News Tracker

Sun, 02 February 2025

  • 8:21 am Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, Senate Leader of Majority Aaron Cheruyiot, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah, and Mogotio MP Reuben Kiborek demand Public Service CS Justin Muturi to resign for criticising the government.
  • 7:59 am The families of Steve Mbisi and Kalani Muema, who were part of the Mlolongo four and are still missing, said that they were turned away at the Nairobi Funeral Home despite being invited to identify the bodies of their loved ones.
  • 7:23 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Saturday night met several former MPs among them Peter Mwathi (Former MP Limuru), Hon. Mercy Gakuya (Former MP Kasarani), and Dr Juliah Chege (Kangema).

Sat, 01 February 2025

  • 7:50 pm DP Kithure Kindiki has pledged a review of the SHA’s means-testing tool after MPs raised concerns, aiming to ease health insurance costs for low-income earners like traders and boda boda riders.
  • 7:10 pm Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has slammed Governor Johnson Sakaja for allegedly neglecting his duties after city officers arrested a female hawker and locked her child in their vehicle, accusing Sakaja of being unreachable to address the incident.
  • 6:42 pm Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe has declared the domesticated water buffalo a food animal under the Meat Control Act, allowing its farming, slaughter, and processing for meat.
  • 6:15 pm At least three students from Dr Aggrey High School in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County, have died and others were injured after a bus they were travelling in got involved in an accident along the Wundanyi-Mwatate road.
  • 5:37 pm KNEC has dismissed reports purporting that the examination council has lost details of the teachers who invigilated the KCSE exams, hence the delay in releasing their pay.
  • 5:08 pm Registrar of Companies, Joyce Koech, announces plans to dissolve 98 Kenyan companies.
  • 4:40 pm Kenyan trumpeter Mackinlay Mutsembi competes to break the Guinness World record for the longest continuous trumpet performance, playing non-stop for 24 hours.
  • 4:23 pm MCAs drawn from Mumias East, Mumias West, and Matungu constituencies protest outside Mumias Sugar Factory for the removal of West Kenya Sugar Company.
  • 3:52 pm President Ruto has revoked the appointment of Joe Owaka Ager as chair of the Board of Directors of the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya and Kiema Mwandia as a member of the Tanathi Water Works Development Agency Board.
  • 3:26 pm DCI arrests three suspects linked to a series of robberies with violence that resulted in the deaths of four security guards in Siaya.
  • 2:44 pm  Defence CS Soipan Tuya establishes the Kenya Defence Forces Pensions Appeals Committee and appoints Colonels Joseph Yator, Lewis Muluvi, and Muthomi Nchuurai. 
  • 2:17 pm KBC confirms its X account has been hacked for more than 17 hours; its name changed to 'DeepSeek AI'.
  • 1:41 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said that the government will build at least 1,600 science laboratories to make sure every school in the country has one.
  • 1:18 pm Parents and guardians have 27 days to ensure their school-going children are registered for SHA; the government sets a deadline of February 28.
  • 12:36 pm Martha Karua’s, NARC-Kenya officially rebrands as the People's Liberation Party (PLP) to appeal to the nation's youth ahead of the 2027 General Election.
  • 12:00 pm Moi University Council has sent Vice Chancellor Isaac Kosgey on a compulsory 8-month annual leave effective January 30 to allow for the restructuring of the university's management.
  • 11:46 am UoN has sent an undisclosed number of Kenyan employees working with USAID on unpaid leave following a directive by President Donald Trump that has disrupted the US-funded programs globally.
  • 11:12 am Former Chief Justice David Maraga has condemned President William Ruto's administration for failing to address the rising abductions in Kenya, stating that leadership tolerating killings and human rights violations undermines its legitimacy
  • 10:30 am A mob in Tumaini, Nyalenda, Kisumu County, lynched two suspected robbers on Friday night after their attempted robbery was foiled.
  • 10:15 am Senator Okiya Omtatah has faulted the IMF and the World Bank for enabling the ballooning of Kenya's debt by continuing to provide the funds to Kenya despite glaring evidence of corruption and mismanagement.
  • 9:49 am KNBS says the court-ordered repeat census in Wajir, Mandera, and Garissa counties is a ‘herculean’ task; the court on Tuesday ordered a fresh census within one year.
  • 9:13 am A pending bills committee chaired by former Auditor General Edward Ouko has okayed the clearing of pending bills worth Ksh206 billion.
  • 8:40 am The government has threatened to shut down all underperforming state agencies while revealing plans to award performing CEOs and corporations with more funding.
  • 8:07 am The IEBC Selection Panel has officially opened applications for IEBC chairperson and six commissioner positions and set a deadline of February 15.
  • 7:48 am The Ministry of Health asks Kenyans to avoid wild animals in a health advisory after the Ebola outbreak in Uganda that has already claimed one casualty.
  • 7:12 am Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC) remits Ksh7 billion to the National Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, marking a Ksh2 billion increase from 2023.

Fri, 31 January 2025

  • 7:50 pm The government will double immigration booths and staff at JKIA and introduce electronic self-clearance gates (e-Gates) in new airport reforms.