News Tracker

Thu, 05 September 2024

  • 5:37 pm DP Gachagua states the govt is ready to engage macadamia processors and exporters if they are ready to offer farmers better pay.
  • 5:23 pm President Xi Jinping of China assures African presidents of Ksh6.5 trillion ($50 billion) financial support including a $29.4 billion credit line, $11.2 billion of various forms of assistance and at least $9.8 billion of investment in Africa by Chinese companies.
  • 4:23 pm President William Ruto asks China to support calls for reforms in the international financial architecture
  • 4:02 pm Acting Police IG Gilbert Masengeli once again fails to appear in court defying orders in four different occassions.
  • 3:38 pm Govt mandates civil servants to register for SHIF by October.
  • 3:18 pm Doctors, nurses, clinicians threaten nationwide strike withinGovernment Mandates Civil Servants to Register for SHIF By October accusing counties of failing to settle salary arrears.
  • 2:58 pm The Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi convicted a private investigator for receiving a Ksh30,000 bribe from a businessman.
  • 2:19 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua assures DCI Director Mohamed Amin of government's support in ensuring the war on drugs is sustained for a drug free society.
  • 1:56 pm ODM criticises the Nation Media Group over a story published in The Nation which claimed Raila is retiring from local politics.
  • 1:20 pm The late Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei's father, Joseph Cheptegei, says he 'lost a daughter who has been helping in many ways.'
  • 12:46 pm The National Service Police Commission (NSPC) announces that it has increased salaries for police officers beginning at Ksh4,000.
  • 12:21 pm MSME Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya meets Lake Victoria North Water Works Development Agency Chief Executive Officer Joel Wamalwa to discuss Water infrastructure in Kakamega County.
  • 11:45 am Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen, Team Kenya mourn Rebecca Cheptegei as a talented and dedicated athlete.
  • 11:00 am DP Rigathi Gachagua presides over the induction of the newly-elected  KTDA directors being held  in Mombasa.  
  • 10:50 am Acting Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli fails to appear in court again after being ordered him to present himself in person.
  • 10:19 am ODM leader Raila Odinga meets EAC heads of Regional Economic Communities as he continues to drum up support for his AUC bid.
  • 9:50 am Sultana Actor Winnie Bwire is dead. 
  • 9:18 am Kenya angling to secure chunk of Ksh6 Trillion China will dish out to Africa over the next 3 years.
  • 8:37 am Murang'a Senator Joe Nyutu claims President Ruto's recent tour to Nyanza was scripted to humiliate DP Gachagua
  • 8:15 am KUPPET Sec Gen Akello Misori insists the decision to call off the teachers' strike was a collective decision by the union amid protests by some officials who claim they were not consulted.
  • 7:47 am US sends Foreign Secretary Anthony Blinken to assess mounting security mission failures in Haiti.
  • 7:00 am President William Ruto meets IMF's Director of the African Department Abebe Aemro Selassie in Beijing, China. 

Wed, 04 September 2024

  • 6:23 pm Council of Governors (CoG) says it will not accept any move to reduce the counties shareable revenue
  • 5:30 pm Ministry of Labour vows to address aviation workers’ demands after protests over Adani deal.
  • 5:05 pm County Government workers issue strike notice over lack of salary review
  • 4:41 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga scheduled to attend State Banquet hosted by Chinese President XI Jinping.
  • 4:00 pm Kenyan govt offers to fly injured Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei to Nairobi for specialised treatment
  • 3:19 pm CS Duale attends the UN African Ministerial Conference on the Environment being held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • 3:02 pm President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila  meet Presidents Faure Essozimna of Togo and Colonel Assimi of Mali to discuss Odinga's AUC bid.
  • 2:26 pm Auditor General Nancy Gathungu argues counties do not need more than 10 bank accounts amid several reports showing that some devolved units like Bungoma have been flagged for operating up to 200