News Tracker

Sun, 28 July 2024

  • 6:00 pm Supreme Court Judge Smokin Wanjala in his capacity as the Director General of the Kenya Judiciary Academy to preside over the launch of the Trans Nzoia Alternative Justice Systems County Action Plan, Model, and Suites tomorrow.
  • 5:39 pm DP Gachagua rallies for Mt. Kenya unity asking leaders from the region to borrow a leaf from Nyanza and Rift Valley where politicians rarely attack their kingpins.
  • 5:04 pm President William Ruto to engage Kenyans in a townhall session specifically on jobs at 7:30pm.
  • 4:44 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua renews attacks on courts over a case stopping the construction of the Ndunyi-Njeru-Ihithe Road
  • 4:16 pm Nakuru residents hold a memorial concert at Nyayo Gardens in honour of Kenyans who died during the anti-government protests.
  • 3:45 pm President William Ruto blames the downfall of the Finance Bill, 2024 on propaganda and misinformation on the contents of the controversial piece of legislation.
  • 3:19 pm Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo pressures DPP Renson Ingonga to resign for failing to secure justice for protest victims.
  • 2:42 pm President William Ruto promises that the govt will pay airfare for Kenyans going to work abroad.
  • 2:20 pm Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka reveals he has whipped Wiper MPs to reject the ODM cabinet secretary nominees after they are vetted in Parliament.
  • 1:46 pm Kenyans will no longer be required to book appointments to collect passports, Immigration Department states.
  • 1:20 pm President William Ruto reveals govt has been exporting 1,000 Kenyans every week to go and work abroad.
  • 12:49 pm President William Ruto says his administration is restrategising its revenue raising measures following the collapse of the Finance Bill, 2024 which the govt was relying on to fund various development projects.
  • 12:00 pm Former Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana calls on Kenyan youth to reimagine Kenyan politics as Azimio crumbles following govt's move to poach ODM members to the cabinet and NARC-Kenya's exit from the opposition coalition.
  • 11:50 am President William Ruto reveals the govt has rolled out mass registration of Kenyans across the country to SHIF.
  • 11:00 am Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya questions the competency of some ODM leaders nominated to the cabinet and faults the strategies the opposition has applied in addressing the issues raised by Kenyans during protests
  • 10:39 am Siaya Governor James Orengo sustains his opposition to ODM members being nominated to cabinet; insists President William Ruto wants to kill opposition parties.
  • 10:00 am Wycliffe Oparanya welcomes his nomination to cabinet and denies reports that opposition bigwigs selected to serve in President William Ruto's administration have quit ODM.
  • 9:35 am Former Defence CS Eugene Wamalwa reveals he is planning to run for the presidency.
  • 9:01 am Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah denies penning letter calling for Martha Karua and Jeremiah Kioni to be investigated for organising Limuru III.
  • 8:10 am President William Ruto holds overnight meeting with Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi, Mining CS nominee Hassan Joho and Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani at State House, Mombasa.
  • 8:00 am COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli lobbies for the merging of counties to maximise on limited resources amid a revenue squeeze.
  • 7:24 am Second lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi extends her fight against drug abuse and illicit brew to the Lower Eastern Region of Kenya.
  • 7:00 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to attend church service at St.Stephen Karoroha Catholic Parish, in Kinangop, Nyandarua County.

Sat, 27 July 2024

  • 5:30 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga details talks he had with President William Ruto over Cabinet nominations. Raila reveals that he talked with the President after the Cabinet was dissolved.
  • 4:25 pm The government on Saturday announces progress by the Kenyan Police officers in Haiti in curbing gang violence in the Caribbean nation.
  • 3:50 pm The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lists the Gedi Ruins in Kilifi County as a World Heritage Site.
  • 3:13 pm The Chairperson of the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors, David Ndii, hits out at the anti-government protesters whom he accuses of plunging the country into anarchy.
  • 2:40 pm The Political Parties Dispute Tribunal is examines a petition to compel the Registrar of Political Parties to recognise "The Gen Z Party" as an official political entity.  
  • 1:55 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah announces his intention to form a shadow cabinet to counter President William Ruto’s recent Cabinet nominations.
  • 1:40 pm President William Ruto tasks the newly nominated Cabinet Secretaries from the Coast with drafting a plan to solve the challenges of absentee landlords in the region.