News Tracker

Fri, 23 August 2024

  • 12:24 pm Government to track Hustler Fund defaulters who took a total of Ksh19 million loans.
  • 12:00 pm Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale hosts a meeting of development partners in environment, climate change and forestry.
  • 11:21 am MCAs protests after impeached Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza resumes official duties at county offices.
  • 10:49 am MPs direct KCC to stop supplying milk to President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto's offices over Ksh24.48 million debt.
  • 10:24 am Two die while 10 others sustain critical injuries after a school bus rams into a trailer long the Gitaru-Kikuyu Road in Kiambu.
  • 9:45 am Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi flies out to Japan to attend the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) 9th Ministerial Meeting.
  • 8:49 am NACADA destroys 1,478 kg of cannabis at the Alupe Dumpsite.
  • 8:17 am Treasury CS John Mbadi says Kenya needs to enhance revenue collection without changing the tax rates.
  • 7:54 am Kenyan athletes Mary Moraa and Emmanuel Wanyonyi win the 800m races for men and women at the  Lausanne Diamond League.
  • 7:22 am Treasury CS John Mbadi refutes plans by government to revive eco levy and 48 other clauses from the defunct Finance Bill 2024.

Thu, 22 August 2024

  • 4:15 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi holds meeting with government officials ahead of UAE President Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan's State Visit.
  • 3:30 pm University of Nairobi's Student Council issues a notice expressing its intention to rally a protest on September 2 against the new higher education funding model
  • 3:00 pm Ministry of Education orders parents to register students on SHIF before schools reopen on Monday.
  • 2:45 pm DP Gachagua directs NGAO officers to ensure close supervision of government sites amid criticism leveled at President Ruto over dead projects. 
  • 2:00 pm NARC-Kenya leader Martha Karua slams new university funding model describing it as discriminatory and a betrayal of the Kenyan people.  
  • 1:39 pm Bahrain banned from poaching athletes after years of raiding Kenya.
  • 1:00 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua reveals he will be travelling to the UK next month to look for a market for Kenyan tea and coffee.
  • 12:39 pm Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza returns to her office after the High Court suspended the Senate's decision to impeach her
  • 12:00 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome criticises the new university funding model describing it as unjust.
  • 11:57 am President William Ruto asks leaders from North Eastern Kenya to work together irrespective of their political affiliation during a meeting at State House.
  • 11:30 am 5 Gigiri police officers suspected of abetting the escape of 13 inmates from Gigiri Police Station released on Ksh200,000 bond each. 
  • 10:45 am DCI says it will offer a significant cash reward for any information that could lead to the re-arrest of Mukuru Murders suspect Collins Jumaisi.
  • 10:00 am Former Public Service CS Moses Kuria hints at launching a presidential bid in future.
  • 9:44 am Matatu operators stage protest on Ngong Road demonstrating against police harassment
  • 9:00 am Mining CS Hassan Joho declares war against illegal mining.
  • 8:37 am Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya warns ODM against purporting to be in opposition and decide whether to be fully in govt or remain in Azimio
  • 8:00 am Joel Ogolla, the son to the late Chief of Defence Forces Francis Ogolla gifts Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja a book signed by his dad. 
  • 7:28 am Senate Energy Committee report blames weak regulation for the Embakasi Gas Explosion
  • 7:00 am Embakasi East MP Babu Owino calls for nationwide demonstrations to protest against new university funding model

Wed, 21 August 2024

  • 6:40 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua holds roadside rallies in Ndumberi and  Kiambu Town