News Tracker

Thu, 25 April 2024

  • 2:20 pm EAC reveals plans to conduct a feasibility study over the next 18 months for the 256-kilometre Kenya-Uganda Expressway  
  • 2:10 pm President William Ruto proposes that Parliament reduce its expenditure on travel budgets and the expenses entailed in facilitating meetings after the inauguration of the Bunge Towers.  
  • 1:16 pm Police detain 167 suspected gang members accused of reigning terror in Mombasa.
  • 1:00 pm President William Ruto chairs multi-agency response team on floods meeting at State House, Nairobi.
  • 12:48 pm KWS warns Kenyans of fraudsters targeting unsuspecting persons with fake recruitment letters.
  • 12:20 pm President William Ruto states he expects a cut in Parliament's budget following the opening of Bunge Tower which has the facilities to host committee meetings.
  • 11:33 am KUCCPS portal to be closed today, agency announces.
  • 11:11 am President William Ruto directs the evacuation of Kenyans residing in low lying areas running the risk of being marooned in floods.
  • 10:50 am KRA reveals more than half a million Kenyans have heeded to the ongoing Tax Amnesty Programme and filed their returns.
  • 10:27 am Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang hints at govt plan to stop police officers from manning national exams.
  • 9:30 am President William Ruto presides over the opening of Bunge Tower.
  • 9:02 am Traffic disrupted after huge rocks fall and block the Mai Mahiu escarpment road.  
  • 8:08 am DP Rigathi Gachagua assures members of free, fair and verifiable elections after meeting UDA Party officials.
  • 8:00 am Public Service CS Moses Kuria reveals that the govt is planning to roll out biometrics re-registration of all public workers starting from next month.
  • 7:13 am KMPDU hints at going back to the streets after failing to reach deal with national government.
  • 7:00 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja visits victims of flooding and directs the evacuation of affected persons to temporary county shelters.

Wed, 24 April 2024

  • 7:45 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua meets Emma Inamutila Theofelus, Namibia's ICT Minister at his  official Karen residence.
  • 7:30 pm ODM Party leader Raila Odinga calls on the Kenya Kwanza administration to declare ongoing floods a national disaster.
  • 6:47 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua appeals to Nairobi elected leaders to work together and shun divisive politics.
  • 6:00 pm 3 family members die after floods maroon their home in Mathare.
  • 5:37 pm Nairobi River Commission proposes resettling residents living on riparian land.
  • 5:00 pm Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka threatens to stage protests should Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba be arrested.
  • 4:31 pm Govt suspends mining activities countrywide.
  • 4:00 pm President William Ruto vows to track down Turkish tycoon accused of conning Naivasha residents.
  • 3:25 pm Govt reveals that it has completed testing fertilisers distributed under subsidy programs with most of them meeting the set quality standards except those distributed by 1 company.
  • 3:20 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja halts all pending building development approvals amid heavy rains which have put major infrastructure at the risk of collapse.
  • 2:54 pm Kenya Met warns Kenyans of even heavier rainfall starting Thursday through to Friday. ​​
  • 2:00 pm Kenya emerges third best African country for immigrants in terms of high-paying jobs.
  • 1:58 pm President William Ruto buys a new car during the launch of Jumbo Auction Center in Naivasha.
  • 1:17 pm Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna expresses concerns that the Nairobi County Govt appears overwhelmed by the floods situation.