News Tracker

Mon, 12 August 2024

  • 1:14 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome embarks on exercise to decongestion prisons at Nairobi Remand.
  • 12:53 pm President William Ruto hosts a joint session of Cabinet and Principal Secretaries at State House in Nairobi.
  • 12:17 pm Treasury CS John Mbadi vows to integrate payroll with the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) as he officially took over office.
  • 11:57 am Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu revealed that Mt Kenya leaders had agreed to reinstitute the Gikuyu, Embu, Meru Association (GEMA).
  • 11:25 am New Environment CS Aden Duale vows to reclaim wetlands after taking over the Ministry from Soipan Tuya.
  • 10:43 am MSME CS Wycliffe Oparanya vows to resign if the current government fails to implement the strategies he has put forward for the sector. 
  • 10:24 am ODM Party leaders celebrate International Youth Day 2024 calling youth the "canvas upon which the masterpiece of tomorrow is painted."
  • 9:36 am PCS Musalia Mudavadi arrives in Dubai for the upcoming Joint Commission of Cooperation between the Governments of Kenya and the United Arab Emirates.
  • 8:58 am KNEC CEO David Njengere announced that all KCSE candidates' exam papers will have their names and index numbers printed to curb cheating.
  • 8:23 am Swahilipot FM, an urban radio station from the Coastal city of Mombasa, begins operations today.
  • 7:44 am President William Ruto is set to begin his three-day tour in the Kisii and Nyamira Counties today.
  • 7:21 am The Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU) directs JKIA workers to assemble for directions on the upcoming seven-day strike.

Sun, 11 August 2024

  • 6:24 pm First Lady Rachel Ruto attends a church service at the Faith Evangelistic Ministries in Nairobi.
  • 5:30 pm NCIC pushes for the renaming of 7 counties among them Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Nandi, Kisii, Turkana, Embu and Samburu to rid them of ethnic identities.
  • 4:52 pm Sharon Lokedi says she did her best after securing 4th place in the women’s marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympics  
  • 4:24 pm Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka tells off leaders seeking to please both Gen Zs and the Government after the formation of the broad-based government.
  • 3:49 pm The Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) has called for clarity regarding tax remittance procedures after the court declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional.
  • 2:45 pm Athlete Eliud Kipchoge says losing yesterday's race was "a tough loss for me as I have worked towards this goal with every bit of devotion within me."
  • 2:26 pm Kwale County Governor Fatuma Achani reveals that her administration has begun revitalising the cotton industry by constructing a model ginnery in Msambweni Sub-county.
  • 1:53 pm Kenyan police officers deployed in Haiti hold prayers during a church service 
  • 1:23 pm Mt Elgon residents threaten to demonstrate over poor development, file petition to Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka to intervene.
  • 12:50 pm Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka joins Ferdinand Waititu and Eugene Wamalwa for a service at the AIC Makongeni Church, Thika Town.
  • 12:17 pm Kenya leads all African countries at the Paris 2024 Olympics with 11 medals followed by Algeria (3) and South Africa (6, only 1 Gold medal).
  • 11:43 am President William Ruto is set to travel to Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Paul Kagame for his fourth term
  • 11:21 am Kenyan Hellen Obiri clinches the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics Marathon after clocking 2:23:10.
  • 10:47 am KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu says teachers will down their tools if TSC fails to honour the second phase of the 2021-2025 CBA.
  • 10:12 am Former ICT CS Eliud Owalo calls for the state to invest in non-institutional clubs as a way of growing soccer in the country.
  • 9:39 am EACC clears the Office of the Deputy President of any wrongdoing over allegations of double payments concerning the renovation of DP's residence in Karen.
  • 8:56 am Concerns were raised after the feared Jeshi Jinga gang resurges leading to deaths across Kakamega villages. 
  • 8:19 am President William Ruto celebrates Faith Kipyegon as an 'indomitable' athlete for clinching the Gold medal in the 1500m race