News Tracker

Fri, 24 January 2025

7:49 pm Autopsy on Richard Otieno, alias Molo president, reveals death from severe head injuries caused by a sharp object, confirms Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor.
7:07 pm Governor Wamatangi announces plans to construct swimming pools for Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) schools.
6:55 pm DCI officers arrested a man accused of orchestrating a scheme to defraud a Nigerian national of Ksh12.6 million.
6:07 pm Public Service CS Justin Muturi has continued to discharge his ministerial roles even after missing out on Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting chaired by President Ruto at the Kakamega State Lodge.
5:39 pm The government seizes an illegal mineral dealership in a residential estate in Nairobi and the Athi River, confiscating minerals worth Ksh200 million.
5:12 pm The government has launched a new police unit, called the National Government Administration Police Unit (NGAPU), that will aid government operations.
4:50 pm 5,567 Kenyans were declared redundant in the past three years, with at least 57 companies announcing redundancies, according to the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE).
4:23 pm CJ Koome has 32 security officers assigned to her, CS Murkomen has disclosed, as the battle between the Judiciary and National Police escalates.
3:45 pm President Ruto has announced plans to upgrade Bungoma Town to city status, months after elevating Eldoret to a city.
3:16 pm Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi has hit out at his electorate for heckling their Governor Wilber Otichillo in-front of President William Ruto.
2:45 pm Learning in schools will be temporarily disrupted as government begins nationwide registration for Taifa Care and Social Health Authority (SHA).
2:30 pm The Kenya Railways Corporation has announced a temporary disruption of online booking of Standard Guage Railway (SGR) train services.
2:18 pm KANU party leader Gideon Moi's company among beneficiaries to receive millions after government blundered in its fertilizer subsidy program.
1:36 pm The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) will boycott court over a ban imposed on SC Ahmednasir Abdullahi and his associates.
1:03 pm The High Court has cleared the IEBC commissioners selection panel for appointment by President William Ruto.
12:44 pm President William Ruto has hit out at Kenyans mocking him using controversial monikers such as Kasongo and Zakayo.
12:39 pm The government will crackdown on shisha dens in a bid to weed out its misuse among primary and secondary users.
11:55 am Government has launched a nationwide registration drive targeting parents and learners for Taifa Care and the Social Health Authority (SHA).
11:30 am Sarah Wairimu re-arrested over the murder of her Dutch husband Tob Cohen will spend the weekend in custody till Wednesday next week pending a ruling on her mental state.
10:55 am Brian Odhiambo's mum Elizabeth Auma has urged the government to release her missing son allegedly taken by Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) officers 6 days ago.
10:20 am Mining CS Ali Hassan Joho has raided a Nairobi go-down housing alleged illegal minerals and ordered the arrest of three Chinese nationals and a Kenyan.
9:45 am Grace Njoki, arrested for storming Health CS Deborah Barasa’s presser on Monday, January 20, has accused the police of trailing her to hospital and arresting her without any reason.
9:25 am Media personality Janet Mbugua has joined the Nation Media Group (NMG), eight years after quitting Citizen TV where she was a news anchor.
8:59 am A three-judge bench of the High Court in Nairobi has dismissed an application filed by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s lawyers seeking to postpone his impeachment case by 21 days.
8:26 am The Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP) has directed Sarah Kohen Wairimu to be charged with the murder of her husband Tob Cohen after fresh evidence was presented.
7:55 am The National Police Service (NPS) has dismissed claims that security officers assigned to Chief Justice Martha Koome have been withdrawn.
7:35 am One of the women who stormed a press conference by the Ministry of Health to lament about the new Taifa Care has been arrested.

Thu, 23 January 2025

6:57 pm Kenya to host the World Chamber Africa Summit from April 9 to April 11 2025 in Nairobi, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'oei confirms.
6:16 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announces plans to establish a monitoring centre, in partnership with NTSA, to oversee the behaviour of registered PSVs while on duty.
5:47 pm EACC arrested Rongo MP Paul Abuor accusing him of conflict of interest and theft of up to Ksh122 million public funds between 2017 and 2025.