News Tracker

Tue, 11 June 2024

  • 1:45 pm Former Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri faults DP Gachagua over political strategy, says the latter would best be served by showing more respect to Mt. Kenya leaders to achieve his eventual goal of uniting the region
  • 1:05 pm Insurance Regulation Authority declares SK Macharia's Directline Assurance closure null and void, maintains policies issued remain in full force.
  • 12:30 pm Cape Media, which manages TV47 announces the appointment of former Standard Managing Editor Mwenda Njoka as CEO. 
  • 12:00 pm KANU Chairman Gideon Moi opposes Finance Bill, 2024.
  • 11:22 am DP Rigathi Gachagua offers to sponsor 11-year-old Princess Angel's education.  
  • 11:00 am Over 240 company bosses reveal plans to reduce their workforce within the next three months owing to the harsh economic times.  
  • 10:30 am IMF slashes Kenya’s financing by Ksh37 Billion (USD 294 Million) following a staff-level agreement reached by Kenya and the IMF officials.  
  • 10:03 am The matatu sector warns of imminent fare hikes and job cuts if the proposed Motor Vehicle Tax is enacted.  
  • 9:58 am Five officers from the Kenya Forest Service accused of the death of a 19-year-old teenager are arraigned in court.  
  • 9:08 am Five major food items are set to increase in price this June following supply disruptions.  
  • 8:38 am Ndenderu MCA David Mwaura sustains injuries after a group of youth beat him up at a public event.  
  • 8:15 am The Directline Assurance Company, which reportedly controls more than 60 per cent of the Kenyan PSVs insurance market, ceases operations.  

Mon, 10 June 2024

  • 6:15 pm COTU Sec Gen Francis Atwoli retains his position as a titular member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) governing body after being elected for a fifth time.
  • 6:00 pm Attorney General Justin Muturi leads tree planting initiative at Kona Baridi in Ngong’, Kajiado County.
  • 5:50 pm Fazul Mahamed's PSRA gives private security firms 7-day ultimatum to pay guards Ksh30,000.
  • 5:00 pm Second lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi issues licenses to mining cooperatives in Migori County.
  • 4:37 pm The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers refutes Health CS Susan Nakhumicha’s claims that its representatives held a meeting with Ministry officials to discuss modalities on a potential return to work agreement.
  • 4:15 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua chairs the UDA's National Steering Committee and Electoral Disputes Resolution Committee meeting at the party headquarters 
  • 3:37 pm Prime and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi calls for a united and common African voice in propagating for the continent's representation in the United Nations’ Security Council.
  • 3:00 pm Counties to get Ksh400 million as equitable share after President William Ruto signs the Division of Revenue Act, 2024 into law. 
  • 2:37 pm The Kenya Kwanza govt has been denying Former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta her entitled benefits such as assignment of security, replacement of cars & access to fuel cards, Uhuru's office claims. 
  • 2:11 pm Former President Uhuru Kenyatta's spokesperson Kanze Dena alleges harassment of the former Head of State's staffers by the State.
  • 1:50 pm Former President Uhuru Kenyatta's office dismisses claims by the Kenya Kwanza govt that the current administration has been funding his operations, insisting that the ex-president is still being forced to finance his operations out of his own pocket. 
  • 1:19 pm Kwale County officers clamp pick-ups transporting muguka with Governor Fatuma Achani's administration having given instructions that drivers pay a Ksh30,000 tax up from the previous Ksh3,000.
  • 12:35 pm Report by the National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee shows that the govt is exploring acquiring properties abroad to cut down on expensive rent paid for Kenyan Embassies.
  • 12:00 pm Arnold Maliba, the strategic communications advisor for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) states that most MPs don’t properly understand the Finance Bill 2024.  
  • 11:30 am Police officer in Bungoma run over by police vehicle while on official duty.
  • 11:00 am Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba calls for an audit on the effects of the Finance Bill, 2023 on Kenyan businesses before the executive attempts to move forward with the Finance Bill, 2024.
  • 10:45 am Former Agriculture Minister Kipruto Arap Kirwa claims that the political marriage between President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua is over and advised the country's second in command to tread carefully alleging that the attacks against him are deliberate plan to embarass him.
  • 10:17 am President William Ruto to assent to the Supplementary Appropriation and Division of Revenue Bills at State House, Nairobi.