News Tracker

Thu, 20 February 2025

  • 2:47 pm The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has urged Kenyans who are yet to file their taxes to do so before the lapse of the deadline set for February 20, 2025.
  • 2:10 pm The Directorate of Public Prosecutions on Thursday, February 20, withdrew the case against Ian Njoroge, a student who was captured on video assaulting a police officer.
  • 1:45 pm Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei on Thursday, February 20, hinted at an impending overhaul of the government, particularly among Principal Secretaries.
  • 1:15 pm Former Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Ambassador Macharia Kamau has denied being embroiled in the row between Kenya and Sudan after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) promised to announce a civilian government in Sudan from Nairobi on Friday.
  • 12:50 pm Medics have raised alarm over the inappropriate delegation of surgical duties like caesarean sections to unqualified personnel saying compromising on standards will erode gains made.
  • 12:14 pm The Ministry of Labour has ordered G4S, an integrated security company, to reinstate several employees who were allegedly dismissed unfairly by the private firm.
  • 11:55 am India has submitted a request to the Kenyan government to revoke the diplomatic immunity of a Kenyan diplomat's son to enable his prosecution.
  • 11:23 am Siaya Senator Oburu Odinga has been elected the new chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy.
  • 10:51 am All teachers and police officers using insurance backed by government institutions like the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will not receive treatment in a section of hospitals starting Monday, February 24.
  • 10:15 am Nairobi County Senator Edwin Sifuna has declared that he will not support President William Ruto’s re-election even if the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party Leader, Raila Odinga, backed him.
  • 9:53 am Three children died in a fire in the Gituamba area of Gitaru in Kabete on Wednesday, February 19.
  • 9:15 am Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for legal reforms following reports that dozens of recovered mental patients at the Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital remain confined decades later.
  • 8:45 am Despite Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) taking over 98 per cent of operations on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), key functions will remain under the management of the Chinese firm Africa Star Railway Operation Company (Afristar), until December 2025.
  • 8:29 am Deductions towards the Affordable Housing Programme are a tax, not savings, according to a clarification released by the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development.

Wed, 19 February 2025

  • 8:00 pm Kenya refutes claims of taking sides in the 22-month Sudan conflict between the Sudanese government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and insists the country remains at the forefront of seeking solutions to the humanitarian crisis.
  • 7:45 pm The Senate Committee on Finance and Budget has been put to task to explain why about Ksh48.5 billion of county funds is lying dormant at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
  • 7:15 pm Members of the Civil Societies in Kenya have warned Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen against deploying National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers in the universities.
  • 6:55 pm The County Assemblies Forum (CAF) meeting at KICC descended into chaos on Wednesday, February 19, after MCAs engaged in a physical altercation.
  • 6:30 pm A law firm in Nairobi has raised alarm over unsupervised medical practices by medical interns and registrars at a leading city hospital.
  • 5:46 pm Dramatic scenes ensued in the Senate on Wednesday, February 19, after Senators Samson Cherargei and Edwin Sifuna clashed over the alleged abduction of Ugandan politician Kizza Besigye in Nairobi.
  • 5:25 pm The High Court has ruled against an amendment that granted the Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry Cabinet Secretary the power to appoint members of the powerful National Environment Tribunal (NET).
  • 4:44 pm The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has recorded a significant increase in the number of newly registered vehicles, weeks after warning Kenyans against keeping unregistered vehicles within their premises.
  • 4:03 pm Kenyan taxpayers will have to dig deeper into their pockets after Parliament okayed a decision to allocate funds for pension payments to former Members of Parliament.
  • 3:52 pm A puzzle has emerged over why the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has only now decided to charge Juja MP George Koimburi with forging academic certificates, nearly three decades after the alleged offence.
  • 3:15 pm Kenya is set to receive a Ksh647 million boost from the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to improve food security in arid and semi-arid regions.
  • 2:50 pm Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru on Wednesday, February 19, criticised Mt Kenya leaders who have been visiting former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua at his Wamunyoro residence, warning that they would regret their actions.
  • 2:15 pm The government has ordered the surcharging of all civil servants in public entities where money has been lost or is unaccounted for.
  • 1:42 pm UDA MPs including Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah filed a petition at the Court of Appeal challenging the High Court's ruling that determined that Kenya Kwanza was erroneously declared the majority wing in the National Assembly.
  • 1:09 pm High Court in Narok issued a stay order stopping the implementation of the decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that required the seven Supreme Court Judges to respond to a petition seeking their removal.
  • 12:49 pm The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has issued a seven-day strike notice to the University of Nairobi over what it has termed systemic law flouting.