News Tracker

Mon, 08 July 2024

  • 8:08 am KMPDU calls off the #OccupyAfyaHouse protests slated for today citing promising talks with the govt.
  • 7:20 am 14-year old boy from Nakuru recovers after being shot 11 times, albeit with bullets still lodged in his body.
  • 7:00 am Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani warns that development at both the national and county level will be scaled down massively after the Finance Bill, 2024 was shelved.

Sun, 07 July 2024

  • 6:45 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua warns Mathira MP Eric Wamumbi for going against govt directives on illicit brews. The second in command accused the lawmaker of calling the police and instructing them to open bars.
  • 6:23 pm Kenyans observe moment of silence for Kenyans who lost their lives during protests at Memorial Ceremony held at Uhuru Park
  • 5:39 pm Former IEBC Commissioner Roselyn Akombe hails Kenyans who lost their lives during the recent protests as heroes.
  • 5:00 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah joins other Kenyans at Uhuru Park to celebrate the lives of Kenyans who lost their lives during the Anti-Finance Bill protests.
  • 4:42 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua hits out at a section of Kenya Kwanza leaders for their perceived arrogance which he pointed out has angered Kenyans to the detriment of President William Ruto.
  • 4:00 pm Kenya may have to present new revenue plan to IMF after withdrawal of the Finance Bill, 2024 - Economists predict
  • 3:31 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua accuses the Ministry of Interior of frustrating the war against illicit brew.
  • 3:00 pm Kenyans throng Uhuru Park for the Shujaaz Memorial Concert in honour of those who lost their lives during the protests.
  • 2:30 pm Second Lady Dorcas Rigathi welcomes President William Ruto’s decision to scrap funding for her office in line with recent austerity measures. She however pledges to soldier on with her boychild welfare programmes.
  • 2:00 pm Azimio gives President William Ruto ultimatum requiring him to assent to the IEBC Amendment Bill, 2024 before midnight.
  • 1:16 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga in Zanzibar to attend EAC ministerial meeting revolving around matters of regional interest.
  • 1:09 pm North Imenti MP Rahim Dawood proposes scrapping some elective seats in the country including the governor position as means to cut the country's debt and trim the public sector wage bill.
  • 12:24 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua attends church service at Kiamariga PEFA in Mathira, Nyeri County.
  • 12:17 pm Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu faults LSK President Faith Odhiambo for rejecting President William Ruto's move to appoint her to the National Debt Audit Taskforce.
  • 11:17 am Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani calls for a crackdown on gangs terrorising residents in Diani.
  • 11:00 am EACC warns that amendments to the Conflict of Interest Law fronted by Narok Senator Ledama ole Kina will cripple the fight against graft.
  • 10:46 am Two families call for justice to be served after the dead bodies of their relatives, two men, were recovered in Mombasa.
  • 10:27 am Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah expresses his firm conviction that there is nothing wrong with the Kenyan law arguing that its the current leadership that is failing.
  • 9:32 am Kenya's Talanta Stadium which is currently under construction, will host the 2027 AFCON opening and closing ceremonies, State House announces.
  • 9:03 am President William Ruto makes a phone call to his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan which largely revolved around expanding economic, diplomatic and security cooperation between the two states.
  • 8:22 am Memorial concert to honour Kenyans who lost their lives during the anti-finance bill protests to be organized at Uhuru Park today.
  • 8:00 am DP Rigathi Gachagua praises President William Ruto for engaging the Kenyan youth on his X-Space on the State of the Nation.
  • 7:19 am First batch of Kenyan teachers deployed to the US as America looks to tap into the talented pool of tutors available locally to bolster it's curriculum.
  • 7:10 am Haiti Prime Minister Garry Connile requests the deployment of more Kenyan Police during United Nations National Security Council meeting.

Sat, 06 July 2024

  • 6:35 pm Haitian gang leader, Jimmy Chérizier, tells interim Prime Minister, Garry Conille, that he will lay down his arms to initiate a national dialogue to restore peace.
  • 5:55 pm Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen calls on the government to crack the whip on politicians living exorbitant lifestyles, proposing a lifestyle audit be conducted on all of them.
  • 5:30 pm President William Ruto through a gazette notice, names a 20 member task force to address human resources for health in the country.