News Tracker

Tue, 10 September 2024

  • 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.​​ 
  • 8:58 am Saboti MP Caleb Amisi calls for Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna to be installed as ODM Party Leader.
  • 8:00 am Night fire razes dormitory at Yemit Boys High School in Marakwet West, Elgeyo Marakwet County. 
  • 7:04 am Acting IG Gilbert Masengeli convicted of contempt of court.
  • 7:01 am MPs from the Embu and Meru regions install Interior CS Kithure Kindiki as the spokesperson of Mt. Kenya East.
  • 12:00 am Moi University students stage protests against new university model.

Mon, 09 September 2024

  • 5:42 pm Mombasa Court drops the Shakahola massacre case against two deceased accused persons.
  • 5:01 pm Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura confirms that all 330 pu[ils of Hillside Endarasha Academy have been accounted for.
  • 4:45 pm Isiolo High Court Judge Thripsisa Wanjiku Wamae airlifted to Nairobi after sustaining injuries from a road accident along the Eldama Ravine-Nakuru Highway. Her driver and bodyguard were hospitalised at Valley Hospital in Nakuru.
  • 4:24 pm 8 athletes among 20 people injured after the vehicles they were traveling in collided along Nakuru-Eldoret Highway leading to two deaths.
  • 2:40 pm Acting Police Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli found guilty of contempt of court after ignoring summons six times.
  • 2:21 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga reveals that should he cling the AUC chairmanship post, he will collaborate heads of states and governments to make the union a people-centered organisation.
  • 1:54 pm  Aldai MP Marianne Keitany and Kisumu East counterpart Shakir Shabiri accuse Head of Public Service Felix Koskei of sabotaging the security by illegally transferring police officers.
  • 1:23 pm Acting IG Gilbert Masengeli skips court during trip to Wajir to conduct a security assessment of the operational areas alongside DCI boss Mohamed I. Amin and Commandant GSU, Ranson Lolmodooni.
  • 12:41 pm Law Society of Kenya (LSK) petitions the High Court to declare Acting Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli unfit for public office citing his repeated failure to comply with court summonses.
  • 11:48 am Office of Prime Cabinet Secretary headed by Musalia Mudavadi and Interior Ministry to begin validation of national government projects including housing and cotton production.
  • 11:21 am Second Shakahola massacre suspect dies while undergoing treatment after a short illness.
  • 10:56 am Ugandan Olympic marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei to be laid to rest on September 14, 2024.
  • 10:14 am The fourth fire since Hillside Endarasha Academy tragedy razes down a dormitory at Ortum Boys High School in West Pokot County.
  • 9:45 am Kenyan whistleblower living in France, Nelson Amenya, is fearing for his life following threats after exposure of Adani Group-JKIA deal.
  • 9:15 am A monitoring report by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) reveals that police officers deployed to quell the recent Gen–Z protests were ill-equipped and unprepared resulting in a high number of deaths.
  • 8:49 am KWS officers deployed to Juja in Kiambu County in an operation aimed at capturing and relocating the killer hyenas.