News Tracker

Mon, 09 September 2024

  • 8:19 am 600 more Kenyan paramilitary personnel start their training ahead of deployment to Haiti for the peacekeeping mission.
  • 7:54 am Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti denies allegations that went viral online that she was detained in UK trying to launder Ksh679 million.
  • 7:21 am NCIC on Sunday arrested Jeremiah Mutua, MCA for Nguni Ward and the Deputy Minority Leader of the Kitui County Assembly, over disparaging remarks he shared on Facebook.

Sun, 08 September 2024

  • 7:03 pm Acting Police IG Gilbert Masengeli joins hundreds in marking the Harmony4Haiti cultural festival at the Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi.
  • 5:29 pm Fire breaks out in one of the buildings at the popular Diani Reef Hotel in Kwale County.
  • 4:49 pm Several passengers injured after a bus they were travelling in overturned in Roysambu along Thika Road.
  • 4:21 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua strongly criticises the government for using security personnel to intimidate elected leaders.
  • 3:38 pm Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka joins former Governor Ferdinand Waititu, Jubilee Party SG Jeremiah Kioni and DAP Kenya Leader Eugene Wamalwa for a church service at St Paul ACK Nyathuna in Kabete town, Kiambu County.
  • 3:22 pm Embakasi Central Member of Parliament Benjamin Gathiru asks President William Ruto to contain Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah from constantly attacking DP Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 2:43 pm Kitui residents sue Environment CS Aden Duale alongside NEMA for failing to stop sand harvesting hence destroying the environment.
  • 2:16 pm Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen reveals that athletes from over 40 countries registered for this year’s Nairobi City Marathon. 
  • 1:52 pm Student leaders suspend countrywide demos set for Monday and gives the government 30-day notice to address learners’ concerns.
  • 1:17 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi departs for Windhoek, Namibia, for a Mid-Term Review meeting on bilateral issues, talks on direct flights and boosting trade.
  • 12:20 pm KWS intensifies operation to capture hyenas after a public outcry in Juja following a series of attacks.
  • 11:56 am Several student leaders from universities across the country announce a countrywide protest on Monday, September 9, over the new funding model they decry as unfair.
  • 11:08 am DCI detectives arrest a Kenyan and Tanzanian in Nairobi found hiding imported cannabis sativa in Donholm, Nairobi.
  • 10:49 am Investments and Entrepreneurship Secretary, Ambassador Isaiya Kabira, graced the 5th Annual Kenya Women in Germany event that was held in Mainz. The event celebrates Kenyan women who have excelled in diaspora.
  • 10:12 am DCI detectives arrested eight foreigners in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County, after they were accused of entering the country illegally
  • 9:58 am Pope Francis on Saturday sent condolences to President William Ruto praying for Lord's blessings after 21 pupils Hillside Endarasha Academy passed away in night fire.
  • 9:25 am Eliud Magut wins the Nairobi Expressway City Marathon with a time of 2:09:53 while Cherotich Limo finished top in the women's marathon.
  • 8:51 am DCI detectives hunt for a suspected bhang trafficker who used bananas to evade arrest while shipping contrabands from Siaya to Mombasa.
  • 8:23 am Sports CS Kiphumba Murkomen joins the 3rd Edition of the Nairobi City Marathon. 
  • 7:39 am National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee chairperson Ndindi Nyoro asks TSC to provide clarity on when will be employed on permanent and pensionable terms.
  • 7:17 am State House advisor Moses Kuria visits family of four-year-old boy who was tragically mauled by a hyena in Juja and assures that compensation will be delivered within 6 months.

Sat, 07 September 2024

  • 6:50 pm Death toll from Hillside Endarasha Academy fire tragedy rises to 21.
  • 6:32 pm Govt pathologist Johansen Oduor reveals postmortems on Hillside Endarasha School victims bodies will begin on Tuesday.
  • 5:43 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga pledges to initiate reforms if he clinches AUC seat, stating Africa for far too long has been exploited.  
  • 5:22 pm DPP Renson Ingonga orders investigations into the Hillside Endarasha School Fire Tragedy.
  • 4:33 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja claims to be the originator of the broad-based govt idea.
  • 4:11 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga criticizes decision by African heads of state to attend the FOCAC Summit in Beijing.