News Tracker

Sat, 11 May 2024

  • 4:33 pm ODM announces that it will on Tuesday flag off the first consignment of donations to help flood victims in Mathare.
  • 4:15 pm Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Rohoh announces that the govt will compensate farmers who have lost their crops to floods.
  • 3:55 pm Two victims of the Elwak Terror Attack laid to rest in Mwingi, Kitui County.
  • 3:00 pm Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen assures Kenyans that the govt has put in place measures to guarantee children's safety ahead of school reopening.
  • 2:34 pm Pharmacy and Poisons Board cautions Kenyans about counterfeit cancer drugs being sold in the market.
  • 2:00 pm WHO tells Kenyans to prepare for food-related illnesses after floods.
  • 1:30 pm KeNHA temporarily closes the Garsen- Witu-Lamu Road after the stretch became flooded following heavy rains
  • 1:00 pm President William Ruto promises KMPDU a long-term solution to the perennial human resource challenges within the public healthcare sector.
  • 12:41 pm Chief of Defence Forces Gen Charles Kahariri leads tree planting exercise at The  Recruits Training School in Eldoret.
  • 12:20 pm President Ruto thanks Kenyans who joined in the tree planting exercise during the National Tree Planting Day yesterday. Ruto holds that the campaign will help mitigate climate change effects like recent flooding.
  • 11:40 am President William Ruto on Monday, May 11 met with the leadership of Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union, a few days after the end of a 56-day nationwide doctor's strike.
  • 11:20 am The Parliamentary Investment Committee says prime parcels of land worth Ksh 2.9 billion belonging to Kenya Ports Authority have been grabbed. Other parcels worth Ksh 290 billion are at risk of being grabbed.
  • 10:40 am The Pharmacy and Poisons Board warns against the use, sale, and distribution of Herceptin, a cancer drug that is said to be a counterfeit
  • 10:20 am Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh has disclosed that approximately 33,000 hectares of crops have been destroyed by flood in Kenya.
  • 9:40 am Boda Boda operator arrested for housing two missing school girls in Kirinyaga County days before schools reopen on Monday. The two sisters are in Form Three and Form Four.  
  • 9:20 am World Health Organisation (WHO) says 378,199 people were affected by floods in Kenya. It also says there is a likelihood of increased illnesses associated with contaminated food diseases.
  • 8:40 am Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen announced that the government will crackdown against unroadworthy vehicles ahead of Monday's school reopening.  
  • 8:20 am The government tells school heads to admit learners affected by floods even without uniforms and school fees.
  • 7:40 am Environment Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya says the 2024 tree planting holiday was more successful than last year's.
  • 7:20 am The government has ruled out extending term II despite delays in schools reopening due to nationwide floods.

Fri, 10 May 2024

  • 8:00 pm Reigning 800-meter World Champion Mary Moraa wins the two-lap race at the Doha Diamond League
  • 7:40 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki confirms, through a Gazette notice, that the Public Benefits Organisation Act,2013, shall become operational from Tuesday, May 14. 
  • 7:20 pm Interior PS Raymond Omollo says victims of floods being accommodated in schools within Homa Bay County will be relocated ahead of schools re-opening on Monday.  
  • 6:40 pm Select Committee on CS Mithika Linturi's impeachment concludes hearings despite walkout from Azimio MPs. The committee chair is set to table a report in Parliament on Monday  
  • 6:20 pm Kenya votes for the resolution giving the State of Palestine additional rights and privileges in the United Nations (UN).
  • 5:40 pm Kenya restores diplomatic relations with DR Congo after Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi met with President Felix Tshisekedi.
  • 5:00 pm President Ruto announce the operationalization of the Public Benefits Organization Act which empowers the NGO sector to self-regulate.    
  • 4:40 pm President William Ruto joins United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for the closing ceremony of the  United Nations' Civil Society Conference in Nairobi.
  • 4:00 pm Kenyatta National Hospital employees threaten strike amidst CBA dispute.  
  • 3:33 pm CS Defence, Aden Duale, attends a tree planting ceremony in Nakuru.