News Tracker

Mon, 30 September 2024

  • 2:15 pm Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen meets the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Africa Office Director Rodney Swigelaar over compliance with WADA regulations and hosting a continental anti-doping conference in Kenya for the first time.
  • 1:53 pm Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been arrested by officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and taken to the headquarters for questioning.
  • 1:18 pm The government has announced that the affordable housing program in Mukuru is set to receive its first batch of tenants by December 2024.
  • 12:46 pm John Mweha, a community leader, files a petition demanding the removal of a naked boy statue at the Supreme Court terming it culturally insensitive and fostering inappropriate representation.
  • 12:28 pm Health CS Deborah Barasa confirms that at least 2,160,000 Kenyans have registered with the Social Health Authority ahead of its rollout tomorrow.
  • 11:57 am National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) summons Galole MP Said Buya Hiribae and Jibril Mohammed Farah, MCA Bangale Ward, for inciting youth to destroy police stations.
  • 11:24 am Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir absolves himself from any wrongdoing as police continue to crack down on individuals who sexually assaulted a blogger critical of the Coast leader.
  • 10:53 am The High Court declines to issue interim orders stopping the National Assembly from tabling and debating the motion to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 10:23 am The selection panel shortlists  9 candidates for the SRC chairperson post to replace Sarah Serem; interviews are slated for between October 8, and October 9, 2024.
  • 9:37 am Pastor Dorcas Rigathi says that impeachment against her husband, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, will be a hard task noting, "One who was prayed for on the altar can only be removed by the same altar."
  • 9:17 am A team from Kenya Air Force (KAF) visits Starehe Girls’ Centre to provide students with valuable insights into academic success, career development, and personal growth.
  • 8:52 am Reports indicated that Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa has collected 242 signatures from lawmakers in support of impeachment against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 8:25 am Senior Advisor Moses Kuria reveals that Kenyans registered with Social Health Authority will receive services from any contracted private and Faith-based hospitals equal to public hospitals beginning Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
  • 7:54 am EPRA shut down 14 petrol stations selling adulterated fuel and fined 3 others after a nationwide crackdown between July and September this year.
  • 7:16 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua denies banging tables and demanding Ksh8 billion from President William Ruto noting, "I don't have interest with any money. I saw yesterday the local dailies writing some nonsensical things that I banged tables at State House."

Sun, 29 September 2024

  • 6:50 pm A transformer exploded along Ronald Ngala in Nairobi's Central Business District; the number of casualties (if any) is still unknown.
  • 6:02 pm Mombasa Lands CEC Mohamed Hussein was arrested in connection with the gang rape of a blogger who criticised Governor Abdulswamad Nassir.
  • 5:19 pm Archbishop Ole Sapit presides over a ceremony in which the Anglican faithful bid adieu to the Nairobi Diocese Bishop Rev Joel Waweru Mwangi at St. Stephen's ACK along Jogoo Road.
  • 4:46 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula says that 'anyone who wants to disrupt the peace of the nation should be removed' as the impeachment motion against DP Rigathi Gachagua is set to be tabled in Parliament.
  • 4:18 pm China begins the importation of dried sea cucumber from Kenya.
  • 3:52 pm Police flag down fake social media accounts impersonating Deputy Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli.
  • 3:23 pm Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission arrests a cleaner in Kakamega County over suspicious Ksh 615million wealth.
  • 2:59 pm Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Sherrif commissions the newly constructed Karama Road during a visit to Kongowea Ward.
  • 2:21 pm Principal Secretary for Labour and Skills Shadrack Mwadime confirms that 500 of the 1,000 recruitment agencies in Kenya were blacklisted for scamming Kenyans.
  • 1:52 pm Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka alongside Jimi Wanjigi and Eugene Wamalwa canceled rallies in Kitengela and Mlolongo after encountering police officers at AIC Kasina Church.
  • 1:23 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua warns against attempts by politicians to overturn the will of the people terming it an attack on democracy.
  • 12:25 pm Kenya’s Cyprian Kotut finishes second in the Berlin Marathon 2024 clocking 2:03:22 behind Ethiopia’s Milkesha Mengesha won the race at 2:03:17.
  • 11:37 am DP Rigathi Gachagua revealed that his opponents in UDA were planning to unveil Interior CS Kithure Kindiki as a rival and denied any bad blood between them.
  • 11:24 am Mining CS Hassan Joho orders investigations after poisoned water kills 5 cows while 6 others showed signs of poison.