News Tracker

Tue, 04 June 2024

  • 7:10 am President William Ruto is expected to hold bilateral talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol  today which will revolve around exploring areas of cooperation.
  • 7:00 am All 6 Governors at the Coast region decline to hold a meeting with Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi over muguka ban, setting conditions and insisting that the talks be led by President William Ruto.

Mon, 03 June 2024

  • 6:31 pm Seven more bodies were exhumed in Shakahola after investigations resumed on Monday. The death toll increased to 436.
  • 5:52 pm IEBC holds a three-day workshop to train County Election Managers, Returning Officers and Deputy Returning Officers from 14 counties in collaboration with the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK).
  • 5:21 pm 3 businessmen arraigned in court following an alleged ploy to defraud the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) of land valued at Ksh350 million.
  • 4:50 pm President William Ruto arrives in Seoul, South Korea, for the Korea-Africa Summit scheduled to kick off on Tuesday.
  • 4:22 pm High Court extends orders barring the construction of the controversial Mau Mau Road project for a third time.
  • 3:42 pm MP Gabriel Kagombe to undergo mental test ahead of Friday plea for alleged murder of boda boda rider.
  • 2:48 pm KANU, headed by Gideon Moi, vows to appeal a court order revoking KICC title issued to the party in 1969.
  • 2:20 pm Police began evacuating Kenyans living in Fedha Estate after a lorry ferrying gas burst into flames. One person was seriously injured.
  • 1:32 pm A liquefied petroleum gas tanker burst into flames near Fedha Estate matatu stage in Embakasi South Constituency, Nairobi County.
  • 12:52 pm Machakos Court ruling directs Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe to be held at the Muthaiga Police Station for 5 days.
  • 12:08 pm The High Court revokes the Kenya African National Union's (KANU) title deed of the land hosting KICC.
  • 11:53 am Chaos erupted at the Kitui Madaraka Day celebrations as goons beat up MCA.
  • 11:17 am High Court directs Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) to pay part of the Sh812 million to a contractor hired to demolish JKIA buildings.
  • 10:27 am President William Ruto supports US counterpart Joe Biden's roadmap to ending the escalating and widening conflict between Israel and Palestine. 
  • 9:42 am Former Governors Evans Kidero (Nairobi) and Mwangi wa Iria (Murang'a) are expected to appear in court over embezzled funds during their tenures.
  • 9:21 am KNBS announced that Kenya's inflation rose to 5.1 per cent in May, an increase from 5.0 per cent in April.
  • 8:42 am Police arrest and grill a driver accused of beating up a police officer in Mirema, Nairobi County.
  • 7:41 am Central Bank of Kenya announces that the government securities market received bids totaling Ksh33.5 billion against the advertised amount of Ksh24 billion.
  • 7:36 am Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir confirms that the county charges Ksh1.8 million per lorry transporting Muguka.

Sun, 02 June 2024

  • 6:54 pm Defence CS Aden Duale says the country must fight Muguka in the North Eastern region as the fight against alcohol continues in Central.
  • 6:21 pm Mombasa Governor Nassir Abdulswamad reiterates that his administration will wage a war against Muguka and drug abuse.
  • 5:52 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula challenges MPs to take positions on Finance Bill 2024 while in Parliament and seize public posturing.
  • 5:06 pm Police launch a manhunt for a driver captured on camera assaulting a police officer in Nairobi.
  • 4:31 pm Businessman goes missing after police raid his company in Kiambu manufacturing illicit brews after pivoting from fertiliser.
  • 3:53 pm Sports CS Ababu Namwamba assures Kenyans that Masinde Muliro Stadium in Bungoma will be completed in six months.
  • 3:24 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua explained that he asked for Uhuru Kenyatta's forgiveness to unify both William Ruto and Raila Odinga supporters.
  • 2:27 pm President William Ruto attends a church service at Amutala Stadium in Kimilili, Bungoma County.
  • 2:14 pm President William Ruto is set to fly out to South Korea on Sunday night.