News Tracker

Mon, 16 December 2024

  • 10:10 am Governor Kawira Mwangaza and her husband, Murega Baichu, on Sunday, dressed up as Santa and surprised Tigania West residents with early Christmas gifts including foodstuff.
  • 9:57 am President William Ruto lambasts the media for changing its tune over Taifa Care arguing that initially, the press argued its rollout would not work but now, it reports that the system has classified patients into two categories.
  • 9:28 am President William Ruto hosts the 11th National and County Governments Co-ordinating Summit at the State House in Nairobi.
  • 8:54 am The acting speaker of the Nyamira County Assembly, Thaddeus Nyabaro, is in stable condition after his car collided head-on with a passenger bus along the Kisii – Nyamira Highway on Sunday night.
  • 8:12 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says that President William Ruto's meeting with his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta does not concern Mt Kenya region stating, "If the president went to ask for forgiveness from Uhuru, there is no problem with that."
  • 7:55 am The government-to-government fuel deal President William Ruto entered into with Saudi Arabia is scheduled to expire at the end of December 2024.
  • 7:25 am Nairobi County Fire Brigade contained a fire outbreak at  Vietnam Village in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Nairobi County, which affected 70 households and 10 businesses hile four minor casualties were reported.

Sun, 15 December 2024

  • 6:29 pm Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta attends the Tripartite Summit on the peace and security situation in the Eastern DRC held in Luanda, Angola.
  • 5:54 pm The Ministry of Health clarifies that Kenyans enrolled in SHA will receive Ksh3,360 per day admitted at a level 4 hospital, Ksh3,920 at a level 5 hospital, and Ksh4,480 in a level 6 hospital.
  • 5:17 pm Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua implores President William Ruto to stop abductions of both locals and foreigners after Ugandan Opposition Leader Kizza Besigye was kidnapped.
  • 4:32 pm Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) of the National Assembly Vice Chairperson Mwengi Mutuse announces plans to file a petition to the court seeking all cases against the reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) to be dropped.
  • 3:49 pm The government has been put on the spot over delay in compensating the family of the late Samuel Gatabaki Ksh300 million awarded by a court in September this year after hiving off part of their 206 hectares of land for the construction of the Northern Bypass in Nairobi.
  • 3:16 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki announces that the government will be recruiting about 5,000 police officers in March 2025 after a two-year hiatus.
  • 2:58 pm EACC initiates the process of prosecuting 47 public officials, including National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei, accused of engaging in graft adding up to Ksh2.1 billion
  • 2:26 pm Hannah Nderitu, a Kenyan, has started a petition on Change.org collecting signatures for a petition seeking to disband the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) and restore the defunct National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).
  • 1:53 pm Etihad flight accorded a water salute at JKIA after officially resuming flights to Nairobi, enhancing connectivity between the UAE and Kenya.
  • 1:21 pm Kenyan athlete Brimin Kipkorir on Sunday won Ksh8.7 million after emerging as the victor in a 42.2-kilometer race in Taiwan clocking an impressive time of 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 41 seconds.
  • 12:54 pm President William Ruto attends a Sunday service at Soul Harvest Church in Taita Taveta County.
  • 12:18 pm Kenyan-born Minnesota House Representative Huldah Momanyi has spoken about the alleged plans by President-elect Donald Trump's government to commence the deportation of immigrants.
  • 11:59 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and his spouse Dorcas Rigathi attend a church service at Kanunga Baptist Church in Nyeri County.
  • 11:19 am President William Ruto extended the operational period for the Presidential Taskforce on Human Resources for Health, of which Health DG Patrick Amoth is a part, for 60 days.
  • 10:53 am The Kenya National Highway Authority (KENHA)has introduced new technology in the construction of Mombasa Road, known as the Hand-Packed Stone (HPS) which will involve the creation of a durable sub-base below the bitumen surface.
  • 10:26 am KeNHA announces that it has adopted the Hand Packed Stone (HPS) technology in the construction of Mombasa Road to create a durable sub-base and extend the pavement's lifespan.
  • 9:53 am The US Embassy reveals that over 100 Kenyans travelled to the US on a US-Kenya educational exchange programs in 2024.
  • 9:26 am On Saturday, the Kenyan team drew 1-1 against Burundi in the ongoing Parliamentary Games in Mombasa; the goal was scored by Kericho Senator and team Co-captain Aaron Cheruiyot.
  • 8:51 am 6 people died while 16 others sustained injuries after a school bus collided head-on with a matatu along the Bomet-Narok Highway; the bus driver vanished from the scene of the accident.
  • 8:14 am An autopsy on two bodies of a Kisii couple found dead while holding hands showed that the lady died from blunt force trauma to her head after enduring torture.
  • 7:41 am Detectives from DCI on Saturday arrested a serial fraud suspect Brian Otiende Anyanga believed to be the ring leader of a city cartel fleecing land buyers.
  • 7:21 am Lands CS Alice Wahome says that the completion of the first batch of 200,000 affordable houses will be delayed for 4 months due to a flurry of court cases and litigation opposing the housing levy. Over 500,000 Kenyans have shown interest in owning the homes.

Sat, 14 December 2024

  • 7:10 pm The government has launched a five-day mass drug administration campaign towards eliminating intestinal worms and bilharzia in Kakamega.