News Tracker

Sun, 21 July 2024

  • 1:05 pm Kenyans in the US stage protests outside IMF headquarters in Washington.
  • 1:02 pm President William Ruto skips the 6th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU) currently being held in Ghana.
  • 12:49 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga threatens to drop his AUC chairman bid if that means him being arm-twisted into compromising his responsibility to ensure that Kenya remains politically stable.
  • 12:25 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga reiterates that he is offended by reports that he has been bribed by Kenya Kwanza to rally behind a govt of national unity.
  • 11:55 am President William Ruto asks the media to report responsibly on the ongoing political situation in the country.
  • 11:12 am DP Gachagua attends a church service at PCEA Church in Kayole, Nairobi.
  • 10:43 am KNUT officials tell new Education CS nominee Julius Ogamba to brace himself for a tough job with most issues in the education sector remaining unresolved.
  • 10:00 am Siaya Governor James Orengo cautions his party leader Raila Odinga against forming coalition govt with President William Ruto against the wishes of Kenyans.
  • 9:29 am Oscar Sudi offers full scholarship to two needy students in Kapseret, Uasin Gishu County 
  • 9:14 am Former Gender CS Aisha Jumwa heckled in Kilifi while rallying for cabinet reappointment.
  • 8:47 am Joseph Mwangi, the protestor abducted in Githurai as Kenyans were staging demonstrations weeks ago resurfaces.
  • 8:00 am Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo invites youth in his county for talks following "Occupy County' protests this past Tuesday.
  • 7:10 am Truck transporting sodium cyanide has overturned in Kiambu, Ministry of Health announces.
  • 7:00 am Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni accuses foreign powers of planning to cause anarchy in his country by financing the upcoming protests set to be staged on Tuesday.

Sat, 20 July 2024

  • 6:34 pm President William Ruto exudes confidence that the hard decisions he has made will be vindicated in the long run.
  • 6:09 pm Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives at the Coast  arrest suspected drug trafficker along Samburu -Kinango Road and seize Cannabis sativa worth over Ksh 11 million.
  • 5:46 pm Protesting youth allegedly storm activist Boniface Mwangi’s offices.
  • 5:00 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua holds a rally in Mwea, Kirinyaga County.
  • 4:44 pm President William Ruto to form committee to address discontent over university funding model.
  • 4:02 pm Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang'wa appeals to MPs to consider public opinion while vetting and writing final reports on CS nominees.
  • 3:54 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua asks Kenyan youth to call off protests insisting that the Kenya Kwanza administration has heard the concerns Kenyans have raised.
  • 3:00 pm K24 journalist Catherine Wanjeri discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery after being shot during Tuesday's protests.  
  • 2:35 pm A section of leaders from Kericho County led by Kipkelion West MP Hillary Kosgei endorse President William Ruto's partial cabinet nominated on Friday.
  • 2:00 pm 5 suspects including a police officer posing as EACC officials arrested in Kitui attempting to extort a senior county govt official.
  • 1:45 pm Govt recalls university calling letters for the 2023 KCSE cohort; says previously communicated fees have been nullified.
  • 1:00 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah opines the new funding model for universities and colleges was ill-conceived and the State needs to revert to the previous model
  • 12:44 pm Davis Chirchir promises to deliver for the Kenyan people following his nomination as Roads and Transport CS.
  • 12:00 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua arrives at the PEFA Church in Mwea, Kirinyaga County for a church service.
  • 11:59 am The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) reveals it is considering filing a case against rogue police officers meting brutality against protestors at the ICC.
  • 11:00 am UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala asks Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka to back President William Ruto's unity drive.