News Tracker

Tue, 04 June 2024

  • 3:07 pm DP Gachagua announces the formation of a task force to accelerate the absorption of donor funds into national programs.
  • 2:50 pm CJ Martha Koome commissions multi-sectoral working group which aims to prioritise access to Justice on environmental and climate change related matters in Nairobi County. 
  • 2:00 pm First Lady Rachel Ruto meets with Soo Park, the founder of the International Youth Fellowship in South Korea.
  • 1:30 pm Comedian Eric Omondi arrested outside Parliament Buildings leading protests against the Finance Bill, 2024.
  • 1:21 pm Education CS Ezekiel Machogu allays fears of early closure of schools following delays in disbursement of learning institutions capitation.  
  • 12:26 pm Former Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri throws his weight behind the One Man One Shilling Campaign, remarking that resources should be distributed based on the number of people and not land mass.
  • 12:00 pm Media personality & Reggae MC Jahmby Koikai has passed away, reports indicate.
  • 11:49 am President  William Ruto secures Ksh63.5 billion concessional loan from South Korea to bolster Kenya’s digital ecosystem.
  • 11:00 am DP Gachagua hosts Cabinet Secretaries at his official residence in Karen ahead of the 2024 Development Partnerships Forum.
  • 10:40 am Report published by the Controller of Budget shows govt offices spent Ksh18.8 billion on travel in Financial Year 2023/2024, up from Ksh14.7 billion the previous year. 
  • 10:20 am President William Ruto identifies food security, science and technology, peace and security, and health security as the key areas of cooperation with South Korea.
  • 9:45 am Kenya Power announces resumption of token payment services after a brief outage.
  • 9:01 am 7 more bodies exhumed from Shakahola Forest bringing the total death toll to 436.
  • 8:15 am Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi tears into DP Gachagua once again, accusing him of advancing what he described as divisive ethnic politics. 
  • 8:02 am Kenya secures Ksh30.8 billion for Konza Digital Media City during President William Ruto's trip to South Korea.
  • 7:10 am President William Ruto is expected to hold bilateral talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol  today which will revolve around exploring areas of cooperation.
  • 7:00 am All 6 Governors at the Coast region decline to hold a meeting with Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi over muguka ban, setting conditions and insisting that the talks be led by President William Ruto.

Mon, 03 June 2024

  • 6:31 pm Seven more bodies were exhumed in Shakahola after investigations resumed on Monday. The death toll increased to 436.
  • 5:52 pm IEBC holds a three-day workshop to train County Election Managers, Returning Officers and Deputy Returning Officers from 14 counties in collaboration with the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK).
  • 5:21 pm 3 businessmen arraigned in court following an alleged ploy to defraud the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) of land valued at Ksh350 million.
  • 4:50 pm President William Ruto arrives in Seoul, South Korea, for the Korea-Africa Summit scheduled to kick off on Tuesday.
  • 4:22 pm High Court extends orders barring the construction of the controversial Mau Mau Road project for a third time.
  • 3:42 pm MP Gabriel Kagombe to undergo mental test ahead of Friday plea for alleged murder of boda boda rider.
  • 2:48 pm KANU, headed by Gideon Moi, vows to appeal a court order revoking KICC title issued to the party in 1969.
  • 2:20 pm Police began evacuating Kenyans living in Fedha Estate after a lorry ferrying gas burst into flames. One person was seriously injured.
  • 1:32 pm A liquefied petroleum gas tanker burst into flames near Fedha Estate matatu stage in Embakasi South Constituency, Nairobi County.
  • 12:52 pm Machakos Court ruling directs Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe to be held at the Muthaiga Police Station for 5 days.
  • 12:08 pm The High Court revokes the Kenya African National Union's (KANU) title deed of the land hosting KICC.
  • 11:53 am Chaos erupted at the Kitui Madaraka Day celebrations as goons beat up MCA.
  • 11:17 am High Court directs Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) to pay part of the Sh812 million to a contractor hired to demolish JKIA buildings.