News Tracker

Sat, 08 February 2025

11:56 am Emergency EAC and SADC meeting on escalating DRC crisis begins in Tanzania; Presidents Kagame, Ruto, Museveni, Mnangagwa, and Suluhu are present, while Tshisekedi is attending virtually.
11:27 am President Ruto warns the conflict in the DRC cannot be resolved through military means and says, “We must resist the temptation of thinking that we can somehow shoot or bombard our way into a solution in the face of the complexity involved.”
10:49 am KPMG audit firm warns that the increase of NSSF deductions will lower the purchasing power of most employed Kenyans.
10:13 am Trump waives funds to PEPFAR, allowing select USAID employees to return to work as audits on expenditures by the foreign aid body continue.
9:50 am Moses Wetang’ula has rejected a High Court ruling questioning his dual role as National Assembly Speaker and Ford Kenya Party leader, calling it “ordinary comments” with no legal weight; he insisted the decision is non-binding and has no practical effect on his position.
9:20 am Over 200 families left homeless after a suspicious fire razed down houses in the Soweto area of Kibera on Friday evening.
8:46 am US infrastructure investment firm Everstrong Capital insists that all heavy commercial vehicles be mandated to use the forthcoming Usahihi Expressway upon its completion as part of the deal for the project.
8:18 am Police have launched a probe after a man in Lang'ata was allegedly brutally murdered at the hands of his employer after disappearing with his employer’s motorcycle for two days without paying daily dues.
7:51 am Tiaty MP William Kamket has alleged that the spate of abductions are 'repercussions and reprisals' against those calling for the ouster of the Ruto regime through unconstitutional means.
7:17 am A Nairobi court has ruled that high-rise developments in Kileleshwa and its surrounding areas must adhere to a strict 16-floor limit, overturning multiple approvals issued for taller structures.

Fri, 07 February 2025

7:54 pm Starehe Sub-County Police Commander Wilson Morayah has confirmed that there were no fatalities in today's fire at a tyre shop on Eastleigh’s General Waruingi Street; however, property worth millions were destroyed.
7:10 pm Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi proposes a merger of the Nairobi and Luanda peace processes for effective results to end the eastern DRC conflict.
6:37 pm 68 form four students from St. Thomas Aquinas Igumori Secondary School in Mbeere South, Embu, were hospitalised after allegedly consuming contaminated beef.
6:10 pm President Ruto vows to end the drug menace in the country, threatening to deport foreigners selling drugs in northern Kenya.
5:39 pm DP Kithure Kindiki asks counties to integrate and operate as economic blocs to maximise their potential and attract investors.
5:05 pm The court will in June rule on whether or not Parliament will pull down skeleton carvings at the entrance of the National Assembly and carvings that are on the Speaker’s seats alleged to be promoting idolatry and occult practices.
4:59 pm Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has confirmed that a patient died inside one of its wards under unclear circumstances on the night of Thursday, February 6.
3:57 pm Lands Cabinet Secretary, Alice Wahome, has processed 3,000 title deeds for Garissa township residents, a number she says is equal to the total number of title deeds issued to the residents since independence.
2:41 pm A three-judge bench has declared that the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is the majority party in the National Assembly contrary to a 2022 decision by House Speaker Moses Wetang’ula who proclaimed Kenya Kwanza as the majority party.
2:33 pm A fierce fire has broken out in a tyre shop in Nairobi's Eastleigh Estate along the General Waruingi Street, opposite Pumwani Maternity Hospital destroying several shops and spreading to nearby buildings.
2:26 pm The Kenya shilling has strengthened against the United States Dollar to trade at 128.25 on Friday, February 7, due to a surge in foreign currency inflows from investors purchasing a Ksh70 billion tax-free infrastructure bond.
1:34 pm The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has raided an illegal LPG gas refilling station in Tharaka Nithi county nabbing the mastermind with 433 gas cylinders among other assorted items.
1:23 pm Protests have erupted in Kutus town, Kirinyaga County after a butcher chopped off his customer's genitals following an argument over a Ksh50 debt.
12:29 pm The Ministry of Health has ordered for immediate closure of aesthetic clinics and beauty spas offering unlawful plastic surgery and invasive cosmetic procedures in the country.
11:52 am The government has threatened to take legal action against macadamia farmers who are harvesting and processing immature macadamia nuts for sale.
11:22 am Veteran broadcaster Leonard Mambo Mbotela has passed on at the age of 85 years.
11:08 am The National Police Service (NPS) has clarified that Sadam Buke was not abducted as claimed but lawfully arrested for being a key facilitator and coordinator of the Oromo Liberation Army in Isiolo and Marsabit counties.
10:38 am Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has warned Kenyans to be on the lookout over a fake vehicle auction scheduled on February 14, 2025 requiring interested persons to send a non-refundable registration fee to access the deal.
10:26 am American infrastructure company, Everstrong Capital, will construct the 440km Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway estimated to cost Ksh478 billion.
9:25 am Labour CS Dr. Alfred Mutua has confirmed that the ministry will only conduct the National job recruitment drive in Nyanza counties today and tomorrow as the process remains on hold in all other counties til further notice.