News Tracker

Fri, 13 December 2024

  • 3:15 pm A popular Westlands eatery has confirmed police are investigating a mysterious death that occurred at the joint earlier this month.
  • 2:50 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki announced during the 25th IBEC session that the national government will release Sh32 billion owed to county governments for November.
  • 2:15 pm Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has sent his best wishes to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga ahead of his Africa Leadership Debate (Mjadala Afrika) in the race for the African Union Commission Chairperson seat.
  • 1:55 pm Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has directed all employees of the now-defunct Kenya Water Towers Agency (KWTA) to be absorbed into other sections of the ministry.
  • 1:20 pm President William Ruto has announced plans to roll out new police uniforms in the coming weeks.
  • 12:54 pm Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok announced plans to fast-track dual citizenship for Kenyans living abroad who had lost their citizenship under the old constitution.
  • 9:37 am President William Ruto is today presiding over the launch of the National Police Service Strategic Plan (2023-2027)
  • 8:55 am Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa has been put on the spot for circulating a poll alleging that Kenya's candidate for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship contest Raila Odinga has taken an early lead.
  • 8:20 am A Finacess report published by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) revealed that internal fraud in SACCOs was the most prevalent form of money loss for Kenyans in 2024 at 71 per cent.
  • 7:55 am Detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit have arrested a 27-year-old woman in possession of two kilograms of bhang concealed in packets of Maize Flour at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
  • 7:32 am The 2024 edition of the Mjadala Afrika Debate is set to take place on Friday evening at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is expected to present his 10-point manifesto.

Thu, 12 December 2024

  • 5:56 pm Jamhuri Day celebrations held at Rongo Primary School in Migori County were marred with chaos after political factions clashed.
  • 5:32 pm President William Ruto urges Kenyans to be cautious of disinformation aimed at sabotaging development, undermining democracy and destabilising the country in pursuit of sectarian political interests.
  • 4:48 pm Nyandarua residents disrupted the Jamhuri Day event at the Engineer Stadium as County Commissioner Mohamed Barre took the stage to deliver President William Ruto's speech.
  • 4:18 pm The University of Nairobi denies claims that it locked 200 students out of the graduation list whose ceremony is scheduled to take place on Friday, December 13, 2024.
  • 3:57 pm The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) condemns the violence meted out by police officers against anti-femicide protesters.
  • 3:23 pm President William Ruto awards IG Douglas Kanja the Moran Elder of Golden Heart (MGH) while Molo MP Kuria Kimani is honoured with the Chief of Order of the Burning (CBS).
  • 2:52 pm Fourth-year UoN students storm Lower Kabete Campus Dean's office after their names were excluded from the graduation list whose ceremony is slated for Friday, December 3, 2024.
  • 2:28 pm Uproar as over 500,000 support staff across secondary schools in Kenya receive layoff letters from the government through the boards of management as part of downsising occasioned by the transition to Junior Secondary Schools.
  • 1:17 pm President William Ruto directs the Kenya Copyright Board and e-Citizen to establish a transparent, real-time system for royalty collection and distribution to beneficiaries.
  • 1:07 pm President William Ruto confirms that over 243,000 Kenyans have secured jobs abroad since September 2022.
  • 12:44 pm President William Ruto says that the government has successfully transitioned 5.6 million citizens from the National Health Insurance Fund and registered 11 million Kenyans under the Social Health Insurance Fund.
  • 12:17 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja says that a road in South C will be renamed after the late rapper Issah Mmari, popularly known as E-Sir.
  • 11:19 am Candidates vying for the position of the chairperson of the African Union, including Raila Odinga, arrive at the  African Union Headquarters in preparation for the upcoming Mjadala Afrika debate. 
  • 11:04 am Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo dismisses claims that the government is planning to arrest the maker of viral silhouettes with the likeness of President William Ruto stating that instead, the government might only help the individual positively use his creativity to earn income.
  • 10:56 am President William Ruto presents Wajir Airbase with the presidential and regimental flags at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi.
  • 10:05 am The World Athletics ratifies world records achieved by Kenyan athletes Beatrice Chebet and Ruth Chepng'etich. Chebet broke the world record in the 10,000m in Eugene at a time of 28:54.14 while Chepng'etich broke the record at Chicago Marathon.
  • 9:32 am President William Ruto arrives at Uhuru Gardens for the 2024 Jamhuri Day Celebrations.
  • 9:08 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja as well as a raft of Cabinet Secretaries among them Kipchumba Murkomen and Musalia Mudavadi arrive at Uhuru Gardens for Jamhuri Day Celebrations.
  • 8:27 am Labour CS Alfred Mutua sees off Kenyans traveling to Qatar to begin their new careers noting, 'It is great to get an opportunity to work and make your own money.'