News Tracker

Sun, 23 February 2025

  • 7:23 am Three nurses were arrested while operating at Kericho County Referral Hospital after attending to patients without the hospital's authority.

Sat, 22 February 2025

  • 6:52 pm Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has slammed Archbishop Anthony Muheria for repeatedly criticising the government after Muheria accused President Ruto of making empty promises instead of delivering on his development agenda; 'Stay in your lane,' Sudi said.
  • 6:10 pm Top officials, including Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi and Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, have been sued over Sudan’s RSF meeting in Nairobi; petitioners argue the gathering, where RSF declared a parallel government, undermines Kenya’s sovereignty and risks retaliation from Sudan, threatening national security.
  • 5:50 pm Climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)’s Climate Predictions and Application Centre (ICPAC) have cautioned Kenyans to brace for a heat wave in the coming days.
  • 5:11 pm Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr has condemned the vandalism of key market facilities, calling it economic sabotage.
  • 4:41 pm Teachers ask TSC to resolve delays in obtaining registration and revise the internship duration from the current one year to less than a year to ease the job crisis in the education sector.
  • 4:23 pm Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi has renewed his push for Thika town to become the sixth city in the country; he has submitted a city charter to the county assembly for ratification.
  • 3:41 pm Gatundu South Member of Parliament Gabriel Kagombe has called for a state funeral for the former IEBC chairperson Wafula Chebukati.
  • 3:10 pm Triple Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon has dropped out of the Sirikwa Classic Cross Country Race in a disappointing end in the race that inspired an imperious streak of form that saw her break world records multiple times last time around.
  • 2:39 pm Co-operatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya has appointed a new nine-member committee to oversee the National Coffee Exchange (NCE) transition to the Capital Markets Authority (CMA).
  • 2:13 pm Ruto has appointed Habil Olaka as the new Non-Executive Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Financial Inclusion Fund.
  • 1:45 pm Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui has appointed Chrisantus Wamalwa as the new Non-Executive Chairperson of the National Standards Council (NSC).
  • 1:21 pm The Ministry of Education has annulled the appointment of Prof. Amukowa Anangwe as the University of Nairobi Council chairperson.
  • 12:45 pm Nairobi County will introduce digital identification cards for all planning compliance officers to curb illegal inspections of construction sites by imposters and unqualified individuals.
  • 12:09 pm The government will buy land from absentee landlords and resettle squatters at the Coast, President Ruto has announced.
  • 11:50 am Only President William Ruto will be allowed to address mourners at the burial of the late MP Moses Injendi Malulu on Tuesday, March 4.
  • 11:12 am President Ruto and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urge an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a phone call, the State Department has said.
  • 10:44 am Police in Kisumu are hunting a woman accused of fatally stabbing another over an alleged affair in Nyamasaria, Kisumu East.
  • 9:44 am KURA announces the road closure of the Quarry Road-Mlolongo/Syokimau area for two months to pave the way for improvement.
  • 9:12 am Three students from South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU) died in a road accident on Friday; the three who were riding on a motorcycle died on the spot.
  • 8:52 am The government will receive a Ksh193 billion loan from the United Arab Emirates by the end of next week, according to reports. 
  • 8:00 am Pope Francis is not “in danger of death,” but he’s also not fully “out of danger,” according to his medical team.
  • 7:35 am US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Jim Risch, accuses Kenya of enabling genocide by allowing Sudan’s RSF to form a parallel government.
  • 7:10 am KAA says the JKIA fire that broke out on Friday night is fully contained, and operations continue at the airport.

Fri, 21 February 2025

  • 7:48 pm A wildfire has erupted on part of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) grassland.
  • 6:23 pm The High Court bars the JSC from considering petitions to remove Chief Justice Martha Koome and her colleagues at the Supreme Court, offering temporary relief for the besieged head of the Judiciary. 
  • 5:50 pm KeNHA exposes a fraud scheme that is sharing emails purporting to award tenders for the construction of various infrastructures.
  • 5:05 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome and fellow Supreme Court judge Njoki Ndung’u sue the Judiciary Service Commission over a petition seeking their removal.
  • 4:57 pm European Union summons Rwanda’s Ambassador and demands immediate withdrawal and cessation of support for M23 rebels in DRC.