News Tracker

Mon, 17 February 2025

8:21 am Protesters in the United Kingdom, one of Kenya's key diplomatic donors, call for investigations into billions of shillings allocated to non-priority programs in Kenya and other countries. In Kenya, Ksh17.8 million (£110,000) was spent on a conference focused on "preventing gender-based disinformation."
7:58 am Kenya Primary Schools Headteachers Association (KEPSHA) chairperson, Johnson Nzioka, has passed away after his speeding car rammed into a trailer along Mombasa Road while headed to Nairobi.
7:27 am Property estimated to be worth millions of shillings was destroyed in a fire that broke out in Kiambu Town on Sunday just minutes before midnight.

Sun, 16 February 2025

4:48 pm The Kenya National Private Security Workers Union (KNPSWU) has called on the government to intervene and revoke licences of private firms that do not adhere to the set minimum wage after a six per cent increase last year.
4:26 pm President William Ruto has proposed that the AU assembly directs the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), with the help of the African Union Commission (AUC) headed by Mahmoud Ali Yousouff to ensure that it concludes assessing 42 AU entities earmarked for reforms and presents a report by July.
3:52 pm Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has claimed that President William Ruto inadvertently played a role in derailing Raila Odinga's chances at the African Union Commission elections.
3:29 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki mourns the late Baringo Senator William Cheptumo as a dignified leader who chose his words carefully in public and private conversations.
3:25 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga thanked all MPs and other entourage that travel to Addis Ababa to support his bid for the AUC chairmanship.
2:47 pm President William Ruto has proposed that the African Union (AU) adopts Haiti as Africa’s sixth region, emphasising the need for sustained support for Kenya's peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country.
2:13 pm Kenyan athlete Geoffrey Kamworor finished second in Barcelona's half-marathon clocking 58:44 behind Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo who finished at 56:41.
1:49 pm A woman accused of killing her 4-year-old son for soiling himself was arrested after taking the corpse to Mama Lucy Hospital Mortuary.
1:20 pm Baringo Senator William Kipkorir Cheptumo dies aged 57, Senate Speaker Amason Kingi confirms. Cheptumo was discharged from the hospital on Sunday last week and passed away on Saturday evening.
12:49 pm The IEBC selection panel announces that it has received 1,848 applications to fill commissioner positions at the Commission.
12:16 pm Former DP Rigathi Gachagua sends heartfelt message to Raila Odinga after losing the AUC chair race noting, "Africa needed you most, but God, in His own wisdom, found that Kenya, your motherland, and indeed, we Kenyans, your beloved brothers and sisters, have unfinished business with you as their coveted son as we unshackle our country from recklessness."
11:51 am New AUC chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf thanked President William Ruto for congratulating him after winning the seat vowing, "I am honored to work with him to advance our continental agenda."
11:23 am President William Ruto offers to host the second bi-annual African Climate Summit later this year should no other African country be up to the challenge.
10:46 am High Court orders the National Land Commission (NLC) to pay Kisumu Senator and lawyer Tom Ojienda over Ksh9 million in accrued legal fees after failing to compensate him for his services.
10:28 am The National Land Commission (NLC) has been ordered to pay Kisumu Senator and lawyer Tom Ojienda over Ksh9 million in accrued legal fees after failing to compensate him for his services.
9:57 am IG Douglas Kanja says that a new digital system that will minimise interpersonal interaction between the police and citizens was in the last stages of development after 3 police officers were arrested by EACC officers for taking bribes north of Ksh48,000.
9:29 am President William Ruto chairs the committee of the African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
8:49 am A family was left in mourning following the death of their son, Martin Mugambi, whose lifeless body was discovered in a swimming pool at Mangeni International School in Makueni County.
8:19 am Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says that "Kenya has never before fronted such a qualified, decorated and ideologically anchored candidate for an international job" while calling for evaluations before Kenya fronts candidates for AU and AUC bids after Raila Odinga lost the chairperson race.
7:53 am A family in Mogogosiek Village in Bomet County is seeking justice after their 20-year-old was stabbed to death after failing to pay Ksh25 for a boiled egg.
7:21 am 3 Kenyan lawmakers, Homa Bay MP Peter Opondo Kaluma, Narok Senator Ledama Olekina and Alego Usonga MP Sam Atandi, who are allied to Raila Odinga, announced that they are planning to petition for Kenya and EAC to exit from the African Union after the Kenyan candidate lost the AUC chair job.

Sat, 15 February 2025

7:54 pm Raila Odinga concedes defeat in the AUC chairperson race and says, ‘I Am Not Bitter, I Am Very Happy.’
7:10 pm At least 14 Kenyans are among 18 people being arrested in India at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport while allegedly trying to smuggle gold and diamonds.
6:29 pm Mahmoud Ali Youssouf of Djibouti has won the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson seat with 33 votes.
6:28 pm Round 6: Youssouf once again takes the lead with 26 votes, with Raila jumping to 22—not enough to keep the former Prime Minister in the AUC race. He is eliminated.
5:53 pm Round 5: Raila earns 21 votes, Mahamoud Youssouf gains one more to 26 votes; no spoilt vote reported, and 2 abstentions.