News Tracker

Wed, 13 November 2024

  • 7:05 am The Social Health Authority (SHA) board sent the authority's CEO, Elijah Wachira, on 90-day compulsory leave and appointed Robert Ingasira, the current Financial Services director, as his replacement.

Tue, 12 November 2024

  • 6:05 pm Kitui High Court issues orders lifting the injunctions that halted the FKF branch elections scheduled for Saturday, November 9, 2024.
  • 5:52 pm More than 198 residents of the Kwachocha area in Malindi moved to court seeking immediate compensation for their land acquired by the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) to expand the Malindi International Airport.
  • 5:29 pm A 26-year-old man kills his 24-year-old wife in front of his two children aged 9 years and 5 years in Iravari village, Embu county.
  • 4:42 pm Environment CS Aden Duale says the top polluters of the Nairobi River are not the informal settlement but the city's middle class.
  • 4:26 pm President William Ruto nominates former Isiolo Woman Representative Rehema Jaldesa to serve as the chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission
  • 3:48 pm Court of Appeal suspends hearing of lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi's Supreme Court ban case.
  • 3:19 pm President William Ruto nominated former IEBC chairperson Issack Hassan as chair of IPOA; He also nominated other chairpersons and members of the Commission Administrative Justice (CAJ), the National Gender and Equality Commission as well as Gerald Nyaoma Arita as the second Deputy-Governor of the CBK.
  • 2:57 pm Acting UoN VC Margaret Hutchinson directs all striking workers to resume duties noting, 'Any faculty member found not fulfilling their employment obligations will face appropriate action as stipulated in their employment contracts."
  • 2:23 pm Homa Bay County Assembly Speaker Julius Gaya tenders his resignation hours before the house was scheduled to debate his impeachment.
  • 1:33 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki chairs his first meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Governance, Social Sector, and Public Administration attended by cabinet secretaries at the official Karen Residence.
  • 1:08 pm A fifth suspect in the sexual assault case against Mombasa blogger John Bruce Kajira was detained until November 15 after he was arrested at the Kenya/Tanzania Border.
  • 12:56 pm Kilifi County Department for Water and Environment Committee Member (CECM) Omar Said says a fire that broke out at the county offices has been contained.
  • 12:16 pm More Kenyans are being involved in cult-like behaviors, distinctive dress codes, opposition to government programs, and the dissemination of radical teachings by their religious leaders, a new report by the National Crime Research Center (NCRC) has revealed.
  • 11:40 am KeNHA says that the construction of the Gitaru Interchange, which connects the Southern Bypass, Western Bypass, and an A8 Road, is taking shape
  • 11:06 am The DCI has dismissed reports by the Daily Nation that officers tried to block former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from attending a church service on Sunday, calling the reports false and misleading.
  • 10:50 am Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome urges Murang’a Senator Joe Nyutu to refrain from dragging her into his political disputes, insisting she is focused on national service.
  • 10:06 am Bomet Senator Hillary Sigei criticises Governor Hillary Barchok for his silence over the death of a 3-year-old girl at Longisa County Referral Hospital, accusing him of failed leadership.
  • 9:47 am Haiti has closed its main airport liberated by Kenyan police last month following a gunfire attack on a US airline on Monday, which left a flight attendant injured.
  • 9:10 am Garissa Woman Representative Edo Udgoon Siyad has filed a complaint with the NCIC, seeking a probe into Senator Abdul Haji for allegedly inciting violence and promoting hate speech.
  • 8:40 am The TSC has announced 5,690 vacancies for school principals, deputy principals, and head teachers, inviting applications with a deadline of November 18.
  • 8:09 am The Katiba Institute has filed a court petition challenging the PPP Act of 2022, seeking to halt government collaboration with private investors on infrastructure projects, including the Adani Group, over concerns of limited parliamentary oversight and potential lack of transparency.
  • 7:45 am Chief Justice Martha Koome has strongly denied allegations of corruption within the judiciary, challenging accusers to present evidence as she defends her record in an interview with the BBC.
  • 7:07 am The National Construction Authority's preliminary investigation cites soil saturation from a nearby soakage pit as the likely cause of the Majengo building collapse in Mombasa, with further probes planned.

Mon, 11 November 2024

  • 5:44 pm Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has announced a number of reforms, including protocol changes, set to be implemented at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) aimed at elevating customer experience.
  • 5:23 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announces that Nairobi residents will receive an additional 140 million litres of water through a new development project, the Northern Water Collection Tunnel.
  • 4:56 pm Mining CS Hassan Joho launches a Ksh175 million fish landing site project in Kidongo whose construction is set to be concluded in December.
  • 4:18 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah writes to Chief Justice Martha Koome over the delay in the implementation of a court ruling on May 31 directing her to form an uneven judge bench to hear a petition against Busia Governor Paul Otuoma.
  • 3:53 pm DCI detectives capture an elusive cross-border car thief behind a syndicate that terrorises motorists, steals their vehicles, and leaves them unconscious.
  • 3:28 pm Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen promises to integrate people with special needs in the Olympics during a meeting with a delegation from the Special Olympics of Kenya.