News Tracker

Thu, 19 September 2024

  • 4:46 pm Kenya marginally improves from position 108 to 102 on the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings.
  • 4:23 pm Casual workers in Trans Nzoia County stage protests accusing the local government of terminating 600 employees without notice.
  • 3:15 pm President William Ruto installs Douglas Kanja as the new Inspector General of Police at State House, Nairobi.
  • 2:55 pm Labour CS Alfred Mutua says Kenya is set to export up to 10,000 Kenyans every week to work as domestic workers and in other semi-skilled jobs.
  • 2:23 pm Police officers in Migori launched investigations into a mysterious fire that razed down the county government's accounts offices on Wednesday night.
  • 1:53 pm Deputy IG Gilbert Masengeli’s request to appear in court before Judge Mugambi today denied; He is set to appear tomorrow for sentence directions as 6-month jail term begins. 
  • 1:22 pm Kenya Shipyards Ltd Major General Said M. Farah officially hands over MV Uhuru II to Kenya Railways Managing Director Philip Mainga at an event attended by Defence CS Soipan Tuya.
  • 12:49 pm Douglas Kanja sworn in as Inspector General of Police by Chief Justice Martha Koome at Supreme Court buildings in Nairobi; Gilbert Masengeli reverts to his position as DIG
  • 12:21 pm One student was injured as a plane with two onboard operated by the West Rift Aviation School crashed into the Nairobi National Park.
  • 11:49 am President William Ruto gazettes the appointment of Douglas Kanja Kirocho as Inspector General of National Police Service to serve for 4 years.
  • 11:25 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua attends the burial ceremony of the late Deputy Governor of Lamu County, Raphael Munyua Ndung'u, in Mpeketoni.
  • 10:50 am Oxford Dictionary adds Swahili & Sheng words to its catalogue.
  • 10:00 am Burial for the late Lamu Deputy Governor Raphael Munyua underway in Mpeketoni.
  • 9:43 am Amb Ekitila Lokaale, Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York relays Kenya is in  in support of Palestinian self-determination
  • 9:00 am CSs Soipan Tuya of Defence and Davis Chirchir of Transport to witness the handing over of the MV Uhuru II Ship to Kenya Railways in Kisumu.
  • 8:44 am MCAs from Central Kenya clash over who to support as Mt. Kenya kingpin between DP Gachagua and Interior CS Kithure Kindiki
  • 8:09 am Police initiate investigations after fire razes down the Migori County Assembly store.
  • 7:45 am Adani Whistleblower Nelson Amenya claims the JKIA takeover deal is yet to be signed which he attributes to public outrage after he leaked details.
  • 7:00 am Lawyer Charles Mugane files petition to remove Acting IG Gilbert Masengeli from office over contempt of court. 

Wed, 18 September 2024

  • 6:55 pm  President William Ruto reveals 32,000 houses are being built for police officers.    
  • 6:30 pm  President William Ruto flags off Junior Starlets as they head to the Dominican Republic to participate in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2024.
  • 5:34 pm Late President Daniel Moi's grandson Collins Toroitich Kibet arrested after being a fugitive for several months .
  • 5:24 pm Over 2,000 Njuri Njeke elders endorse Interior CS Kithure Kindiki as their kingpin. 
  • 4:44 pm Government pathologist Johansen Oduor releases the DNA results of 21 Hillside Endarasha victims.
  • 4:02 pm Employment and Labour Relations Court orders striking lecturers back to class.
  • 3:46 pm President William Ruto meets Nyeri MPs at State House, Nairobi. DP Gachagua conspicuously absent.
  • 3:00 pm FORD-Kenya dismisses rumours that the party is planning to fold up
  • 2:49 pm Quiver Steak House in Kilimani has been demolished barely 48 hours after residents launched complaints over noise pollution.
  • 2:12 pm Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Rono flags off KTDA fertilisers to smallholder farmers at KPA's BulkStream in Mombasa County.
  • 1:36 pm President William Ruto asks the National Police Service and the Judiciary to work together for the common good of the Kenyan people amid the tiff pitting Acting IG Gilbert Masengeli against CJ Martha Koome.