News Tracker

Mon, 14 July 2025

  • 7:42 am The government to procure and equip police officers with body cameras to help ensure accountability and transparency in how security forces handle demonstratorsPrime CS Musalia Mudavadi has revealed.
  • 7:17 am A key suspect believed to be one of the operational masterminds behind a syndicate targeting foreign investors in a multimillion-shilling gold scam has been arrested after nearly a year on the run
  • 6:25 am Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has died at age 82, the presidential press office confirms; he died in London at about 4:30 pm Sunday after a prolonged illness.

Sun, 13 July 2025

  • 6:57 pm Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has opened a DCP Party office in Seattle, Washington; he is currently on a two-month political tour of the US.
  • 6:21 pm The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has issued a statement denouncing recent allegations of a plot to rig the 2027 general election; this follows controversial remarks made by Wajir woman representative Fatuma Abdi Jehow.
  • 4:57 pm Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi has fired back at former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his recent comments claiming Raila is politically irrelevant, claiming the ODM chief is still a political bigwig
  • 4:27 pm Kisumu East MP Shakeel Shabir has issued a public apology after facing backlash over a viral video in which he was seen harshly reprimanding a teacher during an official event.
  • 3:47 pm DP Kithure Kindiki attending an economic empowerment program in Kiambu County, accompanied by senior dignitaries including ICT CS William Kabogo, Majority Leader Kimani Inchung'wah, among others.
  • 3:27 pm The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has urged all medical interns to pick up their relevant posting documents from the Ministry of Health.
  • 2:17 pm ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna has called on the newly sworn-in IEBC commissioners to summon Wajir Woman Representative Fatuma Jehow over controversial remarks she made regarding the 2027 General Election.
  • 1:47 pm The new IEBC Chair Erastus Ethekon and his team comprising six commissioners set off a ticking clock immediately after their swearing in on Friday, June 11, with top of the list being conducting 22 pending by-elections across the country.
  • 1:37 pm A Kenyan man, Paul Njoroge, who lost his wife, three children and mother-in-law in the Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737 crash in 2019, has finally been compensated by the aviation giant.
  • 12:24 pm Police arrest three suspects linked to the arson attack and looting of businesses, including a Magunas supermarket in Meru town during the Saba Saba Day protests on July 7, 2025.
  • 12:01 pm The government to deploy the KDF in Kakamega to oversee the construction of a hospital in Kakamega. KDF is also overseeing other infrastructural developments in Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties. 
  • 11:43 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Martha Karua and musician Samidoh graced the Ngemi Cia Ruraya festival held in Seattle, Washington. Gachagua is on a two-month tour of the United States.
  • 11:13 am Naivasha MP Jayne Kihara has been summoned by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over allegations of undermining the authority of a public officer.
  • 10:23 am Nairobi City County government will soon go after hawkers who exploit others by taking extra space as well as those who exploit hawkers by charging them fees for spaces, County Chief Officer for Environment, Geoffrey Mosiria has said.
  • 9:49 am 17 priorities arrested in an ongoing crackdown by  the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in Wote, Tawa, Makindu, Kibwezi and Kathonzweni towns in Makueni County.
  • 9:27 am Ministry of Health urges parents and guardians to ensure all children receive the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV)  and the Measles-Rubella vaccines before the ten-day vaccination campaign comes to an end on Monday July 14.
  • 8:47 am Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa has urged the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to take action against the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) Deputy Party leader, Cleophas Malala, for allegedly spreading defamatory statements against him.
  • 8:01 am Kenya Sugar Board defends decision to shut down sugar mills in the Western Region for the next three months, says farmers to get Ksh6,000 per tonne in new rates when the mills reopen.  
  • 7:47 am Former presidential candidate and Roots Party leader George Wajackoyah graduates with second doctorate degree, a PhD in Criminal Justice, from Walden University in Orlando, Florida.
  • 7:12 am Saturday night fire at Lari Boys High School destroys several structures, including the principal's office, the staffroom, and the library. No casualties reported.

Sat, 12 July 2025

  • 6:31 pm Raila Odinga has taken a swipe at Rigathi Gachagua, claiming that the former Deputy President is not a better option for the presidency.
  • 5:57 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has urged Chief Justice Martha Koome to take decisive action against individuals involved in the recent violent protests.
  • 5:25 pm The scandal involving a teacher at Alliance Girls' School is taking a legal turn, with the seriousness of the matter drawing the attention of legal experts across the country.
  • 4:53 pm Moments after the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) was sworn into office, netizens intensified calls online for the recall of Members of Parliament deemed unsatisfactory by their constituents.
  • 4:30 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has extended the designation of 13 areas in Marsabit County as security-disturbed and dangerous.
  • 3:45 pm 2024 KCSE students will soon be able to change the institutions they selected after KUCCPS announced plans to open its portal for inter-institutional transfers.
  • 3:15 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome has announced that the Supreme Court of Kenya will go on a six-week break.