News Tracker

Mon, 27 January 2025

  • 1:35 pm President William Ruto today attended the opening session of the Retreat of the Extended Bureau on the Implementation of Institutional Reforms of the African Union at State House, Nairobi.
  • 12:55 pm Transport activities along Thika Road have been disrupted after protests erupted near Kenyatta University in the Kahawa area.
  • 12:37 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome has instructed members of the IEBC Selection Panel to be impartial and professional in carrying out their roles and restore faith in the electoral system.
  • 11:56 am Jubilee Party Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni on Monday said former President Uhuru Kenyatta met President William Ruto to discuss Kenya's economic situation and not to get his peers in government.
  • 11:20 am The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has published a draft of updated regulations for all commercial vehicles in the country.
  • 10:32 am President William Ruto hosts the African Union Institutional Reforms Summit at State House in Nairobi.
  • 10:09 am The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) clarified that trees being cut at the Aberdare Forest were part of routine maintenance and that upon harvesting the aged trees, the service will begin a re-establishment programme.
  • 9:30 am National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula directs the Secretary of the Parliamentary Service Commission, Jeremiah Nyegenye, to put in place all the necessary arrangements required to facilitate the work of the 9-member IEBC Panel appointed by President William Ruto.
  • 9:14 am Deputy President Kithure Kindiki holds the 26th Ordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) at his residence in Karen, Nairobi.
  • 8:38 am President William Ruto on Sunday night called for the immediate and unconditional cessation of hostilities in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
  • 8:13 am President William Ruto on Tuesday appointed the 9-member Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) selection panel to oversee the process of selecting IEBC Commissioners. The members include Kiome Lindah Gakii, Communication professional Oloo Adams, James Evans Misati, and Nicodemus Kipchirchir Bore.
  • 7:50 am Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale announces that he will vie for the county's Gubernatorial seat in the 2027 General Election.
  • 7:21 am Ministry of Defence's Major General Mohammed Nur Hassan sent a memo to KDF officers noting that the lunch subsidy will end on July 1 as the state transitions to the 'pay as you eat'(PAYE) plan. The state is looking to save between Ksh2 billion and Ksh3 billion.

Sun, 26 January 2025

  • 5:51 pm A Civil Society Organization has openly rejected the National Cohesion and Integration Bill 2023, which seeks to give NCIC increased authority to supervise and regulate peace-building missions.
  • 5:14 pm President William Ruto received a message from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, which was delivered by Special Envoy and Minister of  Communication Mohamed Meziane, at State House in Nairobi.
  • 4:48 pm Former Chief Justice Mutunga condemned the withdrawal of CJ Martha Koome's security denouncing Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen's assertion that she is provided with 32 security officers.
  • 4:20 pm A woman's body bearing deep cuts was found dead along a road in Olchoro, Narok County. 
  • 3:59 pm One was injured as a speeding Toyota Fielder ferrying Miraa crashed into a building under construction at Kianjang'a along the Baricho-Kiburu road in Ndia, Kirinyaga County
  • 3:25 pm The Ministry of Interior says that the inferno that swept through Isiolo Forest affecting two sub-counties has been contained.
  • 2:56 pm ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna dares members he accused of supporting President William Ruto to quit the party and join the ruling UDA.
  • 2:17 pm Kenya, through the Kenya Tourism Board, has embarked on roadshows in three Indian cities in a bid to showcase what the country has to offer besides wildlife.
  • 1:51 pm Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló was taken through a tour of Olkaria Geothermal Power Plant in Naivasha by Sports CS Salim Mvurya.
  • 1:28 pm Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki has told off political leaders from Mt. Kenya harbouring plans of creating a regional political Party, insisting that what the region needs is development.
  • 1:26 pm The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrests the Director of Legal Services a senior, official from the Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) over alleged corruption orchestrated within the agency.
  • 12:54 pm Former DP Rigathi Gachagua claims there is 'a bigger scheme to dismantle the Supreme Court ahead of the 2027 elections' through the removal of Chief Justice Martha Koome.
  • 12:16 pm ODM Chairperson Gladys Wanga has flagged as fake a letter to the DCI calling for investigations on Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi's allegations that former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua plotted an assassination against Raila Odinga to end the 2023 opposition protests.
  • 11:49 am NTSA impounded several matatus in Nairobi and Kiambu counties on Friday and Saturday for operating with excessive graffiti and artwork, overly bright fog lights, and tinted windows.
  • 11:28 am President William Ruto announces that he has reached out to US President Donald Trump who assured him of continued support for Kenyan forces in Haiti. He also expressed his endorsement of Trump's stance on recognizing only two genders.
  • 10:47 am The East Africa Community (EAC) Communication Authority launched an inquiry into the Kenyan fertiliser sector after noting that "Fertilizer prices across the region increased along with international prices in late 2021. However, they have not reduced in line with the prices in international markets."
  • 10:18 am Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka attend a church service at Eden Gospel Trumpet Ministry in Dagoretti, Nairobi