News Tracker

Sun, 15 September 2024

  • 5:52 pm The Kenyan government clarifies that the labour deal with Germany has no minimum or maximum limit for job seekers.
  • 5:29 pm Taita Taveta MCAs urged to allocate a section of the Ward Equalisation funds to support the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) Programme.
  • 4:45 pm Mombasa County launches crackdown on street children and families believed to be causing disturbances to residents.
  • 4:04 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua implores leaders from the Mt Kenya Region to stop high-octane politics and focus on their respective duties in development.
  • 3:39 pm A pupil who was fishing with 20 others drowns in water in Trans Nzoia,  the county's police boss Jeremiah Ole Kosiom confirmed.
  • 2:48 pm Environment CS Aden Duale commissions a state-of-the-art facility at the Markaz Al-Rashidat Islamic Education Centre in Garissa County.
  • 2:28 pm Mining CS Hassan Joho sends a warning to unscrupulous business people he accused of disregarding the law by continuing to mine and deal in strategic minerals, particularly copper, coltan, and chromite.
  • 1:58 pm President William Ruto donates Ksh2 million to Hillside Endarasha Academy to replenish pupils' possessions that burnt down.
  • 1:21 pm Speaker Moses Wetangula says reconstitution of IEBC to form part of priority business to be handled by the National Assembly as it resumes its sittings Tuesday.
  • 12:56 pm Wajir MCA Yussuf Ahmed, who went missing on September 13, 2024, following an alleged abduction in Nairobi by unknown individuals, was found at Uriri Hospital in Migori County.
  • 12:21 pm President William Ruto asks Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to work on lowering the cost of water in the city.
  • 11:43 am Over 10 schools that were vandalised in West Pokot are set to reopen for learning once renovations by the KDF are completed.
  • 11:15 am Environment CS Aden Duale to preside over the World Ozone Day celebration at the Kenya Meteorological Department HQ in Nairobi tomorrow.
  • 10:47 am Five people were killed after a truck collided with a motorbike they were travelling on along Likoni-Kombani Road in Kwale County.
  • 10:23 am President William Ruto donates Ksh10 million at the Stewards Revival Pentecostal Church in Nairobi.
  • 9:45 am Narok Senator Ledama ole Kina asks Kenyans to create jobs in Kenya and not in Germany after 250,000 vacancies fiasco.
  • 9:19 am Germany's Ministry of Interior and Homeland Affairs maintains that no numbers were discussed during President William Ruto's latest trip despite viral reports indicating that the Head of State secured 250,000 vacancies for Kenyans.
  • 8:53 am President William Ruto jets back from Germany and attends the Sunday service at Stewards Revival Pentecostal Church in Nairobi.
  • 8:21 am DP Rigathi Gachagua to attend a church service at Baricho Catholic Parish in Kirinyaga County where Centenary Celebrations will take place.
  • 7:47 am DP Rigathi Gachagua hosts his extended family for prayers at his official residence in Karen, Nairobi.
  • 7:37 am Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka vows to file a petition in court against Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja over plans to transfer Wakulima Market to Kangundo Road Market.

Sat, 14 September 2024

  • 6:42 pm Nairobi County Govt warns industries operating within residential areas and Kenyans failing to comply with air quality standards of stern action.    
  • 6:12 pm EPRA announces new fuel prices; Super Petrol to retail at Ksh188.84, Diesel at Ksh171.60 while Kerosene will retail at Ksh158.32.  
  • 5:46 pm Treasury CS John Mbadi refutes claims made by Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba that Ksh1.5 billion from the Cherry Fund had been diverted & misused to the detriment of farmers. 
  • 5:00 pm President William Ruto assures German investors and companies that the Kenyan workforce is up to task to meet the European nation's labour needs. 
  • 4:45 pm Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka issues demand to President William Ruto asking him to abandon the Adani deal.
  • 4:00 pm Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen pays his last respects to Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei at her home in Bukwo District, Uganda during her burial.
  • 3:37 pm Embu Senator Alexander Munyi Mundigi claims there is no bad blood between Mt. Kenya East leaders and DP Rigathi Gachagua. 
  • 3:00 pm President William Ruto hosts Town Hall in Berlin, Germany engaging the Kenyan Diaspora
  • 2:40 pm Ministry of Education forms committee to review the new higher education funding model.