News Tracker

Wed, 15 May 2024

  • 9:38 am President William Ruto presides over the Kenya Defence Forces recruits Pass-Out Parade in Eldoret.
  • 9:00 am Foreign Affairs PS Korir Singoei reirates that the govt will do everything possible to bring Stephen Munyakho, the Kenyan facing execution in Saudi Arabia back home.  
  • 8:22 am President William Ruto reveals plan to increase taxation from 14% to 16% by the end of 2024 and 22% by the end of his first term.  
  • 8:05 am Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni expected in Kenya today for a two-day State visit.
  • 7:15 am The volume of mobile loans dished out reduced in 2023 on higher interest rates, a new report published by Credit Reference Bureau TransUnion shows. 
  • 7:00 am Several feared dead after a landslide guts the Kimende escarpments in Kiambu County.
  • 6:50 am President William Ruto hosts Harvard Business School’s Class of 2025 students at State House, Nairobi.
  • 6:30 am Attorney General Justin Muturi emphasizes the importance of sustainable forestry practices and urges Kenyans to join hands in the fight against deforestation

Tue, 14 May 2024

  • 7:30 pm The Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary rolls out a joint communique on the second session of the Uganda-Kenya joint ministerial commission. 
  • 7:00 pm President William Ruto re-establishes the State House Deputy Comptroller post and appoints lawyer Simon Mwangi Kamau-Gikuru to hold the position.
  • 6:07 pm President William Ruto announces that the government, in partnership with a UK-based company, will be developing a Kenyan tea brand for the global market.  
  • 6:00 pm Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot calls for both houses to tread with care amid a fallout over the Division of Revenue Bill, remarking the entire situation is not a competition between MPs and Senators.
  • 5:08 pm EPRA reduces fuel prices;  Petrol by Ksh1.00, to retail at Ksh192.84; Diesel by Ksh1.20 to retail at Ksh179.18; Kerosene by Ksh1.30 to retail at Ksh168.76.
  • 5:00 pm National Assembly Lands Committee raises concern over slow digitization of land registries.
  • 4:31 pm Kenya and the European Union ink trade partnership deal at State House, Nairobi. 
  • 4:19 pm President Ruto reveals that the govt will allocate parts of the country's forests to KTDA for commercial purposes.  
  • 3:42 pm A Probox driver ferrying 13 students to school including some in the trunk arrested by NTSA officers along the Kitale-Kapenguria Road.
  • 3:20 pm Tenants trapped after building collapses in Mathare.
  • 2:48 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki announces Ksh37 Billion 5-year police equipment modernisation program to allow law enforcement to adequately combat  terror, banditry and organised crime. 
  • 2:03 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga hosts Algerian Ambasador to Kenya Mahi Boumediene at his Karen home. 
  • 1:21 pm Ambassador Martin Kimani concludes his tenure as Kenya's Permanent Representative to the UN after 3 years.  
  • 1:00 pm President William Ruto commits to continue supporting the Judiciary to allow the arm of govt to serve Kenyans better.
  • 12:45 pm Busia Woman Rep Catherine Omanyo alleges she was approached with an offer to sway her decision during CS Linturi's impeachment proceedings. 
  • 12:20 pm KeNHA warns motorists of falling rock debris along the Machakos- Kangundo Road
  • 11:30 am President William Ruto witnesses the swearing-in of High Court judges at State House, Nairobi. 
  • 11:00 am Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo claims that President William Ruto must take political responsibility over Parliament's decision to save Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi from impeachment.
  • 10:19 am US Pentagon expresses concern over the capacity of Kenyan police to handle the Haiti mission in letter to Congress and insists on them being trained by American special forces
  • 10:08 am Indian government donates medical supplies and medicine to the Kenyan government towards the country's floods response
  • 9:20 am Report published by Netblocks shows Kenya was the least affected country in East Africa by the recent internet downtime that rocked the region.
  • 9:00 am Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi arrives in Uganda for the 2nd Session of the joint Uganda-Kenya Ministerial Commission.