News Tracker

Thu, 10 October 2024

  • 10:58 am Kenyan police among 100 MSS officers deployed to combat a gang that killed 70 people in Gonaïves and Saint-Marc areas of Haiti.
  • 10:26 am Environment CS Aden Duale kicks off Mazingira Day national celebrations at the Nairobi Arboretum.
  • 9:37 am Government Pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor reveals that the late Mombasa taxi driver Victoria Mumbua was repeatedly struck with a blunt object several times before being strangled to death.
  • 9:22 am KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah insists that the strike notice issued by all public servants is still in force despite the government extending medical coverage for civil servants until November 21, 2024.
  • 8:18 am “We should build bridges instead of building barriers" - National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula advocates for stronger ties during a meeting with Ambassador Olof Skoog, the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights.
  • 7:52 am Kenya Railways suspends commuter Rail Service trains serving between Nairobi Central Station and Lukenya, Syokimau, Embakasi Village, Ruiru, Kahawa West, and Limuru to mark Mazingira Day.
  • 7:21 am The family of Mercy Kwamboka, a student at the University of Nairobi's Chiromo Campus who was found murdered and her body dumped in a thicket in Mwiki, revealed that she sustained a broken leg after torture.

Wed, 09 October 2024

  • 6:55 pm Martha Karua faults the National Assembly over the manner in which DP Rigathi Gachagua was impeached describing the process as "mob lynching"
  • 6:31 pm  Kenyatta University beats University of Nairobi to rank as the top university in Kenya. 
  • 5:25 pm Mwengi Mutuse, the MP who moved the motion to impeach DP Gachagua at the National Assembly claims the deputy president's legal team submitted a huge volume of documents very late in an attempt to rattle MPs. 
  • 5:05 pm The Kenya Human Rights Commission calls on the UN to reject Kenya's bid to join the UN Human Rights Council.
  • 4:34 pm  The Kenya Forest Service cautions Kenyans against engaging in illegal activities in forests. 
  • 4:01 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua's legal team expresses its preference for CJ Martha Koome to appoint three-judge bench to hear the impeachment case. 
  • 3:42 pm Eliud Kipchoge appointed as UNESCO Ambassador for Sports, Integrity & Values.
  • 3:00 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi reveals govt has set aside Ksh100 million to rescue Kenyans trapped in Lebanon
  • 2:55 pm President William Ruto names Munyori Buku the new Head of the Presidential Communications Service. 
  • 2:13 pm Two people a rider and a passenger, died on the spot after a speeding police vehicle rammed into their motorcycle in Baringo South.
  • 1:30 pm COTU Sec Gen Francis Atwoli dismisses speculation linking him to Deputy President position.  
  • 1:00 pm Treasury CS John Mbadi holds a meeting with Canada's High Commissioner to Kenya, Christopher Thornley.
  • 12:30 pm  Speaker Amason Kingi cautions Senators from discussing DP Rigathi Gachagua's ouster in public.  
  • 12:03 pm The Senate decides that the plenary will hear charges leveled against Rigathi Gachagua as the DP is directed to file his responses by Monday at 5:00 pm.
  • 11:26 am Starehe MP Amos Mwago claims DP Gachagua is being pushed out of govt for speaking against State excesses and over fears he spills the beans. 
  • 11:07 am Kirinyaga Woman Rep Njeri Maina opines the 13th Parliament is still as tone deaf as it was when it voted for the Finance Bill.
  • 10:58 am The National Police Service Commission regional staff hold a series of sensitization sessions with police officers in Siaya, Kisumu, and Homabay counties.
  • 10:19 am Senate Speaker Amason Kingi gazettes Wednesday morning as the designated date for Senate Plenary to hear the charges leveled against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 9:35 am Morara Kebaso announced that he is taking a break from his political activism noting that he needs to re-strategise after admitting that his supporters did not show up when he was in trouble.
  • 9:09 am Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba assures that this year's national examination is safe adding that the government has put in place enough measures to avoid exam irregularities. 
  • 8:52 am Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officers on Tuesday evening arrested two people in Mombasa County for allegedly posing as Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) officers to extort shopkeepers. 
  • 8:21 am Babu Owino, Embakasi East MP, says he skipped voting on DP Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment because "I was highly engaged with other important and urgent matters affecting my constituents."
  • 7:45 am Trade Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya announced plans to appoint a Qatar representative to man the investor desk to be set up in his ministry.