News Tracker

Wed, 02 July 2025

  • 3:27 pm Ministry of Health has announced a nationwide immunisation campaign against typhoid and measles-rubella, from July 5 to 14 July, targeting children under 15 years old.
  • 2:53 pm A petition has been filed at the High Court seeking to remove Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen from office arguing he is unfit to hold office following his 'shoot-to-kill orders.' 
  • 2:27 pm Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho has thrown his weight behind President William Ruto’s 2027 bid, clarifying that he will only stand for election once Ruto has completed his two terms in office.
  • 1:12 pm Lugari MP Nabii Nabwera has revealed that none of the 54 schools in his constituency will be offering the Arts and Sports Pathway in the CBE due to a lack of infrastructure pointing to a looming crisis over the Grade 10 transition.
  • 1:07 pm Popular Kenyan journalist and CNN correspondent Larry Madowo has turned down requests for him to run for president of Kenya in the 2027 general election.
  • 12:57 pm Kenya Airways has announced discounts of 20 per cent on tickets to 13 specific African destinations and 15 per cent on domestic flights to Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu.
  • 12:33 pm The family of Albert Ojwang has confirmed that they received a total of Ksh5.06 million in monetary support, including the amounts received from President Ruto and Raila Odinga.
  • 12:23 pm Kenya has struck a high-stakes deal that could unlock over Ksh260 billion ($2 billion) in investments by insulating foreign capital from risk, a move the National Treasury says could reshape investor confidence in the country.
  • 11:47 am Three activists who were arrested on suspicion of fuelling the violence during the Wednesday, June 25, protests have been granted a cash bail of Ksh200,000.
  • 11:01 am Two leaders, Nzaui-Kilili-Kalamba Ward MCA Francis Mutuku and former Machakos County Executive Committee member Urbanus Wambua, summoned by DCI as persons of interest in investigations into chaos witnessed in Makueni during June 25 protests.
  • 10:42 am Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has challenged DCI boss Amin Mohammed to obtain a statement from Kikuyu lawmaker Kimani Ichung'wah over the MP’s claims his parents were targeted during the recent demonstrations.
  • 10:07 am HELB has officially opened applications for the 2025/2026 academic year loans and scholarships for undergraduate and TVET students, targeting candidates who sat their KCSE in 2024.
  • 9:47 am The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned motorists, airport operators, and other road users to prepare for adverse weather conditions in July that may disrupt normal operations.
  • 9:24 am Ministry of Health has clarified that intern doctors will earn much more than the Ksh 46,120 basic salary that appears on their posting letters; says allowances of up to Ksh160,00 make up the bulk of the interns pay.
  • 8:59 am Kenyan man, Evans Kibiwott Kangogo, found dead at his Seattle apartment in Washington, United States, three days after his death
  • 8:29 am Former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has dismissed claims that his presidential ambitions are bankrolled by powerful individuals. He, however, failed to neither confirm nor deny he is politically aligned with former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
  • 7:55 am Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has criticised National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula for ejecting him from Parliament, claims the decision was politically motivated.
  • 7:23 am Fred Matiang'i, the former Interior CS, has broken his silence on the puzzling deaths that took place during his tenure including the bodies found in the River Yala and the abduction and murder of Chris Musando, the then IEBC ICT boss.
  • 6:55 am MPs pass the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2025 which seeks to entrench the National Government Constituencies Fund (NG-CDF), the Senate Oversight Fund (SOF), and the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) in the Constitution.

Tue, 01 July 2025

  • 5:40 pm Former DP Rigathi Gachagua has accused President William Ruto of orchestrating a plan to have him arrested while claiming the state wants to restrict his movement in and out of the country.
  • 5:10 pm Opposition leaders have called for the immediate resignation of Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, or he faces impeachment over his recent controversial shoot-to-kill order.
  • 4:48 pm The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has threatened to commence a nationwide strike should the Teachers' Service Commission (TSC) fail to begin talks for the new CBA by July 7.
  • 4:13 pm Hours after KUCCPS announced the release of the 2025 results, several students have decried not receiving any placement results, with the students' portal showing the same old message.
  • 3:21 pm Families of the June 25 protest victims have expressed their grievances after the government pathologist failed to conduct an autopsy on their kins' bodies as previously planned.
  • 3:00 pm The High Court has ordered IG of Police, Douglas Kanja, and DCI boss, Mohammed Amin, to produce missing activist Ndiangui Kinyagia, dead or alive. 
  • 2:39 pm Education CS Julius Ogamba has released the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) results for the 2025 placement cycle with nursing at KMTC among most sort after courses.
  • 2:07 pm The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has appealed to members of the public to help trace a missing title deed for one of its plots of land. 
  • 1:55 pm Murang'a Governor Irungu Kang'ata has pledged to support the family of Boniface Kariuki, the Nairobi hawker who was shot and later died in hospital after spending weeks in intensive care. The shooting, which was unprovoked, was captured on video.
  • 1:27 pm Peter Kawanjiru, an ally of ex-DP Rigathi Gachagua has allegedly been abducted; according to his family officers in civilian clothes stormed their house on Monday night and captured the DCP youth leader.
  • 12:57 pm Nairobi Woman Rep Esther Passaris has proposed a new bill that would change the way demonstrations are conducted by introducing restrictions on the locations of public meetings.