News Tracker

Tue, 14 May 2024

  • 8:30 am The govt proposes a new tax for foreign investors seeking to loan the country through subscription of crucial government securities.
  • 8:14 am The US Department of State, through its African Bureau, hails President William Ruto for enacting the 2013 Public Benefits Organization Act.  
  • 7:28 am UoN becomes the only Kenyan university to sign a deal with the Qatar Univerity to enhance business education in Africa.  
  • 7:14 am Public Service CS Moses Kuria resurrects his fallout with DP Rigathi Gachagua following the latter's support for the one-man one-vote one-shilling policy.  

Mon, 13 May 2024

  • 7:30 pm The government has said the devastating floods that hit the country in the recent past have caused more than Ksh 80 billion in infrastructure damage
  • 7:00 pm Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has said  56 cases of Cholera have been reported following heavy rains that have caused flooding across the country.
  • 6:30 pm Husband brutally kills his wife in Naivasha by stabbing her over 10 times in their home. He later tried to kill himself but was rescued by neighbours.
  • 6:00 pm The government says a total of 44 primary schools and 27 secondary schools in six counties across the country are yet to reopen due to the effects of flooding.
  • 5:30 pm The Ministry of Interior and National Coordination says the death toll from floods has so far reached 277 and approximately 290,000 households have been affected by the floods tragedy.
  • 5:00 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki says all 724,000 passports that were part of the historical backlog that had accumulated between June 2021 and March 2024 have now been printed.
  • 4:30 pm National Assembly rejects Division of Revenue Bill, proposing Ksh415B equitable share for counties as proposed by the Senate
  • 4:00 pm Council of Governors insists that doctors must spend most of their time in public hospitals after deal was struck between KMPDU and both levels of govt. 
  • 3:49 pm Passengers including students rushed to hospital after a matatu they were travelling in rolled over  along the Kikima - Machakos Road. 
  • 3:14 pm President William Ruto meets Treasury and Central Bank teams at State House, Nairobi.
  • 2:32 pm Saudi Arabia postpones Stephen Munyakho's execution after diplomatic intervention from the Kenyan govt.
  • 2:00 pm Kenya Railways cites excessive demand for passenger train services as reason why some students were pictured travelling while seated on train floors, images which subsequently triggered uproar from Kenyans.
  • 1:27 pm Trade CS Rebecca Miano reveals that the national govt has released Ksh1.12 billion to construct  industrial parks across 17 counties. 
  • 1:00 pm Health CS Susan Nakhumicha flags off NHIF asset verification, as the country gears up for the transition to the Social Health Authority.
  • 12:42 pm Embattled Jubilee Party Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni criticises the Kenya Kwanza administration over the Finance Bill, 2024 proposals, terms some of the provisions punitive.
  • 12:00 pm Police officers evacuated from Kitengela Station following suspected gas leak.
  • 11:50 am Govt to delay the reopening of some 2,000 schools across the country adversely affected by floods, Deputy Govt Spokesperson Mwanaisha Chidzuga reveals.
  • 11:00 am President William Ruto pledges to build 24 classrooms at Lenana School using his own money.
  • 10:14 am ICT CS Eliud Owalo meets Iran's Deputy Minister of ICT, Mahdi Hakami to discuss potential areas of collaboration between the two nations. 
  • 10:00 am JSS teachers stage demonstrations in Makueni demanding to be employed on permanent contracts.
  • 9:40 am President William Ruto asks Education CS Ezekiel Machogu to avail Ksh10 million to finish construction of Lenana Primary School
  • 9:15 am Public Benefit Organisations (PBO) Act to come into effect on Tuesday, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki announces.
  • 8:50 am President William Ruto presides over the official opening of Lenana Primary School in Dagoretti South, Nairobi County.
  • 8:05 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki extends the closure of Dabel Mining Site in Marsabit after tribal clashes led to the death of 5 at the site.
  • 7:25 am Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka warns that opposition might resort to leading mass protests should govt pass the Finance Bill, 2024 as proposed by the National Treasury.
  • 7:00 am 3 Kenyan women arrested at an Indian airport with Ksh40 million gold.