News Tracker

Sun, 12 January 2025

  • 4:19 pm Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen says that his Ministry is committed to fully implementing police reforms, including a salary increase, enhanced medical coverage, and better housing. 
  • 3:47 pm Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims that there is an ulterior motive behind Governor Johnson Sakaja's latest directive towards hawkers in the Nairobi CBD.
  • 3:26 pm Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi launched an attack on the government over the recent wave of abductions targeting Kenyan youth while lamenting that since his son's abduction at the height of the 2024 anti-government protests, no one has dared explain to him the reason for the abduction.
  • 2:58 pm DCI detectives escaped by a whisker after a mob threatened to lynch them after mistaking them for abductors during a patrol.
  • 2:21 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga says that he will continue working with the community as he has if he loses his AUC chairmanship bid.
  • 1:46 pm Three people lost their lives in Embu on Sunday after the vehicle they were travelling in burst into flames after crashing into a workshop.
  • 1:29 pm President William Ruto launches the construction of a dormitory and classes at Nairobi Schools in Westlands.
  • 12:56 pm President William Ruto reveals that he has constructed a special field at State House in Nairobi meant for evangelism and hosting of religious leaders.
  • 12:18 pm President William Ruto condoles with families of 16 people who perished in the ongoing fire outbreak in Los Angeles noting, "The people of Kenya stand in solidarity with the citizens of Los Angeles and all Americans."
  • 11:56 am Nairobi County Majority Leader Peter Imwatok says that the Kenyan Government will send 200 buses to Ethiopia to celebrate if Raila Odinga wins his AUC chairmanship bid.
  • 11:30 am The Consul General of the Republic of Kenya in Los Angeles Ezra Chiloba has confirmed that two Kenyan families have been forced to evacuate from their home as LA wildfires continue to spread.
  • 10:53 am Police Inspector Isaac Kirimi Kariuki wins court case challenging IG Douglas Kanja's decision to transfer him to Lokutang' in Turkana County.
  • 10:18 am Former LSK President Nelson Havi issues ultimatum to six Supreme Court judges to prevail upon Chief Justice Martha Koome's resignation failure to which "all seven will have to go."
  • 9:50 am President William Ruto attends a church service at the United Pentecostal Church of Kenya, Dagoretti North, Nairobi.
  • 9:27 am Motorists and commuters using the Eastern Bypass and Thika Road have been cautioned of abnormal load since a plane's fuselage will be transported from JKIA to Mang'u High School on Sunday.
  • 8:49 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announces that parking in the city's CBD will be free on Saturdays and Sundays noting, "This ensures we maximise revenue collection on weekdays while allowing Nairobians to enjoy free parking over the weekend.”
  • 8:21 am Daily Nation columnist Rasnah Warrah passes away after a short illness.
  • 7:53 am Former DP Rigathi Gachagua is set to attend a church service at AIPCA Dandora Parish in Embakasi North Constituency, Nairobi County.
  • 7:20 am Health CS Deborah Barasa and Mombasa County Governor Abdulswamad Nassir sign the Intergovernmental Participation Agreement (IPA) officially kicking off our partnership to enhance healthcare delivery through digital health.

Sat, 11 January 2025

  • 7:47 pm Popular Kenyan writer and journalist Rasna Warah has died, family confirms.
  • 7:16 pm Governor Sakaja reintroduces free weekend parking for motorists in Nairobi; parking fees have been waived for Saturdays and Sundays.
  • 6:21 pm 739 Haiti officers, trained with the help of Kenyan police officers, graduate in the presence of MSS boss Godfrey Otunge.
  • 5:18 pm Nairobi hawkers threaten protests next week after to fight against the ban on hawking imposed by Governor Sakaja.
  • 4:37 pm Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa has dismissed allegations that KNEC cancelled the KCSE results of Lugulu Girls High School after a call with Education CS Julius Ogamba.
  • 4:20 pm The acting registrar of Trade unions, Anne Kanake, has declined the proposed changes to be made seeking the registration of a new Constitution for the Universities’ Academic Staff Union (UASU).
  • 3:15 pm Transport along the Eldoret-Webuye road temporarily interrupted after a trailer ferrying fuel overturned, blocking the busy road; residents scrambled to siphon fuel.
  • 2:38 pm Police in Chesikaki, Bungoma County, have launched a probe into the alleged murder of a 22-year-old woman after corporal punishment meted out by her father.
  • 1:43 pm KNEC has withheld the results of all 92 candidates at Mama Malia Academy School, run by the Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation.
  • 1:08 pm Kiambu County directs that all pending licenses be reviewed under the 2022 laws while pending the formation of ward committees in charge of the review under the new laws passed last year.
  • 12:37 pm Interior PS Raymond Omollo asks parents to help the government realise the smooth transition of students who sat their KCSE exams in 2024.