News Tracker

Wed, 31 July 2024

  • 8:37 am UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala distances himself from resignation letter doing rounds on social media.
  • 8:00 am More than 10 families of police brutality victims who passed away during the recent anti-govt protests to record statements at IPOA offices today. 
  • 7:36 am President William Ruto says construction of Talanta Sports Stadium well on course; to be completed by 2025
  • 7:00 am Standard Group announces plans to lay off 300 employees.

Tue, 30 July 2024

  • 6:23 pm MPs grill IEBC CEO Marjan Hussein over Ksh2.7 billion legal bills debt.
  • 6:07 pm Tourism Cabinet Secretary nominee Rebecca Miano congratulates Dorcas Oduor following her nomination as the country's first Attorney General.
  • 5:21 pm NTSA ramps up surveillance as schools prepare to close for the August holidays.
  • 5:00 pm National Assembly Finance Committee Chairperson Kuria Kimani supports move to name senior ODM leaders to cabinet insisting this will unite the country.
  • 4:44 pm MPs take turns to criticise Juja MP lawmaker George Koimburi for claiming that legislators were bribed Ksh2 million to vote in favour of passing Finance Bill, 2024.
  • 4:17 pm President William Ruto nominates Beatrice Askul Moe as the Cabinet Secretary for EAC Affairs and Regional Development
  • 3:59 pm President William Ruto nominates Dorcas Oduor as the country's next Attorney General.
  • 3:00 pm  Shakahola taskforce recommends fresh registration for religious institutions.  
  • 2:39 pm Kabarnet-Eldama Ravine Road closed after landslide.
  • 2:00 pm Religious leaders meet President Ruto at State House to present the review of the legal and regulatory framework governing faith institutions
  • 1:41 pm IPOA announces investigations into the shooting of Mediamax journalist Catherine Wanjeri are 80 per cent complete. 
  • 1:06 pm Kenya's 2024 Olympics track and field team arrives in Paris.
  • 12:45 pm Kenyan moves to court to stop govt's JKIA upgrade deal with Indian firm Adani.
  • 12:00 pm Wajir MCAs fight for the mace inside the County Assembly after some members reject the FY 2024/2025 Budget. 
  • 11:55 am National Assembly Minority Whip Junet Mohammed hints at more ODM members securing senior roles in the Kenya Kwanza administration.
  • 11:00 am Kiambu Senator Karung'o wa Thang'wa accuses former Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri of plotting impeachment against DP Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 10:45 am Kenya Forest Service increases the price of timber movement permits to Ksh 25,570 from Ksh 2,000.  
  • 10:00 am Kakamega Deputy Governor Ayub Savula accuses powerful politicians of lobbying him and other leaders to scuttle Western Kenya unity drive meeting.
  • 9:36 am Nominated MP Sabina Chege vows to reject any attempts to impeach DP Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 9:00 am Reports indicate fresh attempt by Kenya Kwanza politicians to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 8:56 am Kenyan police repell dreaded Mawozo Gang from a rural town in Haiti
  • 8:00 am Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) report shows an increase in inappropriate media content. 
  • 7:18 am Kitengela family storms police station after govt fails to produce in court their kin arrested while protesting during recent demos
  • 7:00 am Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi flags off 67 Kenyan teachers who have secured job placements in various schools in the USA.

Mon, 29 July 2024

  • 5:15 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah calls for internal affairs to investigate police misconduct recorded during recent anti-govt demos.
  • 5:00 pm President William Ruto officially opens the Kone Registration of Persons Office in Garsen, Tana River County.