News Tracker

Sun, 24 November 2024

  • 8:11 am The Kenyan Government is likely to part with Ksh96 million to Adani Holdings as payment for the cost of an environmental assessment report (EIA) which is 0.1% of the total cost of the project.
  • 7:51 am The Ministry of Health turns to churches and places of worship to encourage more Kenyans to sign up for SHIF
  • 7:21 am Residents of Mukuru kwa Njenga staged a protest on Saturday demanding clarification from the government over plans to demolish homes in the estate.

Sat, 23 November 2024

  • 7:50 pm Treasury CS John Mbadi announces Kenya is open to any investor willing to take up the expansion of the JKIA airport after Adani's cancellation.
  • 7:12 pm Kizza Besigye’s lawyers claim that the DCI ransacked the hotel room where the Ugandan opposition leader was staying in Nairobi. The lawyers assert they are unsure whether anything was taken from the room.
  • 6:57 pm Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi arrives in Luanda, Angola, to attend the 18th Ordinary session of the Regional Inter-Ministerial Committee (RIMC) of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).
  • 6:23 pm A British commercial flight to Nairobi has been diverted to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia midflight, as confirmed by the airline. The reasons for the diversion are still unclear.
  • 5:55 pm At least ten pupils are nursing critical injuries, while several others are feared dead following a grisly accident along the Southern Bypass near the Ole Sereni Hotel.
  • 5:31 pm KeNHA to temporarily disrupt traffic at the Haile Selassie roundabout on Uhuru Highway for 51 days starting Thursday next week.
  • 4:50 pm Kenyan peacekeepers in Haiti, led by Godfrey Otunge, intensify joint operations with Haitian police to curb gang violence after an operation against dreaded gang leader Barbecue.
  • 4:49 pm Wajir County, through the Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services, rolls out a mass livestock vaccination and treatment programme to vaccinate over 120,000 sheep and goats in Wajir South and Wajir West sub-counties over the next ten days.
  • 4:13 pm RC Generate, a Rotary club closely linked to KenGen, targets Ksh52 million in Rotary International Global Grants to expand its community impact.
  • 3:06 pm Angry mourners at a burial in Murang’a have refused to listen to a speech from DP Kindiki while heckling and chasing away Senior Economic Advisor to President William Ruto, Moses Kuria.
  • 2:49 pm The government allocates Ksh18 billion for the construction of Grade Nine infrastructure, with the funds being used to construct 18,000 classrooms, up from an initial plan of 16,000, says Education CS Julius Ogamba.
  • 2:20 pm The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has called off the lecturer's strike, which has disrupted university operations across the country since September. 
  • 1:58 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has appointed a 10-member Committee, which includes activist Hanifa Adan, to explore his potential candidacy for the 2027 presidential elections. 
  • 1:04 pm Nominated Senator Veronica Maina dismisses allegations of opposing President William Ruto’s administration, calling them 'cheap gimmicks.'
  • 12:56 pm Mombasa doctors threaten to close their businesses if the county continues to push for them to pay for single business permits; the matter is before the court.
  • 12:22 pm Police officers have launched a manhunt on a man who stabbed his lover in Kiamunyi village in Nakuru.
  • 11:49 am The US Embassy in Nairobi has named Marc Dillard as the Ambassador of the United States to Kenya on an acting basis to replace Meg Whitman.
  • 11:08 am Adani Group claims Ksh32 billion bribery charges levelled in the US affect only one deal and not the whole company, says CFO, Jugeshinder Singh.
  • 10:58 am Police announce the arrest of the main suspect, who was captured by CCTV shooting a 25-year-old man in Eastleigh.
  • 10:07 am Detectives have arrested a man linked to the murder of David Mayaka, a Police Constable attached to DCI in Makadara.
  • 9:56 am The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed a six-year ban to rising cross-country star Emmaculate Anyango for multiple anti-doping violations.
  • 9:13 am ODM has called off the homecoming fete of Kisii governor Simba Arati scheduled for next Thursday due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’, says party Director of Communication, Philip Etale. 
  • 8:45 am The Ministry of Sports has appointed a 12-member task force, including Catherine Ndereba, to implement the January 2022 report on Gender Welfare and Equity in Sports and to develop effective gender-based violence (GBV) policies.
  • 8:10 am The new health scheme SHA is set to announce a recruitment drive in three weeks after taking over all functions of the defunct NHIF. 
  • 7:50 am President William Ruto has appointed two former MPs, Nicholas Gumbo and Swarup Ranjan Mishra, to head Kenya Sugar Board and Kenya Biovax Institute Limited, respectively.
  • 7:05 am The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) nominates Abdi Mohamud to succeed Twalib Mbarak as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Fri, 22 November 2024

  • 7:13 pm Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has hit back at NTV's fact check that poked holes in President William Ruto's State of the Nation Address.