News Tracker

Tue, 01 October 2024

  • 7:05 am DP Rigathi Gachagua warns that he will not allow President William Ruto's close aides to order him around.

Mon, 30 September 2024

  • 5:50 pm The third attempt to stop DP Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment motion fails. Justice Lawrence Mugambi to issue further directions on the petition on October 9, 2024
  • 5:17 pm The High Court dismisses former Murang’a Governor Mwangi Wa Iria’s petition seeking to challenge the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) decision to have him and others charged in the Anti-Corruption’s court.
  • 4:43 pm Activist Morara Kebaso was arrested by police officers at his Kahawa Sukari office and taken to Nairobi Regional Police Headquarters in Uphill.
  • 4:31 pm National Assembly Health committee clears Ksh104 billion health digitalisation project; says queries on cost, role of the contracted telco, and tendering have been settled.
  • 3:24 pm High Court Judge Chacha Mwita declines to issue interim orders for a second attempt by Sheria Mtaani's lobby to stop DP Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment; sets mention for October 9.
  • 2:51 pm The value of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party swells from Ksh10.5 billion as of June 2023 to Ksh11.6 billion as of June 2024.
  • 2:15 pm Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen meets the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Africa Office Director Rodney Swigelaar over compliance with WADA regulations and hosting a continental anti-doping conference in Kenya for the first time.
  • 1:53 pm Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been arrested by officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and taken to the headquarters for questioning.
  • 1:18 pm The government has announced that the affordable housing program in Mukuru is set to receive its first batch of tenants by December 2024.
  • 12:46 pm John Mweha, a community leader, files a petition demanding the removal of a naked boy statue at the Supreme Court terming it culturally insensitive and fostering inappropriate representation.
  • 12:28 pm Health CS Deborah Barasa confirms that at least 2,160,000 Kenyans have registered with the Social Health Authority ahead of its rollout tomorrow.
  • 11:57 am National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) summons Galole MP Said Buya Hiribae and Jibril Mohammed Farah, MCA Bangale Ward, for inciting youth to destroy police stations.
  • 11:24 am Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir absolves himself from any wrongdoing as police continue to crack down on individuals who sexually assaulted a blogger critical of the Coast leader.
  • 10:53 am The High Court declines to issue interim orders stopping the National Assembly from tabling and debating the motion to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 10:23 am The selection panel shortlists  9 candidates for the SRC chairperson post to replace Sarah Serem; interviews are slated for between October 8, and October 9, 2024.
  • 9:37 am Pastor Dorcas Rigathi says that impeachment against her husband, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, will be a hard task noting, "One who was prayed for on the altar can only be removed by the same altar."
  • 9:17 am A team from Kenya Air Force (KAF) visits Starehe Girls’ Centre to provide students with valuable insights into academic success, career development, and personal growth.
  • 8:52 am Reports indicated that Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa has collected 242 signatures from lawmakers in support of impeachment against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 8:25 am Senior Advisor Moses Kuria reveals that Kenyans registered with Social Health Authority will receive services from any contracted private and Faith-based hospitals equal to public hospitals beginning Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
  • 7:54 am EPRA shut down 14 petrol stations selling adulterated fuel and fined 3 others after a nationwide crackdown between July and September this year.
  • 7:16 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua denies banging tables and demanding Ksh8 billion from President William Ruto noting, "I don't have interest with any money. I saw yesterday the local dailies writing some nonsensical things that I banged tables at State House."

Sun, 29 September 2024

  • 6:50 pm A transformer exploded along Ronald Ngala in Nairobi's Central Business District; the number of casualties (if any) is still unknown.
  • 6:02 pm Mombasa Lands CEC Mohamed Hussein was arrested in connection with the gang rape of a blogger who criticised Governor Abdulswamad Nassir.
  • 5:19 pm Archbishop Ole Sapit presides over a ceremony in which the Anglican faithful bid adieu to the Nairobi Diocese Bishop Rev Joel Waweru Mwangi at St. Stephen's ACK along Jogoo Road.
  • 4:46 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula says that 'anyone who wants to disrupt the peace of the nation should be removed' as the impeachment motion against DP Rigathi Gachagua is set to be tabled in Parliament.
  • 4:18 pm China begins the importation of dried sea cucumber from Kenya.
  • 3:52 pm Police flag down fake social media accounts impersonating Deputy Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli.
  • 3:23 pm Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission arrests a cleaner in Kakamega County over suspicious Ksh 615million wealth.