News Tracker

Wed, 19 March 2025

  • 5:51 pm The caucus of Deputy Governors in Kenya on Wednesday, March 19, demanded legal reforms that would clearly define their roles in the counties amidst numerous run-ins with their governors.
  • 5:28 pm New Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma has vowed to prioritize workers' welfare, accountability and public service as he steps into the new role previously held by Kawira Mwangaza.
  • 4:53 pm Senior government officials, including the County Commissioner, Assistant County Commissioners, and Chiefs, reportedly snubbed an event graced by Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro to open a modern Assistant County Commissioner's office in Mjini, Kiharu Constituency on orders from above.
  • 4:15 pm The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has revealed that the meth lab believed to have been operating in Namanga according to a report by the US Department of State was foiled before it could begin operations and that six people including 3 Kenyans, two Nigerians, and one Mexican were in custody.
  • 3:54 pm Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has announced that the government is in constant communication with Vietnamese authorities—exploring the possibility of withdrawing the execution of Margaret Nduta.
  • 3:28 pm Kenya Railways Corporation has introduced reefer wagons as an improvement to the transportation of perishable cargo from Kenya to Europe.
  • 2:41 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has announced that he has officially okayed the gazettement of President William Ruto's directive ordering the lifting of charges on the application of IDs and verification of passports.
  • 2:24 pm President William Ruto has announced government plans to establish a state department to deal with research, development, technology, and innovation.
  • 1:55 pm Defence Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya was pressed to explain why an article published by Nation Media Group (NMG), alleging that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga saved President William Ruto from an attempted coup, was inaccurate.
  • 1:27 pm Kenyans applying for new national identity cards will now be required to be accompanied by a parent (or guardian) to ID registration centres, where their relationship will be verified by chiefs, National Registration Bureau Director Aggrey Masai has announced.
  • 12:55 pm The recent release of the John F. Kennedy (JFK) assassination archives by United States President Donald Trump revealed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a secret base in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • 12:30 pm The mother of Margaret Nduta—the Kenyan woman sentenced to death in Vietnam on drug charges—has sent a desperate appeal to President William Ruto.
  • 11:55 am Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga hosts Marc D. Dillard, Charge d' Affaires, Embassy of the United States of America, to review the state of the Kenyan nation and political developments in the USA.
  • 11:22 am Private hospitals have asked Health CS Deborah Barasa to establish a Dispute Resolution Tribunal to help resolve the ongoing impasse with SHA.
  • 10:55 am TikTok has announced that it has started rolling out more parental control features following community feedback on the impact of TikTok content consumption on teens.
  • 10:22 am Dutch King Willem-Alexander has revealed that he once as a pilot for the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), assisting in the fight against poachers.
  • 9:56 am Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa has warned youths against attending a rally at Uhuru Park organised by Inject party leader Morara Kebaso.
  • 9:29 am The government is set to implement sweeping reforms in public service management following the Cabinet’s approval of the Public Service Human Resource Management and Development Bill, 2024, last Tuesday.
  • 8:42 am A Kenyan peacekeeper serving in the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after sustaining injuries during an operation.
  • 8:00 am As Kenyans continue to ponder what awaits 37-year-old Margaret Nduta, another Kenyan woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for drug trafficking.
  • 7:45 am Former Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has accused President William Ruto’s administration of playing a role in her removal from office.

Tue, 18 March 2025

  • 5:46 pm Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has refuted the Auditor General's report that the county owes Ksh1.2 billion in pending bills stating that she will only pay Ksh513 million as the other Ksh680 million was 'fictitious'.
  • 5:12 pm Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu on Tuesday, March 18, filed a fresh application seeking to be released on bond as he continues to serve a jail term after he was convicted of graft.
  • 4:53 pm United States President Donald Trump encourages all immigrants in his country, including 30,000 Kenyans, to use the recently launched self-deportation Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Home application to register and leave the country if they want a chance to re-enter the country in the future.
  • 4:17 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga meets with Dhadho Godhana, the Governor of Tana River County, who was accompanied by leaders from the county for consultations at his Capitol Hill office.
  • 3:55 pm Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba stormed out of Parliament on Tuesday afternoon after failing to read her pre-approved apology upon her return to Senate following suspension, noting that the prescribed apology included a clause that was self-incriminatory on her ongoing court case.
  • 3:27 pm Education CS Julius Ogamba says that HELB has disbursed Ksh1.56 billion to students and trainees for tuition and upkeep to benefit 31,263 TVET trainees and 33,863 university students.
  • 2:57 pm Matatu operators in Makueni County hold protests against the use of private vehicles, such as proboxes, for public transport services without proper licensing; they threatened to stop paying licensing levies.
  • 2:21 pm The Ministry of Sports embarks on three projects to build state-of-the-art high-altitude training centres in Kapkatet (Kericho), Kapsabet (Nandi), and Kamariny (Iten).
  • 1:50 pm Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has downplayed his removal from the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the National Assembly saying he was not told about the changes and learnt about his replacement in newspapers.