News Tracker

Tue, 07 May 2024

  • 11:23 am KMPDU calls off Tuesday's demonstrations to give room for negotiations with the national govt.
  • 11:19 am National Construction Authority halts all building activities in areas near waterways.
  • 10:49 am Kenya identifies Nigerian businessman Olubunmi Jinadu to spearhead President William Ruto’s engagement in Atlanta, United States.  
  • 10:18 am Kenyan employers face a one-year jail term or a fine of Ksh1 million or both for lacking lactation rooms within their offices.
  • 9:56 am KMPDU announces plans to establish a unified Return to Work Formula (RTWF) within the next 48 hours.  
  • 9:03 am Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) clarifies reports that a Qatar plane flying from Doha to Nairobi encountered severe turbulence while leaving Somalia airspace.  
  • 8:24 am President William Ruto is set to headline a business forum in Atlanta later this month as he visits the U.S. for a state visit to Washington.  
  • 8:10 am Kenya Met warns of cold nights in parts of the country amidst the ongoing heavy rains.  
  • 7:24 am DCI mounts a search for a man who vanished after contraband valued at Ksh435,000 was found abandoned at a bus booking company.  
  • 7:12 am Kenya Railways announces a phased resumption of commuter train services after days of suspension that was occasioned by the floods.  

Mon, 06 May 2024

  • 6:58 pm Court orders doctors to finalise talks with the national govt within the next 48 hours.
  • 6:09 pm Govt invites Kenyans and international community to make donations which will be channeled towards helping Kenyans affected by floods.
  • 5:50 pm DP Gachagua asks Governors to support coffee reforms, stating that some counties are undermining the process by issuing multiple trading licences to millers and marketers. 
  • 5:18 pm Caribbean media outlets report that the US army is already building barracks for Kenyan police officers in Haiti ahead of deployment.
  • 4:32 pm CJ Martha Koome directs Magistrates’ Courts to conduct Rapid Results Initiatives to finalise cases that have been pending for over 3 years.
  • 4:00 pm DP Gachagua asks Governors to support the national govt’s bid to transfer the mandate of licensing alcohol businesses to NACADA.
  • 3:34 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reveals the Immigration Department has cleared a backlog of 700,000 passports after acquiring new printing machines. 
  • 3:00 pm Cooperatives CS Simon Chelugui disbands KUSCCO board over alleged mismanagement.
  • 2:37 pm President William Ruto lifts the 12-floor cap on storey buildings in Eastleigh, revises it to 30 floors.
  • 2:20 pm The construction industry hired the most Kenyans in the month of April 2024, the latest Stanbic Purchasing Managers Index shows.
  • 1:45 pm President William Ruto promises Ksh10,000 to families evacuated from their homes  in Nairobi due to ongoing floods to enable them secure accommodation as the govt works on a long-term solution.
  • 1:12 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki chairs The 2nd Counter-Financing of Terrorism Inter-ministerial Committee at Harambee House
  • 12:30 pm Belgut MP Nelson Koech wants govt officials who included Vincent Kemosi's name in the list of ambassadorial appointees despite him rejecting job as Kenya's High Commissioner to Accra, Ghana held accountable.
  • 12:00 pm DP Gachagua chairs the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC) meeting at his official residence in Karen.
  • 11:28 am Mai Mahiu Flooding Tragedy death toll hits 60.
  • 11:21 am Murang'a County Government launches special ATM card empowering its constituents pay school fees and shop at pre-vetted outlets. 
  • 10:46 am Nurses threaten to strike if the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) fails to approve their CBA.
  • 10:15 am DP Gachagua states the govt will honour the long-serving Ndeiya Councillor Stephen Ndung'u for his exemplary service to the people of Kiambu
  • 9:29 am Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo states that he is praying that Azimio leader Raila Odinga does not get the AU job.
  • 9:10 am KURA closes section of the UN-Avenue, Runda over flooding