News Tracker

Wed, 11 September 2024

  • 12:47 pm Education CS Julius Migos states the govt will conduct a mandatory inspection of all public and private schools countrywide to assess compliance levels.
  • 12:33 pm Normal operations resume at Terminal One of the JKIA.
  • 11:56 am State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed dismisses claims that MPs allied to Raila Odinga skipped a meeting organised by President William Ruto.
  • 11:22 am Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura, in a chat with Kenyans.co.ke, confirmed that cases of missing Hillside Endarasha Academy pupils was being investigated after some parents lamented that they were yet to locate their children.
  • 10:52 am Passengers at Moi International Airport left stranded as workers at the Mombasa-based airport joined JKIA colleagues in strike against Adani deal.
  • 10:23 am Fire razed down Ng'ombeni Girls High School's dormitory in Kilifi County but no casualties were reported. The school has 703 students.
  • 9:56 am COTU SG Francis Atwoli demands release of workers who were arrested while protesting JKIA-Adani Group deal in Nairobi.
  • 9:18 am Former presidential aspirant Abduba Dida's family discloses that he was arrested after unintentionally violating a restraining order involving his ex-wife during a visit to a mosque in the USA.
  • 8:47 am Hillside Endarasha Academy owner David Kinyua took DCI detectives around the school during a six-hour interrogation exercise.
  • 8:19 am Workers at JKIA filmed demonstrating while chanting, "Adani must go."
  • 7:43 am DCI detectives arrest Dan, a forex trading fraud mastermind, at his residence in the Kimbo area after an extensive investigation into fraudulent activities that misled and exploited members of the public.
  • 7:21 am Hundreds of passengers left stranded at JKIA as all planes remain grounded as KAWU workers' strike kicked off at midnight.

Tue, 10 September 2024

  • 6:51 pm Labour CS Alfred Mutua says govt to launch nationwide roadshows to raise awareness about overseas job opportunities.
  • 6:00 pm DP Gachagua to attend the burial of Mama Hellena Jepkosgei Bett at Ollesos, Nandi County on Wednesday. 
  • 5:32 pm Government stops sugar imports from countries outside COMESA and EAC.
  • 5:07 pm Nyamira MCA tables notice of motion to impeach Governor Amos Nyaribo.
  • 4:37 pm Govt to employ over 13,000 Nairobi youth for the Climate Worx Mtaani Initiative to clean up the Nairobi, Ngong, and Mathari Rivers.
  • 4:01 pm Hundreds of Kenyans report being banned on WhatsApp.
  • 3:00 pm Kenya Power denies the fire at Hillside Endarasha was caused by electric fault.
  • 2:45 pm Acting UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar receives defectors from ODM party.
  • 2:00 pm Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale calls for politicians to lose power to dish out bursaries.
  • 1:47 pm Woman's body retrieved from shallow grave at a residence in Trans Nzoia
  • 1:00 pm  KEMRI offers free DNA testing for Hillside Endarasha fire victims.
  • 12:45 pm Long distance truck drives announce strike over rising insecurity at border points.
  • 11:25 am Govt to begin nationwide inspection amid reports the Kenya Kwanza administration has been relaunching ghost projects.
  • 11:00 am Fire razes down dormitory at Fr Makewa High School in Yatta, Machakos County.
  • 10:45 am  Residents block road in Bomachoge Borabu, Kisii County over businessman's death. 
  • 10:19 am Former Bomachoge MP Dr. Simon Ogari Arama passes away.
  • 9:58 am ODM's Central Management Committee to pick interim party leader to take over from Raila Odinga on Wednesday.
  • 9:00 am Rebecca Cheptegei's ex-lover Dickson Ndiema dies while receiving treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.​​