News Tracker

Mon, 15 July 2024

  • 6:00 pm Former First Lady Margaret Kenyatta attends the Global First Ladies Academy Programme in New York, US.
  • 5:50 pm Former Defence CS Aden Duale warns Kenyans plotting to fan violence during protests scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday.
  • 5:15 pm National Assembly Finance Committee Chairperson Kimani Kuria invites views and feedback from Kenyans on the new Supplementary Budget
  • 4:41 pm Ragana Girls in Migori County closed indefinitely over poor state of infrastructure including lack of access to clean water and dilapidated dormitories. 
  • 4:12 pm Njoro MP Charity Kathambi appeals to President William Ruto to step in and stop KeNHA from demolishing businesses located along highways as the agency embarks on various road construction projects. 
  • 3:10 pm High Court sitting in Kericho suspends John Chebochok's swearing-in as KTDA factory director. 
  • 3:00 pm President William Ruto affirms that he is ready to work with leaders from various political formations willing to buy in to the Kenya Kwanza blueprint and work with the ruling coalition. 
  • 2:38 pm Taxi drivers hold demos in Nairobi CBD.
  • 2:00 pm Women leaders led by Embu Governor Cecily Mbarire and her Kirinyaga counterpart Anne Waiguru ask the National Police Service (NPS) to restore gender desks at police stations to curb and track Gender-Based Violence (GBV).  
  • 1:30 pm President William Ruto assures Kenyans the govt will not increase fuel prices despite EPRA reviewing the Road Maintenance Levy upwards from Ksh18 to Ksh25.
  • 1:15 pm Kuresoi South MP Joseph Tonui lobbies President William Ruto to reinstate 4 sacked Cabinet Secretaries citing their 'stellar' perfomance after the Head of State dissolved his cabinet last week.
  • 12:25 pm President William Ruto threatens to withdraw Kenya from the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) should the Arusha-based court not lift a caveat on Mau Forest.
  • 11:35 am President William Ruto fires warning to groups he believes have been financing the recent anti-govt protests.
  • 11:15 am DCI reveals that the prime suspect in the Kware murders has confessed to killing 42 women between 2022 and Thursday last week, with the first of his 42 victims being his wife.
  • 10:55 am DCI announces detectives arrested prime suspect in the Kware murders while he was watching Euro 2024 Finals.
  • 10:05 am President William Ruto during a roadside rally in Nakuru hints at the return of the Kazi Mtaani Inititiative, a brainchild of former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
  • 9:50 am DCI detectives arrest main suspect  believed to be the main perpetrator behind the dumping of bodies at the Kware Dumpsite in Mukuru Kwa Njenga
  • 9:00 am Rebel Jubilee Party faction led by nominated MP Sabina Chege endorses the national dialogue championed by President William Ruto
  • 8:57 am Police in Nakuru reveal details on Eileen Cherotich, a 22-year-old girl who died after being pushed out of a moving vehicle
  • 8:28 am National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Boss Shollei calls for the Kenya Police to hire Charles Wambua who has been in the national limelight for retrieving bodies in Mukuru kwa Njenga
  • 7:53 am The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) clears seven more firms to operate as digital lenders effective this month.
  • 7:15 am The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announces that Kenyans will now be charged a Road Maintenance Levy of Ksh25 per litre up from Ksh18 per litre. 

Sun, 14 July 2024

  • 6:23 pm President William Ruto exudes confidence that the National Debt Audit Taskforce he recently appointed will help the country recover from the current economic strain by making the right recommendations.
  • 6:10 pm Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki asks President William Ruto to reappoint former Interior CS Kithure Kindiki to new-look cabinet.
  • 5:42 pm The National Assembly invites comments and views from Kenyans as it kickstarts public participation on the Supplementary Budget I for the FY 24/2025.
  • 5:00 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja appeals to city residents to allow police conduct investigations at the Mukuru site following instances of the public confronting law enforcement officers.
  • 4:45 pm Kiawara residents hold demos and block the Nyeri - Nyahururu Highway, demanding firefighting equipment and a public hospital to be constructed in the area.
  • 4:00 pm Former Sports CS Ababu Namwamba reflects positively on his time at the helm of the Ministry holding he did his job satisfactorily.
  • 3:41 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua calls on  Mt. Kenya politicians, residents to support President William Ruto fully after recent wave of political instability.
  • 3:13 pm Turkana Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai threatens to rally his constituents to stage demonstrations against KWS over the death of fishermen allegedly shot by rangers at Lake Turkana.