News Tracker

Wed, 29 January 2025

8:24 am COTU SG Francis Atwoli accuses the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) of spreading propaganda after its report showed that at least 5,000 Kenyans lost their jobs since President William Ruto took office.
7:47 am Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba says that the state built 14,000 classrooms countrywide in the past three months for the Junior Secondary Schools (JSS).
7:24 am The Labour Court issued orders stopping the transfers of 194 police officers who had been transferred from Narok East police stations of Duka Moja and Ntulele pending the determination and hearing of a case lodged before it for determination.

Tue, 28 January 2025

6:57 pm Presidents attending the African Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam launch Mission 300, an initiative that seeks to deliver affordable and sustainable power to more than half of the 600 million people on the continent without electricity by 2030.
6:43 pm The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) shut down an acetylene gas production company located along Mombasa Road after it was found to be generating harmful Calcium Hydroxide as a byproduct of its manufacturing process.
5:51 pm DCI's Emergency Response Team from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit is training at Rwanda's Counter Terrorism Training Centre ahead of the regional SWAT Challenge to be held at Rwanda's Mayange tactical training ground on January 29 and January 30, 2025.
5:37 pm The government will begin a land audit for conservancies with data showing that most hold larger pieces of land than they legally own.
4:39 pm Police have rescued a 14 months old baby allegedly kidnapped by a relative five days ago.
4:00 pm Bill Gates foundation has entered into a partnership with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board to provide Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) to diagnose and treat illnesses in Kenya.
3:51 pm The government will switch off social media from Kenyans if national security is threatened, ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo has warned.
3:38 pm Kenya has condemned an attack on the Kenyan Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, following increasing hostilities in the Central African nation.
3:06 pm Teachers union, KUPPET has asked the government to release funds to secondary schools as they have resorted to using unconventional ways to acquire funds for schools operations.
2:33 pm The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has suspended the manufacturing permit of a major steel company over substandard ribbed bars.
2:29 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has cautioned Kenyans to stop speculating on the health of Malava MP Malulu Injendi who is currently admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
2:18 pm Government has directed all importers to digitally procure Marine Cargo Insurance cover by February 14 before receiving customs clearance for their goods.
1:52 pm United Nations will support the East African Community resolve to end ongoing fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
1:26 pm Kenya's Ksh45.3 billion Talanta Sports Stadium that will host AFCON 2027 alongside Uganda and Tanzania will be completed by December 2025, government says.
1:15 pm COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has admitted that Ruto’s 2022 presidential election victory was imminent and senior Azimio coalition officials knew it despite casting aspersions on the win.
12:19 pm President William Ruto is set to hold a high level meeting with his counterparts from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the aim of taming escalating tensions in DRC.
12:12 pm Civil servants will have their salaries cut up to 45%-50% due to increased deductions of SHIF, housing levy, and increased NSSF contributions.
11:44 am Dreaded Haiti gangs members shot, some arrested while others escape with gunshot wounds after they attacked residents at Kenscoff Town located 10 kilometres Southeast of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, MSS Commander Godfrey Otunge says.
11:27 am Kenya has issued a fresh plea to the US President Donald Trump to provide alternative funding to cushion the world's most venerable populations.
10:30 am Kenya Chamber of Mines (KCM) has accused the government of being unjust in conducting raids on their premises despite disclosing their inventories.
10:05 am Youth who turned up at Kisii National Polytechnic for government brokered jobs in the Middle East leave hopes dashed after CS Alfred Mutua post-postpones the recruitment.
9:42 am Kenyans living in the United States of America illegally are a worried lot as the crackdown on illegal migrants intensifies nabbing 956 people.
9:23 am President William Ruto has flown out of the country to attend the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
8:55 am The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has outlined several directives targeting owners, carriers and operators of commercial vehicles.
8:22 am The African Union (AU) through its African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has disputed Moody’s Global Credit Rating Agency’s recent decision to revise Kenya’s economic outlook from negative to positive.
7:54 am The Judiciary has urged the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) members to cancel their planned protests against Chief Justice Martha Koome and the other Supreme Court judges.