and professional scholars who treasured academic excellence. Ogot died after a short illness at Kisumu Hospital aged 95 years.
  • 4:09 pm Long-distance drivers staged protests at the Mombasa Port decrying the exorbitant fees they have been forced to pay for the arming of the Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System (RECTS) seals despite the service being legally free.
  • 3:25 pm President William Ruto meets chief executives of ElSewedy Electric led by President and CEO Ahmed Elsewedy, and Orascom Construction officials led by Managing Director Ihab Mehawed in Cairo, Egypt.
  • 3:02 pm Justus Mutumwa, one of the missing 'Mlolongo three', has been found dead in Ruai and his body has been taken to City Mortuary.
  • 2:46 pm Medical Services PS Harry Kimtai agrees to withdraw case filed against Grace Njoki, the woman who stormed Health CS Barasa's presser at Afya House.
  • 2:21 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki meets 11 PSs and other senior government officials at his official residence in Karen for an interministerial/agency forum to track progress made and fast-rack local and diaspora job creation programmes; confirms that more than 200,000 Kenyans have been placed in jobs abroad.
  • 1:54 pm Matatu operators in Nairobi's Central Business District have blocked major roads and avenues to protest against hawkers occupying their parking spots.
  • 1:19 pm Over 100 families in Makande, Mombasa County, have been forcibly evicted from their homes over several issues, including providing space for the government’s Affordable Housing project 
  • 12:56 pm Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura says that the state has released Ksh14 billion more capitation funds to schools while a balance of Ksh15 billion will be availed in due course.
  • 12:22 pm Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and DCI boss Mohamed Amin today appeared in court over the disappearance of three men in Mlolongo.
  • 11:55 am The High Court has ruled that former Migori Governor Okoth Obado and his two co-accused have a case to answer in Sharon Otieno’s 2018 murder.
  • 11:22 am Govt Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has said the Treasury on Wednesday released Ksh.14B towards the School Capitation and will be disbursed by today to school accounts.
  • 10:50 am President William Ruto has sent his condolences following a tragic air accident in Washington, D.C. after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter.
  • 10:15 am City lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi is facing a fresh uphill task as two lawyers have filed a petition seeking to remove him from the Roll of Senior Counsel over alleged professional misconduct.
  • 9:55 am Irate Kirinyaga residents hacked to death a suspected Mungiki member and torched seven semi-permanent houses for allegedly extorting money from the residents on Wednesday, January 29.