News Tracker

Wed, 29 May 2024

  • 3:45 pm Police in Kirinyaga forced to intervene to stop matatu and private car drivers, both ferrying locals within the county, from fighting over business rivalry
  • 3:00 pm National Assembly Budget Committee Chairperson Ndindi Nyoro reveals that MPs rationalized the FY 2024/2025 budget and revised it downwards because they want to reduce  the amount govt will borrow to plug anticipated deficits.
  • 2:44 pm President William Ruto reveals that hosting Sudan General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo at State House, Nairobi almost collapsed peace talks that he is currently leading.
  • 2:13 pm President William Ruto proposes long-term financing of loans with grace periods of up to 40 years.
  • 1:39 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's Office demands an apology from Nation over article linking him to the acquisition of a new party.
  • 1:11 pm UDA Chairman Johnstone Muthama calls for political tolerance within his party insisting the party is still too young to start showing cracks.
  • 12:25 pm President William Ruto reveals that Kenya is planning to invest Ksh13.25 billion in 3 African development banks to foster continental development.
  • 12:00 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja arrives at the Bomas of Kenya for the UDA Delegates Conference
  • 11:55 am Govt announces change in the official half term dates for primary & secondary schools.
  • 11:00 am Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir states he is ready to pay the political price to defend his constituents from the harmful effects of consuming muguka.
  • 10:45 am Friction brews between two Mt. Kenya counties after Kirinyaga accuses Embu of releasing effluents into its rivers. 
  • 10:00 am UDA writes to Oscar Sudi and Mutahi Kahiga ordering them to tone down their tough political stance, relating to the fallout stemming from DP Gachagua alleged isolation in the ruling party or face disciplinary action. CSs Murkomen, Kuria and Jumwa also ordered to cease engaging in political activity.
  • 9:29 am CBK Governor Kamau Thugge named Central Bank Governor of the Year by African Banker Magazine. 
  • 9:00 am KTN News journalist Shadrack Miti dies while receiving treatment in hospital. 
  • 8:09 am ODPP urges the Milimani High Court to impose the maximum sentence on 6 people convicted of killing former Juja MP George Thuo.
  • 8:00 am Kenya Association of Manufactures (KAM) CEO Anthony Mwangi approximates that 3,000 Kenyans will lose their jobs if the Finance Bill, 2024 is passed. 
  • 7:48 am Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo reveals that the govt is projecting a fiscal deficit of Ksh514.7 billion in the Financial Year 2024/2025. 
  • 7:00 am Former President Uhuru Kenyatta meets with the African Diplomatic Corps in Johannesburg, South Africa ahead of the country's National and Provincial Elections.

Tue, 28 May 2024

  • 6:45 pm Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roselyn Njogu asks Kenyans living in the diaspora to help source jobs for Kenyans back home. 
  • 6:00 pm Kenya to host the US-Africa Energy Summit in August. 
  • 5:29 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga visits Awendo MP Walter Owino at a London hospital where the lawmaker underwent spine surgery.
  • 5:00 pm Couple arrested in Kisumu after woman is pushed off balcony.
  • 4:36 pm Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u to deliver Budget Statement on June 13.  
  • 4:01 pm President William Ruto states he has reached out to Governors Nassir of Mombasa, Mung'aro of Kilifi and Mwadime of Taita and agreed to convene a meeting to find an amicable way of resolving the muguka stalemate. 
  • 3:39 pm The US and EU pick Kenya to join war against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
  • 3:00 pm Kenya misses out as Boeing chooses Ethiopia to host Africa headquarters.
  • 2:49 pm High Court suspends ban on muguka effected by Mombasa, Kilifi and Taita Taveta.
  • 2:00 pm Religious leaders and other stakeholders pile pressure on North Eastern counties to emulate 3 Coast counties and ban muguka.  
  • 1:37 pm Council of Governors (CoG) chairperson Anne Waiguru hails move by MPs to allocate Ksh400.1 billion as equitable share for counties for the Financial Year 2024/2025
  • 1:00 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua chairs a Cabinet meeting at his official residence in Karen