News Tracker

Fri, 01 November 2024

  • 12:19 pm President William Ruto has directed the homicide detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and other security agencies to initiate an immediate probe into the deaths of women and girls witnessed in the country in recent weeks.
  • 11:25 am Deputy President Kithure Kindiki promised to remain loyal to President William Ruto in his maiden speech while praising the events that led to his ascent to the second-most powerful seat. 
  • 11:00 am Prof Kithure Kindiki is sworn in as the country's third deputy president under the 2010 Constitution after numerous court battles. 
  • 8:45 am On Friday, the Nation Media Group (NMG) announced the appointment of Joe Muganda as an Independent Non-Executive Director, marking a new addition to its board.
  • 8:05 am Hundreds of Kenyans troop to the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) on Friday morning to witness the swearing-in of Deputy President nominee Kithure Kindiki.
  • 7:45 am Education CS Julius Migos directs KCSE exams to continue uninterrupted despite Friday 1 being declared a public holiday. 

Thu, 31 October 2024

  • 6:27 pm China's Ambassador to Kenya Zhou Pingjian leads a team from the Chinese Embassy in making a pre-visit to the UDA headquarters ahead of an expected high delegation visit to Kenya by senior officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
  • 6:20 pm Nyamira nurses agree to return to work after a four-day strike following the signing of a return-to-work formula with the county Governor Amos Nyaribo.
  • 6:10 pm Cabinet Secretary for Treasury John Mbadi, holds an Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee meeting with Cooperatives CS Wycliffe Oparanya, to discuss the savings component of the Financial Inclusion Fund. 
  • 5:10 pm Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson announces plans to construct additional classrooms to accommodate the growing student population in local schools in the county.
  • 5:02 pm Kenya National Commission on Human Rights(KNHCR) wants Inspector General Douglas Kanja, and other police chiefs held accountable for rising abductions, and extra-judicial killings; and demands a stop to abuses.
  • 4:50 pm Tourism CS Rebecca Miano defends the proposed hike in national park entry fees across the country saying there is a need to change gate charges in most parks as they have been in effect for more years.  
  • 4:24 pm Suspect in a series of violent robberies and murders within Narok township arrested after months of manhunt; he was released in March this year after serving a 15-year jail term
  • 3:58 pm Police in Kisumu gun down a second suspect who had escaped their dragnet in the murder of Wells Fargo HR, Willis Ayieko. Police say the suspect opened fire despite a surrender order.
  • 3:51 pm High Court lifts conservatory orders that stopped the appointment and swearing-in of Kithure Kindiki as the Deputy President to replace Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 2:24 pm County Assembly Forum threatens to shut down all the operations of 47 county assemblies in the next 14 days should the government fail to produce the missing Wajir MCA Yusuf Hussein Ahmed.
  • 1:59 pm Impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua suffers another blow after the Court of Appeal declines to issue orders to stop the three-judge bench constituted by Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu to determine his fate.
  • 1:13 pm Court of Appeal declined to stop the three-judge bench constituted by Deputy CJ Philomena Mwilu from determining Gachagua's case on Thursday.
  • 12:32 pm Western embassies in Nairobi raise concerns over increased reports of arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances in Kenya, urging swift and transparent investigations.
  • 11:55 am Several passengers were left nursing injuries after a Royal Liner bus got involved in a multiple-trailer crash along Bungoma-Malaba Road.         
  • 11:23 am Kenya's inflation rate dropped from 3.6 per cent to 2.7 percent according to the latest data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
  • 10:54 am Former Kimilili MP Suleiman Kasuti Murunga passed away on Wednesday after a short illness.
  • 10:21 am Medical Services Principal Secretary (PS) Harry Kimtai says Kenyans who are aggrieved with SHIF services are at liberty to obtain additional private insurance.
  • 9:41 am Members of the Lamu County Assembly reject Governor Issa Timamy’s deputy governor nominee, James Gichu, a month after his nomination.
  • 9:10 am President William Ruto flies to Burundi to attend the 23rd summit of COMESA heads of state and government; thereafter, he will hold meetings with presidents of Egypt and Zambia as well as the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
  • 8:53 am The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Wednesday evening recovered a pistol belonging to the late Wells Fargo Human Resource Manager, Willis Ayieko.
  • 8:12 am IMF approves Ksh78 billion loan for President William Ruto's government to rebuild buffers and enhance resilience to climate shocks; loan to be disbursed in two consignments.
  • 7:49 am Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale rubbished a proposal by Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei seeking to extend term limits for elected leaders from 5 years to 7 years saying it is dead on arrival.
  • 7:09 am Maxine Wahome's mother testified that she received a distress video call from the daughter urging her to call the police and come and rescue her from the house where Asad Khan was bleeding.

Wed, 30 October 2024

  • 5:35 pm High court orders EACC to seize multi-million assets worth Ksh91 million belonging to former Machakos County CEC member Urbanus Wambua Musyoka which he acquired through fraudulent tender payments to companies owned by his wife, brother, and proxies.