News Tracker

Sat, 25 January 2025

  • 3:23 pm Gachagua has clapped back at President Ruto, who recently criticised him for allegedly dividing Kenyans along ethnic lines; the former DP says he is a nationalist.
  • 2:34 pm Police in Kirinyaga County have launched a manhunt for a suspected gang of criminals who are said to be responsible for a spate of violent attacks in Inooi ward and its environs. 
  • 2:02 pm Angry Nyandarua residents lockout Rurii MCA and his office over rent arrears accumulating for close to three years.
  • 1:53 pm NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua is hosting former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua at her home in Gichugu, Murang'a country.
  • 1:03 pm Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has endorsed Raila Odinga for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship during a visit to Kenya.
  • 12:49 pm PCS Musalia Mudavadi has reappointed former President Uhuru Kenyatta's cousin, Captain Kungu Muigai, to be a member of the Kenya Cultural Centre Council.
  • 12:05 pm Transport was paralysed along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway near the Dalamere shop after a trailer and a truck got involved in an accident; no deaths have been reported.
  • 11:44 am The Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) has revoked the licenses of two Saccos due to non-compliance and approved 177 others.
  • 11:13 am A Machakos man and his son, who went missing seven days ago, have been found dead at City Mortuary, Nairobi.
  • 10:53 am Education CS Jullias Ogamba revokes the appointment of ex-NTSA Director General Francis Meja as a member of the Council of the Murang’a University of Technology.
  • 10:10 am Former Citizen TV news anchor Franklin Wambugu has been appointed the Director of Public Communication at the office of Deputy President Kithure Kindiki.
  • 9:49 am KNEC to open registration for the KCSE retake announced by Education CS Ogamba on Monday, January 27, and close applications on February 21.
  • 9:26 am President Ruto has announced that Nzoia Sugar Company will re-advertise a bid for a strategic investor to rescue the struggling miller.
  • 8:54 am Demand for cars in Kenya declined by 2.7 per cent in 2024, marking the third consecutive year of reduced sales, according to the Kenya Motor Industry Association.
  • 8:12 am The British High Commissioner to Kenya, Neil Wigan, has denied claims that the British government has sent additional compensation for Mau Mau fighters.
  • 7:48 am KUCCPS has opened its placement portal to allow students enrolling in KMTC and TVETs to apply.
  • 7:10 am Court orders DCI and KWS Officer in Charge of Lake Nakuru National Park to produce Brian Odhaimbo Ochieng, a man allegedly abducted at the park, in court on Tuesday, January 28.

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