News Tracker

Wed, 15 May 2024

  • 4:24 pm Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen projects the national govt will need Ksh25 billion to Ksh30 billion to repair roads damaged by floods.
  • 4:01 pm Energy CS Davis Chirchir reveals that Kenya is planning collaborative efforts with EAC neighbours to lower cooking gas costs.
  • 3:32 pm Woman sues legendary Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge over 200-acre piece of land in Eldoret. 
  • 3:00 pm Public Service CS Moses Kuria lashes out at DP Rigathi Gachagua over the One Man, One Shilling, One Vote declaration insisting that the Mt Kenya region is well represented in the Kenya Kwanza govt.
  • 2:22 pm PSV carrying 45 passengers overturns at Sultan Hamud on Mombasa Road. 
  • 2:02 pm Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi denies that President Ruto's camp is sponsoring Ndindi Nyoro to campaign ahead of him ostensibly being tapped to be running mate in 2027.
  • 1:23 pm President William Ruto backs KDF to champion Climate Action by playing a prominent role in the planting of trees.
  • 1:00 pm Public participation on Finance Bill, 2024 has began, National Assembly Finance Committee Chairperson Kimani Kuria announces.
  • 12:44 pm South Sudanese leaders protest move to pick Nairobi as location for President Ruto-led mediation talks. 
  • 12:00 pm The State of the Global Workplace Report 2023 shows that only 17 per cent of Kenyan employees feel actively engaged at work.
  • 11:17 am Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Wycliffe Oparanya and Edwin Sifuna attend the Azimio Legislative Workshop debunking the Finance Bill, 2024
  • 11:00 am Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen arrives in Lamu to assess the LAPSSET Corridor Road and other infrastructure being developed by the national govt.
  • 10:29 am Official reports reveal that 4 people were buried alive by the Kimende landslide.  
  • 10:00 am Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana of UDA, criticises DP Gachagua, his deputy party leader for his pronouncement vowing to lead the One Man, One Shilling, One Vote Campaign.
  • 9:38 am President William Ruto presides over the Kenya Defence Forces recruits Pass-Out Parade in Eldoret.
  • 9:00 am Foreign Affairs PS Korir Singoei reirates that the govt will do everything possible to bring Stephen Munyakho, the Kenyan facing execution in Saudi Arabia back home.  
  • 8:22 am President William Ruto reveals plan to increase taxation from 14% to 16% by the end of 2024 and 22% by the end of his first term.  
  • 8:05 am Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni expected in Kenya today for a two-day State visit.
  • 7:15 am The volume of mobile loans dished out reduced in 2023 on higher interest rates, a new report published by Credit Reference Bureau TransUnion shows. 
  • 7:00 am Several feared dead after a landslide guts the Kimende escarpments in Kiambu County.
  • 6:50 am President William Ruto hosts Harvard Business School’s Class of 2025 students at State House, Nairobi.
  • 6:30 am Attorney General Justin Muturi emphasizes the importance of sustainable forestry practices and urges Kenyans to join hands in the fight against deforestation

Tue, 14 May 2024

  • 7:30 pm The Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary rolls out a joint communique on the second session of the Uganda-Kenya joint ministerial commission. 
  • 7:00 pm President William Ruto re-establishes the State House Deputy Comptroller post and appoints lawyer Simon Mwangi Kamau-Gikuru to hold the position.
  • 6:07 pm President William Ruto announces that the government, in partnership with a UK-based company, will be developing a Kenyan tea brand for the global market.  
  • 6:00 pm Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot calls for both houses to tread with care amid a fallout over the Division of Revenue Bill, remarking the entire situation is not a competition between MPs and Senators.
  • 5:08 pm EPRA reduces fuel prices;  Petrol by Ksh1.00, to retail at Ksh192.84; Diesel by Ksh1.20 to retail at Ksh179.18; Kerosene by Ksh1.30 to retail at Ksh168.76.
  • 5:00 pm National Assembly Lands Committee raises concern over slow digitization of land registries.
  • 4:31 pm Kenya and the European Union ink trade partnership deal at State House, Nairobi. 
  • 4:19 pm President Ruto reveals that the govt will allocate parts of the country's forests to KTDA for commercial purposes.