News Tracker

Wed, 08 May 2024

  • 5:34 pm National Construction Authority reveals Uthiru building collapsed after the ground floor columns buckled causing the ground and first floor to sink.
  • 5:00 pm Ministry of Health announces that it has struck a deal with KMPDU bringing the 56-day doctors' strike to an end. 
  • 4:45 pm Citizen Services PS Julius Bitok reveals that the govt plans to issue all eligible Kenyans with Maisha Cards within 2 years.  
  • 4:14 pm Govt spokesperson Isaac Mwaura reveals that the death toll from floods has hit 257. 
  • 3:48 pm Azimio Coalition calls for the fast-tracking of the Parliamentary probe on the cause of the accident that claimed former CDF Francis Ogolla's life.
  • 3:00 pm Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi accuses Aldai MP Marianne Kitany, his ex-wife of being behind plan to impeach him.
  • 2:39 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja orders audit of all buildings approved for construction in the last 2 years.
  • 2:00 pm Azimio gives national govt 48 hours to resolve doctors' strike.
  • 1:32 pm Squatters in Embobut Forest accuse govt of inhumane eviction by torching their houses even as heavy rains continue.
  • 1:02 pm UN Women condemns the assault of a Kenyan woman bound to a wheelchair, including Senator Gloria Orwoba.
  • 12:37 pm The World Migration Report 2024 reveals the top destinations for Kenyan and African migrants looking for greener pastures.  
  • 12:00 pm 20 families evacuated from Kirinyaga apartment after building develops cracks at midnight.
  • 11:45 am President William Ruto declares Friday, May 10 a public holiday.
  • 11:30 am Govt announces that schools will be reopened on Monday, May 13.
  • 10:27 am Govt announces a National Tree Growing Day on Friday 10th May 2024
  • 10:07 am News reveals that the Uthiru building's landlady had sent a message to the tenants' Whatsapp Group before the collapse
  • 9:44 am All 34 residents of the collapsed building in Uthiru have been accounted for, Nairobi City County says.
  • 9:02 am Kenya begins talks to persuade Somalia to drop its African Union Commission candidate, Fawzia Yusuf Adam in support of Raila Odinga.  
  • 8:46 am Former CJ David Maraga and EACC CEO Twalib Mbarak reveal a new trick being used by corruption suspects to evade arrest.  
  • 8:23 am Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura reveals that a chopper that was carrying him alongside Kenya Red Cross officials made an emergency landing while en route to Kisumu.  
  • 7:44 am A resident from Uthiru in Nairobi County near a building that collapsed reveals the agony of waiting for emergency personnel for hours after the building started to sink.  
  • 7:25 am The National Treasury allocates Ksh29 billion to the State Department of Agriculture to enhance food security in line with the Bottom Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).  

Tue, 07 May 2024

  • 6:22 pm The African Development Bank confirms prioritising President William Ruto's request to have fair financing opportunities when dishing out loans to African countries.  
  • 6:12 pm The National Treasury allocates Ksh202 million to Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) towards the installation of solar panels.  
  • 5:39 pm Nairobi named among top 15 emerging cities in new report published by Henley and Partners.
  • 5:00 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki visits Kijabe to assess the situation following last week's flash floods.
  • 4:27 pm Govt orders 200 families living downstream in Ruiru village, Kijabe to vacate and move to safer areas as water continues to build around the railway area. 
  • 4:00 pm World Bank Country Director Keith Hansen says the lender has invested over Ksh172.9 billion in Kenya over the last decade.
  • 3:38 pm Eliud Kipchoge reveals in emotional interview that speculation linking him to Kelvin Kiptum's death weighed him down, had him and his family threatened and cost him a lot of friends.
  • 3:00 pm Parliament gives the Executive blank cheque to combat the floods crisis.