News Tracker

Wed, 29 January 2025

2:48 pm National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has directed drivers to use wire mesh and safety nets to cover heavy loads.
2:29 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has threatened to auction over 200,000 properties within the county over failure to settle land rates.
1:30 pm Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has recounted the sacrifices he made to steer the country during the Covid 19 pandemic including relieving Kenyans from paying taxes.
1:15 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has dismissed threats by political opponents baying to unseat President William Ruto in 2027 polls saying even if they don't win the elections, it will not matter.
1:00 pm Kenya School of Law (KSL) Director PLO Lumumba has written to Chief Justice Martha Koome urging her to reconsider her extreme and unusual punishment to SC Ahmednasir Abdullahi and his associates.
12:40 pm Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged African leaders to think of ways of funding healthcare in their countries after US withdrew health aid to Africa.
12:23 pm Members of Parliament from pastoral areas have opposed a government's plan to dissolve the National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya (NACONEK), saying it will have adverse effects on nomadic and marginalised communities.
12:09 pm High Court has ordered the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to conduct a fresh census in Garissa, Wajir, and Mandera citing inaccurate population figures in the 2019 census.
12:00 pm United States of America has warned M23 rebels of dire consequences after they attacked its embassy among others in the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo.
11:39 am Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has raised alarm over the rising number of Kenyans illegally using the ‘Dr’ title recommending imprisonment and a Ksh.5 Million fine.
11:07 am Troubled car dealer Khalif Kairo has lost a WeFunder campaign account with over Ksh12.9 million (USD100,000) just 24 hours after opening it.
10:50 am Education Cabinet Secretary, Julius Ogamba has announced a new university funding model to be implemented in September when first years join university.
10:37 am 24 year old US national who traveled to Kenya to join the Alshabaab terror group has pleaded guilty to the offense and faces up to 20 years in prison according to US Attorney's Office.
10:21 am Agriculture stakeholders have proposed new levies on select products to cushion farmers on high fertiliser prices.
9:55 am Aisha Jumwa has officially assumed office as Chair of Kenya Roads Board (KRB) despite engineers demanding for the revocation of her appointment for not being a registered engineer.
9:00 am Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen will work with his peers in the ministries of transport, tourism and treasury to streamline airport operations and ensure smooth passenger movement in Kenyan airports.
8:39 am The East African Community(EAC) has upgraded its single tariff platform to streamline regional trade, cut cargo clearance time and create non-tariff barriers among the eight member states.
8:24 am COTU SG Francis Atwoli accuses the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) of spreading propaganda after its report showed that at least 5,000 Kenyans lost their jobs since President William Ruto took office.
7:47 am Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba says that the state built 14,000 classrooms countrywide in the past three months for the Junior Secondary Schools (JSS).
7:24 am The Labour Court issued orders stopping the transfers of 194 police officers who had been transferred from Narok East police stations of Duka Moja and Ntulele pending the determination and hearing of a case lodged before it for determination.

Tue, 28 January 2025

6:57 pm Presidents attending the African Heads of State Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam launch Mission 300, an initiative that seeks to deliver affordable and sustainable power to more than half of the 600 million people on the continent without electricity by 2030.
6:43 pm The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) shut down an acetylene gas production company located along Mombasa Road after it was found to be generating harmful Calcium Hydroxide as a byproduct of its manufacturing process.
5:51 pm DCI's Emergency Response Team from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit is training at Rwanda's Counter Terrorism Training Centre ahead of the regional SWAT Challenge to be held at Rwanda's Mayange tactical training ground on January 29 and January 30, 2025.
5:37 pm The government will begin a land audit for conservancies with data showing that most hold larger pieces of land than they legally own.
4:39 pm Police have rescued a 14 months old baby allegedly kidnapped by a relative five days ago.
4:00 pm Bill Gates foundation has entered into a partnership with the Pharmacy and Poisons Board to provide Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) to diagnose and treat illnesses in Kenya.
3:51 pm The government will switch off social media from Kenyans if national security is threatened, ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo has warned.
3:38 pm Kenya has condemned an attack on the Kenyan Embassy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, following increasing hostilities in the Central African nation.
3:06 pm Teachers union, KUPPET has asked the government to release funds to secondary schools as they have resorted to using unconventional ways to acquire funds for schools operations.