News Tracker

Mon, 06 January 2025

  • 1:57 pm DP Kithure Kindiki says that the Government is establishing the Kenya Leather Industrial Park (KLIP) in Kenanie, Machakos County to push the annual contribution of the leather industry from the current Ksh15 billion to Ksh175 billion and industry jobs from 17,000 currently to 100,000.
  • 1:19 pm Basic Education PS Dr. Belio Kipsang says the Ministry of Health is ready to fully implement the CBC programme while monitoring school opening day in Nairobi.
  • 12:26 pm State House Senior Advisor Moses Kuria holds a Taifa Care Express in Mombasa County flanked by region's leaders among them Governor Abdulswamad Nassir.
  • 11:51 am IEBC CEO Hussein Marjan condemns the murder of the late senior official in Kilifi, Aisha Akinyi Abubakar, urging security agencies to expedite investigations and bring those responsible to justice.
  • 11:15 am DP Kithure Kindiki meets CSs Chris Kiptoo (Treasury) and Alfred K'Ombudo (Trade) and others for a briefing on the status report for the establishment of 47 County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs)- one per County. The completion of the first cohorts of CAIPs is envisaged for 2025.
  • 10:49 am Nyandarua Senator John Methu writes a letter to Senate Speaker Amason Kingi asking him to convene a special seating to discuss the unresolved cases of abductions currently rocking the country.
  • 10:16 am Several passengers are feared dead after two Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) collided along the Murang’a-Kenol Highway. A section of staff from the Mwai Kibaki Hospital were among the victims of the crash.
  • 9:53 am Former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi vows legal action aimed at removing Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and his successor in the Interior docket Kipchumba Murkomen from the roll of advocates.
  • 9:23 am Billy Mwangi, Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, and Rony Kiplagat, who were abducted in December 2024 by unknown people, were released on Monday morning.
  • 8:35 am Deputy President Kithure Kindiki held an early morning engagement with representatives of small-scale business people operating within markets in Nairobi County and agreed that the National Government would supplement the county government's support.
  • 8:24 am Spice FM presenter Eric Latiff, a founding host at the station, announces departure from Standard Media Group after serving for 5 years.
  • 7:44 am A former nominated MCA was arrested along a Kisumu Highway after her son was accused of leading an irate mob that stormed Chemase Police Station in Nandi, stoned and beheaded a murder suspect before chopping off his private parts. The politician was accused of leading an organ-harvesting syndicate.
  • 7:02 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua sends a message to Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya challenging him not to be 'cowed from speaking out on behalf of the people of Kenya when it’s necessary.'

Sun, 05 January 2025

  • 6:47 pm Nairobi Archbishop Philip Anyolo decries the alarming rise in abductions across the country, labelling them a blatant violation of human rights. 
  • 6:06 pm A 29-year-old man from Kikuyu, Kiambu County, tragically stabbed to death by his lover, who later surrendered herself to the police.
  • 5:33 pm Police rescue 300 girls from female genital mutilation (FGM) in Kuria, Migori Couty; 10 suspects arrested.
  • 4:12 pm President William Ruto orders the reopening of 13 schools closed due to bandit attacks in Kerio Valley. 
  • 3:45 pm Two people lost their lives and several others are nursing injuries after the vehicle they were travelling in collided with another oncoming vehicle along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway.
  • 2:35 pm An IEBC official, Aisha Akinyi Abubakar, was murdered by thugs who broke into her home in Utange, Mombasa County.
  • 1:17 pm A seven-year-old child has been killed on the spot after being hit by a molasses transport truck that lost control on the Kakamega-Kisuku road.
  • 12:38 pm Tiaty MP William Kamket has threatened to rally support to extend President William Ruto's stay in power over mounting criticism; this is the second time a Ruto ally has made such claims.
  • 12:14 pm Police deny abducting activist Ibrahim Mwiti; however, questions have emerged after it was revealed police identified him 42 days before his family found him.
  • 11:51 am Former DP Rigathi Gachagua has claimed that he was impeached for questioning President William Ruto.
  • 11:30 am The government has disbursed Ksh48.4 billion as capitation for all public primary and secondary schools ahead of reopening for the first term on Monday.
  • 10:54 am Rigathi Gachagua directs Mukurwe-ini MP John Kaguchia to file a petition calling for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the government over the return of the Mungiki faction.
  • 10:32 am President William Ruto attends church service in Tot, Elgeyo Marakwet County; Kindiki was scheduled to appear with the Head of State but is in Mbeere North. 
  • 9:27 am Kenya supports Malawi’s import of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel and petrol through the G2G program to stem the acute fuel shortage, the Malawi Ministry of Energy confirms.
  • 8:48 am Former DP Rigathi Gachagua attends Mass at Guardian Angel Tetu Catholic Church, in his backyard of Nyeri County.
  • 8:24 am KNEC is to release the results of the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) tomorrow, the Ministry of Education announces.
  • 7:55 am Harambee Stars draw 1-1 with Burkina Faso in their Mapinduzi Cup first group game at the Gombani Stadium in Zanzibar on Saturday night.