News Tracker

Sun, 21 July 2024

  • 9:14 am Former Gender CS Aisha Jumwa heckled in Kilifi while rallying for cabinet reappointment.
  • 8:47 am Joseph Mwangi, the protestor abducted in Githurai as Kenyans were staging demonstrations weeks ago resurfaces.
  • 8:00 am Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo invites youth in his county for talks following "Occupy County' protests this past Tuesday.
  • 7:10 am Truck transporting sodium cyanide has overturned in Kiambu, Ministry of Health announces.
  • 7:00 am Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni accuses foreign powers of planning to cause anarchy in his country by financing the upcoming protests set to be staged on Tuesday.

Sat, 20 July 2024

  • 6:34 pm President William Ruto exudes confidence that the hard decisions he has made will be vindicated in the long run.
  • 6:09 pm Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives at the Coast  arrest suspected drug trafficker along Samburu -Kinango Road and seize Cannabis sativa worth over Ksh 11 million.
  • 5:46 pm Protesting youth allegedly storm activist Boniface Mwangi’s offices.
  • 5:00 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua holds a rally in Mwea, Kirinyaga County.
  • 4:44 pm President William Ruto to form committee to address discontent over university funding model.
  • 4:02 pm Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang'wa appeals to MPs to consider public opinion while vetting and writing final reports on CS nominees.
  • 3:54 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua asks Kenyan youth to call off protests insisting that the Kenya Kwanza administration has heard the concerns Kenyans have raised.
  • 3:00 pm K24 journalist Catherine Wanjeri discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery after being shot during Tuesday's protests.  
  • 2:35 pm A section of leaders from Kericho County led by Kipkelion West MP Hillary Kosgei endorse President William Ruto's partial cabinet nominated on Friday.
  • 2:00 pm 5 suspects including a police officer posing as EACC officials arrested in Kitui attempting to extort a senior county govt official.
  • 1:45 pm Govt recalls university calling letters for the 2023 KCSE cohort; says previously communicated fees have been nullified.
  • 1:00 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah opines the new funding model for universities and colleges was ill-conceived and the State needs to revert to the previous model
  • 12:44 pm Davis Chirchir promises to deliver for the Kenyan people following his nomination as Roads and Transport CS.
  • 12:00 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua arrives at the PEFA Church in Mwea, Kirinyaga County for a church service.
  • 11:59 am The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) reveals it is considering filing a case against rogue police officers meting brutality against protestors at the ICC.
  • 11:00 am UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala asks Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka to back President William Ruto's unity drive.
  • 10:50 am KNBS report reviewing May 2024 shows that Kenya’s coffee, tea, and flower exports recorded a sharp decline. 
  • 10:00 am National Assembly Committee on Lands lobbies for an increase in the budgetary allocations for the State Department of Lands and the National Lands Commission to enhance operations. 
  • 9:39 am Former EAC Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano thanks President William Ruto for nominating her as Attorney General
  • 9:00 am KNBS report shows Chinese investment in Kenya has dropped sharply over the last 3 years.
  • 8:42 am Gender PS Anne Wang'ombe asks Kenyan youth to reconsider staging demos and give President William Ruto's govt time to deliver.
  • 8:08 am Ford Foundation refutes allegations of sponsoring 16 NGOs to fuel anarchy in Kenya.
  • 7:27 am Alice Wahome holds overnight rally in Kandara, Murang'a County after President William Ruto renominated her to the cabinet.
  • 7:00 am Acting Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja backtracks on the decision to ban protests in the Nairobi CBD after the High Court in Nairobi suspended the order.

Fri, 19 July 2024

  • 6:50 pm Remittances by diaspora Kenyans surges by 12.9 per cent over the past year, climbing to an impressive Ksh586 billion by June 2024.