News Tracker

Fri, 05 July 2024

  • 1:45 pm President William Ruto resolves to borrow Ksh169 billion instead of implementing the proposed Ksh346 billion increase as outlined in the contentious Finance Bill 2024.
  • 1:06 pm IEBC clarifies that John Chebochok was cleared as no formal complaint was filed against him vying for the KTDA role.
  • 12:58 pm Uasin Gishu, Samburu, and Isiolo are among the best counties in the latest own-source revenue collection report from the Office of the Controller of Budget.  
  • 12:05 pm President Ruto announces that he will hold a press conference at 1300hrs. 
  • 11:18 am Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza denies reports from the office of the controller of budget indicating that the county government used Ksh 1 billion on foreign trips.  
  • 11:01 am The Kenya Roads Board (KRB) is projecting minimal impact for Kenyans should the Road Maintainance Levy (RML) be increased from Ksh18 to Ksh25 per lire of fuel.  
  • 10:51 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki denies allegations concerning the abduction of activists opposing the Finance Bill 2024.  
  • 10:21 am CS ICT Eliud Owalo reveals that Kenyans were earning a fortune through digital jobs.  
  • 9:45 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki dismisses allegations that he was contemplating resigning from his current position.  
  • 9:11 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki explains the delays in the arrest of individuals who financed criminal gangs that infiltrated the protests.  
  • 8:39 am Public Service CS Moses Kuria directs the PSC Chairperson Anthony Muchiri to freeze the employment of staff in government jobs.  
  • 8:10 am Governor Johnson Sakaja reveals that Nairobi County has been losing approximately Ksh70 million in daily revenue collection due to the ongoing protests.

Thu, 04 July 2024

  • 6:39 pm EACC issues a rebuttal to allegations made by Narok Senator Ledama Olekina regarding the Conflict of Interest Bill, 2023.  
  • 6:06 pm The AU Advisory Board against Corruption announces the postponement of the  8th African Anti-Corruption Dialogue that was set for KICC.  
  • 5:48 pm Nairobi County Governor, Johnson Sakaja, blames MPs and Senators for pushing Nairobi County to compensate select private firms while leaving out others.  
  • 5:18 pm Fourteen people die and several others sustained injuries in violent clashes between two rival clans in Lodwar.  
  • 4:46 pm President William Ruto announces plans to upgrade the Nairobi Commuter Rail.
  • 4:13 pm Murang'a Governor Irungu Kang'ata clarifies that a former CEC Member who bought a house in the US never served in his administration.  
  • 3:28 pm President William Ruto proclaims that his administration's plans for the country are good and his government shall be vindicated in the long run.
  • 3:00 pm Cabinet commends security officers claiming they 'acted professionally' during Finance Bill protests.  
  • 2:35 pm President William Ruto, after chairing a cabinet meeting, states that the govt will be turning its attention to charting a new future for the country to allow the country to heal after wave of protests.
  • 2:00 pm KMPDU contemplates reviving strike over govt's failure to post interns.
  • 1:45 pm Police arrest Kenyans caught on camera looting businesses across the country during the recent protests.
  • 1:28 pm IPOA reveals that it deployed secret agents during the recent protests to monitor and record any instances of police excesses
  • 12:49 pm Russian Embassy in Nairobi dismisses information flying around that President Vladamir Putin is supporting the recent protests in Kenya.
  • 12:17 pm The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) records a 65,000 passenger drop and reduced cargo volumes in the first quarter of 2024.
  • 11:15 am Azimio leader Raila Odinga meets South Sudan's President Salva Kirr in Juba.
  • 11:01 am Uganda receives its first consignment of oil directly imported through the Port of Mombasa.
  • 10:36 am President William Ruto currently chairing a cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi.
  • 10:15 am New bill seeking to have the govt provide free sanitary towels in  public institutions & correctional facilities tabled at the Senate.