News Tracker

Wed, 05 February 2025

11:25 am Students who sat their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam in 2024 have been asked to pick their result slips in their former schools.
10:54 am A Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI ) report indicates that 60 per cent of businesses will not hire new employees in 2025.
10:16 am Officials of United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Uganda's National Resistance Movement (NRM) are in Kampala to share their experiences and best practices as well as learn from each other, NRM says.
10:07 am Government will increase funding to state agencies that add more value to its development agenda, Deputy Chief of Staff, Eliud Owalo says.
9:55 am Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested former Likoni District Criminal Investigation Officer (DCIO) Charles Onyango KA'galo over alleged corruption.
9:12 am The Education Ministry has disbursed Ksh3.2 billion for upkeep of first and second-year university students under the 2024/2025 academic year.
9:04 am University lecturers have demanded for a monthly salary increment of between Ksh397,000 for the lowest earning academic staff and above Ksh1 Million for the highest.
8:21 am Kenya's peacekeeping mission in Haiti is in limbo following the withholding of critical funds by the US government.
7:45 am His Highness, the Aga Khan, a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad has passed away in Lisbon aged 88.
7:27 am The family of 19-year-old Elvis Munene is distraught after their kin went missing on January 28 after departing home for work at City Hall never to return.

Tue, 04 February 2025

5:57 pm President William Ruto promises to sign an executive order on Wednesday ending the compulsory vetting of Identification card applicants in the Northeastern region.
5:21 pm President William Ruto says that his government is, for the first time since independence, building the 750km Isiolo- Modogashe- Elwak- Mandera Road to open up the area and spur socio-economic transformation.
4:55 pm The office of the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) asks Chief Justice Martha Koome to speedily resolve all complaints against the judiciary and publish its findings within 21 days.
4:31 pm Education CS Julius Migos hosts a delegation from the Republic of Congo to enhance bilateral cooperation in technical and vocational education (TVET) between the two countries.
3:48 pm Environment CS Aden Duale urged President William Ruto to ensure Wajir and Mandera are connected to electricity before Ramadhan celebrations, which are set to begin on March 1, 2025.
3:24 pm Prime Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen meets Mohamed Al-Enazi, Ambassador of Qatar in Nairobi; Since 2024, Qatar has employed 7,000 Kenyans, bringing the total to 75,000.
2:52 pm President William Ruto assured that security agencies had been given firm directives to ensure the safe return of the five chiefs who were abducted in Mandera a day before his scheduled visit telling the crowd, "We will deal with the terrorists and that is why I have come with the Deputy Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli."
2:23 pm President William Ruto inspects the Mandera Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Mandera County.
1:47 pm President William Ruto has responded to criticism from former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his promise to revive workers’ payslips if elected to office in 2022.
1:43 pm Two people have lost their lives following a tragic road accident between a KENHA vehicle and a Probox near Limuru on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway.
1:34 pm Gem Member of Parliament Elisha Odhiambo has accused ODM Deputy Leader Simba Arati and Secretary General Edwin Sifuna of orchestrating disorder in the party derailing its future.
1:08 pm COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli supports the increasing of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) deductions saying it is necessary for securing workers’ financial futures.
12:51 pm A woman who was humiliated by Neno Evangelism Center Pastor James Ng'ang'a for seeking his help to pay house rent has landed a Ksh640,000 affordable housing apartment.
12:37 pm The Government will lead investigations into alleged fuel adulteration in several petrol stations countrywide prompted by a viral social media video.
12:20 pm Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a new tax amnesty programme for tax obligations up to December 31, 2023.
12:02 pm Taita Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime has blamed the National Government for failing to deliver X-ray Machines after a school accident claimed the lives of five students, the school driver and a parent and injuring several other students.
11:42 am The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs has cautioned Kenyans to be on the look out for Visa scammers and crooks promising fake jobs abroad.
11:28 am The Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI) has arrested five suspects for scamming two foreign nationals over Ksh15 million in a fake gold syndicate that also involved selling guns and ammunition.
10:59 am Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has called on education stakeholders to join a CBC review panel to audit, develop and approve a new curriculum for senior schools.
10:20 am A detailed report by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has revealed misuse of National Government Constituency Development Funds (NGCDF) by Members of Parliament.