News Tracker

Sat, 01 June 2024

  • 8:29 am Religious leaders at the Coast proclaim that the ban on muguka and the subsequent reactions have exposed national leaders who are not serious in the fight against drug abuse.
  • 8:08 am President William Ruto hosts Western Kenya leaders at the Bungoma State Lodge.
  • 7:41 am DP Gachagua now says the reason he made a public apology to former president Uhuru Kenyatta is because he and other Mt. Kenya MPs were misled into attacking him.
  • 7:00 am Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe arrested in connection with shooting incident which occured in Thika two weeks ago.

Fri, 31 May 2024

  • 6:40 pm Several trapped after a building collapses in Gitaru in Kabete, Kiambu County.
  • 6:00 pm KNBS bulletin shows Inflation ticked up to 5.1% in May up from 5% in April.
  • 5:38 pm Govt spokesperson Isaac Mwaura reveals Kenyan farmers incurred losses amounting to Ksh3.7 billion due to floods.  
  • 5:00 pm President William Ruto invited to attend Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland.
  • 4:30 pm President William Ruto reveals plans to confer city status to Bungoma.
  • 4:18 pm Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen assesses the damage done to sections of the Kijabe Railway Line gutted by floods earlier in the year.
  • 3:30 pm KeNHA announces temporary closure of Mombasa Road at Imaara Mall
  • 3:00 pm President William Ruto receives brief from team that travelled to Haiti to ascertain the state of preparedness for the deployment of Kenyan police
  • 2:09 pm UDA Party elections held in South B, Nairobi County descend into chaos after supporters of Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja clash with those of Embakasi North MP James Gakuya
  • 2:00 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua appeals to Mt. Kenya politicians to unite insisting that its the only way the voting bloc can achieve its political objectives.
  • 1:50 pm Nandi Senator Samson Cherargey tears into Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi and Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja for their attacks on DP Rigathi Gachagua, cautioning them to tread lightly and respect the country's second in command.
  • 1:00 pm President William Ruto commissions the Kapkara Dam in Sirisia, Bungoma County.
  • 12:30 pm National Assembly Finance Committee Chairperson Kimani Kuria laughs off the possibility of the Finance Bill, 2024 being rejected in totality revealing that such a move would cause govt paralysis.  
  • 12:00 pm Supreme Court rules that decisions made by the country’s apex court cannot be overturned by the East African Court of Justice (EACJ).  
  • 11:30 am Supreme Court upholds the Court of Appeal's decision to nullify the election of Magarini MP Harrison Garama
  • 11:00 am President William Ruto presides over the Cadets Commissioning Parade at the Military Academy in Lanet, Nakuru County. 
  • 10:37 am EALA MP Kanini Kega praises President William Ruto for the 'hard' decisions he believes the Head of State has taken to resuscitate Kenya's economy.
  • 10:00 am Transport paralysed in Meru as matatu & taxi operators protest harassment by County Govt officers. 
  • 9:44 am Confusion as Sec Gen Cleophas Malala claims the UDA Facebook page has been hacked while Digital Strategist Dennis Itumbi insists the account is safe and asks Kenyans to ignore anyone who gives a contrary position. 
  • 9:16 am World Bank announces Ksh156 Billion loan for Kenya.  
  • 8:33 am UDA National Elections Board tells Kenyans to disregard an earlier announcement made by Secretary General Cleophas Malala that party primaries in West Pokot have been postponed.  
  • 8:00 am Chinese company set to commence the construction of Kenya's first Waste to Energy Plant in Dandora after striking Ksh50B PPP deal with the Nairobi County Govt.
  • 7:21 am Former President Uhuru Kenyatta praises South African citizens for voting peacefully and exercising patience as they cast their ballot in the 2024 presidential elections in his capacity as the head of the African Union Election Observation Mission.
  • 7:00 am Public Service CS Moses Kuria criticises Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's handlers and communications team accusing them of doing more harm good to their boss alleging the second in command's team has set up dummy accounts to attack President Ruto.

Thu, 30 May 2024

  • 6:45 pm President William Ruto presides over the official opening of Webuye West Technical and Vocational College in Machakha, Bungoma County.
  • 6:00 pm President William Ruto to address G7 Summit next week.