News Tracker

Wed, 11 September 2024

  • 8:19 am Workers at JKIA filmed demonstrating while chanting, "Adani must go."
  • 7:43 am DCI detectives arrest Dan, a forex trading fraud mastermind, at his residence in the Kimbo area after an extensive investigation into fraudulent activities that misled and exploited members of the public.
  • 7:21 am Hundreds of passengers left stranded at JKIA as all planes remain grounded as KAWU workers' strike kicked off at midnight.

Tue, 10 September 2024

  • 6:51 pm Labour CS Alfred Mutua says govt to launch nationwide roadshows to raise awareness about overseas job opportunities.
  • 6:00 pm DP Gachagua to attend the burial of Mama Hellena Jepkosgei Bett at Ollesos, Nandi County on Wednesday. 
  • 5:32 pm Government stops sugar imports from countries outside COMESA and EAC.
  • 5:07 pm Nyamira MCA tables notice of motion to impeach Governor Amos Nyaribo.
  • 4:37 pm Govt to employ over 13,000 Nairobi youth for the Climate Worx Mtaani Initiative to clean up the Nairobi, Ngong, and Mathari Rivers.
  • 4:01 pm Hundreds of Kenyans report being banned on WhatsApp.
  • 3:00 pm Kenya Power denies the fire at Hillside Endarasha was caused by electric fault.
  • 2:45 pm Acting UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar receives defectors from ODM party.
  • 2:00 pm Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale calls for politicians to lose power to dish out bursaries.
  • 1:47 pm Woman's body retrieved from shallow grave at a residence in Trans Nzoia
  • 1:00 pm  KEMRI offers free DNA testing for Hillside Endarasha fire victims.
  • 12:45 pm Long distance truck drives announce strike over rising insecurity at border points.
  • 11:25 am Govt to begin nationwide inspection amid reports the Kenya Kwanza administration has been relaunching ghost projects.
  • 11:00 am Fire razes down dormitory at Fr Makewa High School in Yatta, Machakos County.
  • 10:45 am  Residents block road in Bomachoge Borabu, Kisii County over businessman's death. 
  • 10:19 am Former Bomachoge MP Dr. Simon Ogari Arama passes away.
  • 9:58 am ODM's Central Management Committee to pick interim party leader to take over from Raila Odinga on Wednesday.
  • 9:00 am Rebecca Cheptegei's ex-lover Dickson Ndiema dies while receiving treatment at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.​​ 
  • 8:58 am Saboti MP Caleb Amisi calls for Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna to be installed as ODM Party Leader.
  • 8:00 am Night fire razes dormitory at Yemit Boys High School in Marakwet West, Elgeyo Marakwet County. 
  • 7:04 am Acting IG Gilbert Masengeli convicted of contempt of court.
  • 7:01 am MPs from the Embu and Meru regions install Interior CS Kithure Kindiki as the spokesperson of Mt. Kenya East.
  • 12:00 am Moi University students stage protests against new university model.

Mon, 09 September 2024

  • 5:42 pm Mombasa Court drops the Shakahola massacre case against two deceased accused persons.
  • 5:01 pm Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura confirms that all 330 pu[ils of Hillside Endarasha Academy have been accounted for.
  • 4:45 pm Isiolo High Court Judge Thripsisa Wanjiku Wamae airlifted to Nairobi after sustaining injuries from a road accident along the Eldama Ravine-Nakuru Highway. Her driver and bodyguard were hospitalised at Valley Hospital in Nakuru.
  • 4:24 pm 8 athletes among 20 people injured after the vehicles they were traveling in collided along Nakuru-Eldoret Highway leading to two deaths.