News Tracker

Mon, 09 December 2024

  • 12:47 pm Moja Expressway explains that traffic snarl-up experienced along the Nairobi Expressway is attributed to ongoing construction work along Mombasa Road which led to an influx on the elevated highway.
  • 12:12 pm Sections of roads in Malindi in Kilifi County experience flooding hindering travel.
  • 11:52 am Brian Otieno Maurice, the prime suspect in the murder of Sospeter Osunga, alias 'Akoko the Billionaire', arrested after the investigations found that the deceased sustained fatal wounds on his back, believed to have been caused by a sharp object.
  • 11:21 am British High Commissioner to Kenya Neil Wigan confirms that the UK will work with EACC and other partners to strengthen the fight against corruption.
  • 10:55 am Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi launches the Kakamega Polytechnic Digital Hub.
  • 10:23 am President William Ruto congratulates John Dramani Mahama for being elected President of the Republic of Ghana. He is set to be sworn into office on January 7, 2025.
  • 9:48 am Kenya Association of Travel Agents (KATA) petitions the National Assembly against the proposed 16% VAT on air ticketing services, saying it will lead to economic decline, company closures, and job losses
  • 9:25 am Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa sponsored the most bills in 2024, a total of 4 including the Employment  Bill, followed by Peter Masara and Rahim Dawood, MPs for Suna West and North Imenti, who sponsored 3 bills each.
  • 8:43 am Nairobi's popular Kimathi House, an 11-storey building located along Kimathi Street, has been put up for auction as its parent company continues to face financial headwinds
  • 8:07 am Kenya men's volleyball team wins with a 3-1 sets victory over Uganda during a showdown at the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa County on Sunday evening.
  • 7:57 am Kilifi County introduces a new digital platform known as the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) that will enable medical providers to store and access all patients' treatment history and data on mobile phones, abolishing the need for notebooks and files.

Sun, 08 December 2024

  • 6:31 pm The Government of Russia has expanded its list of countries whose citizens can visit the Russian Federation with a single electronic visa to include Kenya, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe.
  • 5:14 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki insists that President William Ruto's regime is not in conflict with the church and urges religious leaders to correct the government 'in love.'
  • 4:57 pm Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka refutes that he was to blame for a court case that has dragged on for months, thus hindering President William Ruto from appointing a panel to pick new IEBC commissioners.
  • 4:12 pm A fire broke out at the Wapewape area of Mukuru kwa Njenga slum in Embakasi East on Sunday afternoon; the extent of the damage to property and casualties is still unknown.
  • 3:33 pm EACC feted for outstanding financial management and reporting which culminated in an unqualified audit opinion by the Office of the Auditor General in the Financial Year (FY) 2023/24. 
  • 3:13 pm COTU SG Francis Atwoli hosts Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula, and CS Wycliffe Oparanya for a consultative meeting at his Bofa Ocean View home in Kilifi.
  • 2:51 pm US Ambassador to Kenya Marc Dillard interacts with creative economy leaders in Mombasa on Friday in an effort to grow the Kenyan and American talent.
  • 2:19 pm The Ministry of Agriculture maintains that the exercise to vaccinate 22 million animals is still on since Kenya cannot export its livestock products currently due to its inability to meet the required vaccination standards.
  • 1:51 pm Lands Principal Secretary Nixon Korir assures residents of five settlements of Nakuru County that the government will restore their ownership rights in compliance with the ruling of the High Court.
  • 1:28 pm Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua asked President William Ruto to hasten the reconstitution of IEBC arguing that the administration was already late since the exercise should take place at least three years before the election.
  • 12:52 pm State House senior economic advisor Moses Kuria exposes a hospital in Nyeri accused of charging patients Ksh50,000 despite Taifa Care registration.
  • 12:09 pm The government gives owners of motorbikes and cars abandoned at Kitui and Athi River police stations to pick them up within 30 days or risk losing them through auction.
  • 11:49 am The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has invited comments from Kenyan citizens concerning the release of a new genetically modified maize species for open cultivation.
  • 11:16 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims that MPs and senators have been silenced by the government.
  • 10:57 am Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and his allies attend a church service in Kakamega County.
  • 10:21 am The government gives notice to landowners over plans to acquire 26 hectares of land for the construction of the Riruta–Ngong Meter Gauge Railway Commuter through the National Land Commission (NLC).
  • 9:46 am Human rights activist Hussein Khalid raises concerns that women are being killed by an unknown gang in a similar fashion - single hack on the head - in Uasin Gishu County.
  • 9:19 am Former President Uhuru Kenyatta attended the wedding of the Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka's daughter in Naivasha, Nakuru County, on Saturday 7, 2024.