News Tracker

Sat, 17 August 2024

  • 5:16 pm KEMSA dismisses as false findings by the Auditor General who reported that the agency lost billions in the Financial Year ending June 30.
  • 4:41 pm DP Gachagua says the govt is working on lifting of the caveat to allow residents of Muache and other areas receive title deeds for their land.
  • 4:00 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s helicopter forced to make an emergency landing in Njoro due to bad weather.
  • 3:30 pm President William Ruto commissions the Nandi Hills Water Project in Kipsebwa, Nandi Hills Constituency. 
  • 3:15 pm Standard Media Group reveals it has addressed the immediate needs of employee depicted in viral video threatening to commit suicide
  • 2:30 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reveals govt will build more schools in the North Rift with the intention of fostering peace and economic growth
  • 2:10 pm Former Public Service CS Moses Kuria officially hands over the Ministry to Justin Muturi.
  • 1:31 pm Former Public Service CS Moses Kuria holds meeting with Nandi Governor Stephen Sang.
  • 1:14 pm President William Ruto claims the govt caters for between 60% to 90% of university fees.
  • 12:30 pm State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohammed defends President William Ruto's development record, insisting he has a duty to deliver amid criticism that the Head of State has been relaunching old projects.
  • 12:00 pm Mining CS Hassan Joho proposes exploiting minerals to settle Kenya's ballooning debt
  • 11:45 am Police officer beaten to death by angry mob in Kwale County for attempting to attack a family with bows and arrows. 
  • 11:11 am Kenyan arrested attempting to smuggle liquid cocaine worth Ksh300,000 through Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in Mumbai.
  • 10:27 am Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing'oei meets rapper Khaligraph Jones ahead of the upcoming Harmony4Haiti concert
  • 10:18 am Businessman Jimi Wanjigi's bodyguards released on Ksh100,000 bail after denying allegations of transporting grenades
  • 9:50 am President William Ruto to embark on a development tour of the Western region today.
  • 9:06 am Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. tells senators that non-locals have rejected county govt appointments.
  • 8:45 am Kenya Met predicts high temperatures, thunderstorms & rains in five-day weather forecast.
  • 8:27 am Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka claims the govt is determined to lease out JKIA despite the controversy surrounding the deal.
  • 7:50 am President Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo hosts ODM leader Raila Odinga to discuss his AUC candidature.
  • 7:00 am Former Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu asks Anne Waiguru to run for president in 2027. 

Fri, 16 August 2024

  • 5:37 pm ODM Chairperson Gladys Wanga holds a meeting with party officials from Machakos County on the sidelines of the ongoing G7 Conference.
  • 5:26 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi reveals Kenya loses Ksh608bn to corruption annually.
  • 4:30 pm President William Ruto directs Treasury to start negotiations with teachers' unions ahead of the looming strikes
  • 4:09 pm Kericho residents stage demonstrations over increased insecurity in the region. 
  • 3:45 pm UDA cautions Cleophas Malala against blaming party officials Kimani Ichung'wah and Cecily Mbarire for his ouster and linking it to the alleged plan to impeach DP Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 3:14 pm Kenyan Embassy in Bangkok raises the alarm over a disturbing rise in Kenyans being lured into fake job opportunities in Thailand, only to end up trafficked into Myanmar.
  • 2:19 pm President William Ruto orders that 80% of money collected as royalties be channeled towards artists, amid perennial complaints from creators that CMO bigwigs have been embezzling the money.
  • 2:00 pm Kenyans.co.ke hosts Episode 3 of the podcast series The Kenya We Want featuring Esther Mwaniki, CEO of Lapid Leaders, activist Kasmuel McOure, Kinuthia Ndung'u, a community organizer at Kasarani Social Justice Centre, and journalist Samuel Mwanawanjuguna
  • 1:50 pm Ministry of Health assures Kenyans that there is no active Mpox case in the country following the first reported occurrence.