News Tracker

Sun, 12 January 2025

  • 9:50 am President William Ruto attends a church service at the United Pentecostal Church of Kenya, Dagoretti North, Nairobi.
  • 9:27 am Motorists and commuters using the Eastern Bypass and Thika Road have been cautioned of abnormal load since a plane's fuselage will be transported from JKIA to Mang'u High School on Sunday.
  • 8:49 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announces that parking in the city's CBD will be free on Saturdays and Sundays noting, "This ensures we maximise revenue collection on weekdays while allowing Nairobians to enjoy free parking over the weekend.”
  • 8:21 am Daily Nation columnist Rasnah Warrah passes away after a short illness.
  • 7:53 am Former DP Rigathi Gachagua is set to attend a church service at AIPCA Dandora Parish in Embakasi North Constituency, Nairobi County.
  • 7:20 am Health CS Deborah Barasa and Mombasa County Governor Abdulswamad Nassir sign the Intergovernmental Participation Agreement (IPA) officially kicking off our partnership to enhance healthcare delivery through digital health.

Sat, 11 January 2025

  • 7:47 pm Popular Kenyan writer and journalist Rasna Warah has died, family confirms.
  • 7:16 pm Governor Sakaja reintroduces free weekend parking for motorists in Nairobi; parking fees have been waived for Saturdays and Sundays.
  • 6:21 pm 739 Haiti officers, trained with the help of Kenyan police officers, graduate in the presence of MSS boss Godfrey Otunge.
  • 5:18 pm Nairobi hawkers threaten protests next week after to fight against the ban on hawking imposed by Governor Sakaja.
  • 4:37 pm Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa has dismissed allegations that KNEC cancelled the KCSE results of Lugulu Girls High School after a call with Education CS Julius Ogamba.
  • 4:20 pm The acting registrar of Trade unions, Anne Kanake, has declined the proposed changes to be made seeking the registration of a new Constitution for the Universities’ Academic Staff Union (UASU).
  • 3:15 pm Transport along the Eldoret-Webuye road temporarily interrupted after a trailer ferrying fuel overturned, blocking the busy road; residents scrambled to siphon fuel.
  • 2:38 pm Police in Chesikaki, Bungoma County, have launched a probe into the alleged murder of a 22-year-old woman after corporal punishment meted out by her father.
  • 1:43 pm KNEC has withheld the results of all 92 candidates at Mama Malia Academy School, run by the Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation.
  • 1:08 pm Kiambu County directs that all pending licenses be reviewed under the 2022 laws while pending the formation of ward committees in charge of the review under the new laws passed last year.
  • 12:37 pm Interior PS Raymond Omollo asks parents to help the government realise the smooth transition of students who sat their KCSE exams in 2024.
  • 12:04 pm Four people, including a four-and-a-half-year-old girl, killed in a road accident on Friday night after a private vehicle collided head-on with a school bus in the Mutwot area along the Kapsabet-Eldoret Road.
  • 11:12 am The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested 14 suspects linked to a Ksh174 million gold scam targeting a US citizen.
  • 10:55 am The National Police Service (NPS) is set to resume recruitment of cadet officers after a two-year hiatus, according to Interior PS Raymond Omollo.
  • 10:31 am Charlene Ruto has launched a website design competition for youths aged between 18 and 35 years to showcase their prowess in website design and stand a chance to win Ksh194,145.
  • 9:49 am The Ministry of Education has maintained the cut-off mark for universities at C+, according to Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba.
  • 9:05 am President William Ruto has jetted out of the country for Kampala, Uganda, on a one-day official visit to attend the African Union Extraordinary Summit on the Post-Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
  • 8:45 am The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is set to shut down the integrated Customs Management System (iCMS) for scheduled system maintenance between Saturday 10pm and Sunday 6am.
  • 8:15 am Kenya has begun the process of legalizing cryptocurrency, whose legal framework remains murky, according to Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi.
  • 7:35 am Three people have been confirmed dead following a road accident involving a PSV bus heading to Kisumu along the Londiani-Kisumu highway.

Fri, 10 January 2025

  • 7:50 pm The Ministry of Health dispels fears of the spread and human metapneumovirus (HMPV) flu that has been reported in China.
  • 7:06 pm Rigathi Gachagua has unveiled his new political formation called ‘Sauti Ya Mwananchi' in a bid to challenge President William Ruto after his unceremonious ouster.
  • 6:46 pm Staff at Moi University to down tools immediately; they claim the government has failed to honour a return to work agreement signed in December. 
  • 6:02 pm Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen vows to crack down on Kenyans misusing social media to share images of leaders, including President Ruto in coffins and the like.