News Tracker

Wed, 20 November 2024

  • 2:21 pm President William Ruto condemns rising cases of femicide in the country and urges collaborative efforts to protect women from violence. 
  • 1:47 pm President William Ruto set aside Ksh100 million for the launch of a 16-day campaign against gender-based cases including cases of femicide witnessed in the country.
  • 1:17 pm NACADA cautions Kenyans against fraudsters posing as members of the Authority and extorting money as institutions race to gain accreditation under the Social Health Authority (SHA).
  • 12:39 pm A Kandara court handed a man a life sentence after he was found guilty of defiling a 6-year-old minor.
  • 12:17 pm The latest Leading Economic Indicator report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that passengers' arrivals at JKIA and Moi International Airport dropped from 175,113 in August to 144,996 in September.
  • 11:56 am Interior PS Raymond Omollo officially opens the Forum of National Focal Point Coordinators from Kenya and 14 other African countries.
  • 11:22 am Moi University Vice Chancellor Prof Isaac Kosgei appears before investigators at the Commission's North Rift Regional Offices in Eldoret over the alleged embezzlement of public funds and procurement irregularities involving multiple infrastructural projects worth Ksh2.2 billion. 
  • 10:54 am Transport in Machakos is paralysed after matatu owners kicked off their strike over alleged mismanagement of the transport sector in the county.
  • 10:21 am President William Ruto attends the Foreign Policy Consultative Forum at KICC in Nairobi.
  • 9:47 am Central Bank of Kenya rolls out new Ksh50, Ksh100, Ksh200, and Ksh500 notes with updated features including a signature from Treasury PS Chris Kiptoo and year of print to 2024.
  • 9:23 am Baringo Women Representative Florence Jematiah, allied to the ruling UDA, withdraws her controversial statement lambasting churches for criticising President William Ruto's regime.
  • 8:40 am State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed confirmed that President William Ruto's administration was yet to receive a refund of the Ksh2.8 million donation rejected by the Catholic Church.
  • 8:15 am Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye's wife, Winnie Byanyima, demands the government to release her husband who was abducted on Saturday while in Kenya to attend the launch of Martha Karua's book.
  • 7:55 am The Public Service Commission (PSC) has called for Kenyans to apply for Principal Secretary positions in government hinting at a looming reshuffle.
  • 7:13 am At least 6 people reportedly died while 16 others sustained injuries following a fire outbreak in the Majengo area of Kamukunji, Nairobi, on Tuesday night.

Tue, 19 November 2024

  • 6:37 pm KAA confirmed a fire incident involving a vehicle parked on Level 1 of the JKIA parking garage and assured airport users that the flames had been contained.
  • 5:39 pm President William Ruto bids farewell to US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman noting, 'she has worked hard for the Kenya-United States partnership. For that, we are immensely grateful.'
  • 5:10 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula orders MPs to travel to Mombasa via SGR for the East Africa Legislative(EALA) games scheduled to kick off om December 6, 2024.
  • 4:40 pm AUC Chairperson candidate Raila Odinga meets representatives of the Kenyan diaspora who called for increased access to registration and voting for Kenyans living outside the country.
  • 4:27 pm Court slaps Fatuma Ahmed Ali, the widow of Mombasa drug baron, the late Swaleh Yusuf Ahmed alias Kandereni, with 40 years in jail and a fine of Ksh825,642,000 for dealing in prohibited drugs worth Ksh275 million.
  • 3:47 pm Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) names Kiambu, Kisii, Narok, Machakos, Meru, and Tharaka Nithi as hotspots for the distribution of fake seedlings.
  • 3:06 pm The government has secured Ksh300 million to renovate Manda Airport and to bring electricity to the island, confirms Deputy Chief of Staff Eliud Owalo.
  • 2:42 pm Parliament has initiated the process to amend digital lending laws that impact boda boda operators, with three new Bills set to be tabled in the House.
  • 2:09 pm SGR records a 105,782 decline in passengers in September, down from 281,683 passengers in August to report 175,901 users. 
  • 1:47 pm The High Court has handed a 40-year jail term or a fine of Ksh600 million to a Mombasa widow for trafficking drugs worth Ksh275 million in 2018. 
  • 1:16 pm Government excavators demolish houses of the affluent Woodley Estate to demolish houses belonging to 43 residents after the lapse of a three-month notice.
  • 12:52 pm Students were suspended for five months for standing up against unhygienic conditions and impaired services at their school; they complained that they were suspended after they rioted against being forced to bathe with dirty stormwater and unhygienic food preparations.
  • 12:03 pm Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kivaluka has been appointed the new chairperson of the Africa Airline Association (AFRAA) during the 56th Annual General Assembly and Summit in Cairo, Egypt.
  • 11:52 am Senator Fatuma Dullo has proposed a new Bill that will fine Kenyans Ksh100,000 for the destruction of street signs and names, this comes as a result of increased vandalism of street signs.
  • 11:18 am President Ruto has cautioned his Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries to take personal responsibility for their mandate, arguing there is no room for failure, saying, “Accountability must cascade through all levels of ministries, departments, and agencies to individual officers.”