News Tracker

Mon, 12 August 2024

  • 5:49 pm High Court sets aside its orders barring the issuance of Maisha Card and the 3rd Generation Identity Card to Kenyans.
  • 5:27 pm Nairobi High Court issues a conservatory order for the preservation of all documents related to the nomination of cabinet secretaries after a petition challenges their appointment.
  • 4:45 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has urged President William Ruto's new Cabinet to put in hard work and embrace ethics.
  • 4:13 pm Environment CS Aden Duale says he is committed to reviving the vision of his predecessor, John Michuki, of preserving rivers and forests.
  • 3:49 pm CJ Martha Koome's Prisons Decongestion Initiative to free 376 offenders locked up at Nairobi Remand and Allocation Maximum Security Prison in the Industrial Area.
  • 3:21 pm State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohammed says that 30,262 households and 94 per cent of public schools in Kisii are connected to electricity.
  • 2:24 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula hosts Iranian Ambassador to Kenya Ali Gholampour at Parliament Buildings to deepen bilateral ties.
  • 1:52 pm President William Ruto lays the foundation stone for the Kiabonyoru Secondary School Dormitory in North Mugirango, Nyamira County.
  • 1:14 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome embarks on exercise to decongestion prisons at Nairobi Remand.
  • 12:53 pm President William Ruto hosts a joint session of Cabinet and Principal Secretaries at State House in Nairobi.
  • 12:17 pm Treasury CS John Mbadi vows to integrate payroll with the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) as he officially took over office.
  • 11:57 am Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu revealed that Mt Kenya leaders had agreed to reinstitute the Gikuyu, Embu, Meru Association (GEMA).
  • 11:25 am New Environment CS Aden Duale vows to reclaim wetlands after taking over the Ministry from Soipan Tuya.
  • 10:43 am MSME CS Wycliffe Oparanya vows to resign if the current government fails to implement the strategies he has put forward for the sector. 
  • 10:24 am ODM Party leaders celebrate International Youth Day 2024 calling youth the "canvas upon which the masterpiece of tomorrow is painted."
  • 9:36 am PCS Musalia Mudavadi arrives in Dubai for the upcoming Joint Commission of Cooperation between the Governments of Kenya and the United Arab Emirates.
  • 8:58 am KNEC CEO David Njengere announced that all KCSE candidates' exam papers will have their names and index numbers printed to curb cheating.
  • 8:23 am Swahilipot FM, an urban radio station from the Coastal city of Mombasa, begins operations today.
  • 7:44 am President William Ruto is set to begin his three-day tour in the Kisii and Nyamira Counties today.
  • 7:21 am The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) directs JKIA workers to assemble for directions on the upcoming seven-day strike.

Sun, 11 August 2024

  • 6:24 pm First Lady Rachel Ruto attends a church service at the Faith Evangelistic Ministries in Nairobi.
  • 5:30 pm NCIC pushes for the renaming of 7 counties among them Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Nandi, Kisii, Turkana, Embu and Samburu to rid them of ethnic identities.
  • 4:52 pm Sharon Lokedi says she did her best after securing 4th place in the women’s marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympics  
  • 4:24 pm Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka tells off leaders seeking to please both Gen Zs and the Government after the formation of the broad-based government.
  • 3:49 pm The Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) has called for clarity regarding tax remittance procedures after the court declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional.
  • 2:45 pm Athlete Eliud Kipchoge says losing yesterday's race was "a tough loss for me as I have worked towards this goal with every bit of devotion within me."
  • 2:26 pm Kwale County Governor Fatuma Achani reveals that her administration has begun revitalising the cotton industry by constructing a model ginnery in Msambweni Sub-county.
  • 1:53 pm Kenyan police officers deployed in Haiti hold prayers during a church service 
  • 1:23 pm Mt Elgon residents threaten to demonstrate over poor development, file petition to Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka to intervene.
  • 12:50 pm Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka joins Ferdinand Waititu and Eugene Wamalwa for a service at the AIC Makongeni Church, Thika Town.