News Tracker

Fri, 23 February 2024

  • 5:24 pm The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) places Kenya on the grey list for international Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism, and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
  • 4:59 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki pays Treasury counterpart Njuguna Ndung’u a courtesy call to discuss the completion of the National Forensic Laboratory.
  • 4:19 pm Kenya Power announces Ksh319 million profit after tax for the half-year ending Dec 31, 2023.
  • 3:51 pm Governor Anne Waiguru announces the opening of bars in Kirinyaga that have complied with liquor licensing regulations.
  • 3:03 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki orders the arrest of corrupt government officials accused of slowing down the issuance of passports.
  • 2:44 pm President William Ruto promises Asenath Jeruto, the wife of Kelvin Kiptum, a job placement. 
  • 2:13 pm DCI's Serious Crimes Unit arrests three individuals for being in possession of four elephant tusks, weighing a total of 27 kilograms, with an estimated street value of Ksh 2.7 million.
  • 1:48 pm Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson meets Matatu Operators and PSV owners to discuss bringing order to CBD and the smooth running of the Matatu Industry.
  • 1:30 pm Asenath Jeruto, the wife of Kelvin Kiptum, shares that they were scheduled to exchange vows in church this April.  
  • 12:54 pm Prisoners held in custody are now permitted to attend the funerals of close family members.
  • 12:12 pm Police in Isebania, Migori County, seize 160 kilograms of bhang with an estimated street value of Ksh 4.8 million.
  • 11:44 am The High Court lifts the injunction barring the government from rolling out the digital identifiers, otherwise known as Maisha Namba.
  • 11:03 am Google comforts customers with assurance that their Gmail services will continue despite rumours. 
  • 10:57 am The Canadian government offers Ksh 8.7 billion in funding to support the deployment of Kenyan officers to Haiti.  
  • 10:21 am NSSF directs employers to effect the new rates in the February payslips.
  • 9:43 am NPR officer killed, two other people injured after bandits attack Noosukuro village in Mukutani, Baringo.
  • 9:18 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua calls upon the church to support the govt in the campaign against drug abuse and illicit alcohol. 
  • 8:59 am Kenyan marathoner Kelvin Kiptum is to be laid to rest today.
  • 8:30 am The wife of the slain Indian businessman confesses to conspiring in his torture.  
  • 7:22 am National Assembly adopts the National Dialogue Committee report with MPs set to introduce Bills and legislative proposals to support its enactment. 
  • 7:10 am The ODPP and EACC clash over the withdrawal of two graft cases in court. 

Thu, 22 February 2024

  • 6:22 pm KeNHA announces a temporary, 2-day, closure of a section of Langata Road near Nyayo Stadium.  
  • 6:10 pm Senators initiate plans to increase fines meted out to cabinet secretaries and governors who fail to appear before Parliamentary Committees.  
  • 5:54 pm Kibera Law Court rules that Velji Jayaben Jayeshikumar, wife of slain Indian businessman Jayesh Kumar, to remain in custody for 14 days pending police probe
  • 5:36 pm Kenya, Ethiopia sign MoU to strengthen bilateral cooperation in strategic areas.
  • 4:58 pm Auditor General exposes the defunct NMS for inflating its budget in the procurement of street lights to be installed along Thika Road. 
  • 4:38 pm The High Court convicts four ex-GSU officers for murdering a woman.  
  • 3:28 pm The Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o reveals Kenya's debt has exceeded the required limit.  
  • 3:01 pm The LSK exposes an alleged quack lawyer accused of working in cahoots with state officers to defraud unsuspecting clients.  
  • 2:44 pm 2 people die after accident reported at Nyalenda Ring Road in Kisumu.