News Tracker

Thu, 04 July 2024

  • 9:45 am Standard Group radio stations presenters stage walkout over salary arrears.
  • 9:00 am EPRA reveals crackdown on illegal LPG refilling plants mounted in the last 3 years has recovered 26,000 cylinders which brand owners had blamed for sinking them into annual losses amounting to Ksh1.2 billion.
  • 8:52 am DCI expunges charges for man pictured with South Mugirango MP Sylvannus Osoro suspected of being part of group that stormed Parliament during anti-Finance Bill protests.
  • 8:16 am Belgut MP Nelson Koech states he doesn't regret voting in favour of passing Finance Bill, states Kenyans will soon thank lawmakers who voted 'YES'. 
  • 7:34 am Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo selected to serve as the head of the UK Election Observation Mission.
  • 7:00 am Defence CS Aden Duale dismisses calls by Kenyans and a section of politicians for President William Ruto to step down from office.

Wed, 03 July 2024

  • 6:59 pm ODPP denies reaching plea deal with former Migori Governor Okoth Obado
  • 6:00 pm Tourism CS Alfred Mutua reveals govt is targeting to raise Ksh700B in annual revenues from the sector.  
  • 5:39 pm SRC Chairperson Lynn Mengich freezes pay rise for all govt officials after President William Ruto directed Treasury to review an earlier notice issued by the commission recommending a pay increase for state officers.
  • 5:20 pm US Embassy in Nairobi to be closed on Thursday for Independence Day celebrations.
  • 4:28 pm Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi calls on Speakers Moses Wetangula of the National Assembly and Amason Kingi of the Senate to remain politically impartial and avoid attending events that might lead to conclusions that they are biased.
  • 4:19 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua asks Kenyan youth not to allow goons to take advantage of the recent situation in the country to breed anarchy.
  • 3:50 pm ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga condoles with the families who have lost their loved ones during the recent anti-govt protests.
  • 3:15 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga asks the government to arrest goons infiltrating peaceful protests
  • 2:55 pm DCI detectives launch manhunt for goons who broke into Bondo Police Station and attacked officers.
  • 2:00 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome, in her capacity as JSC chairperson suspends the recruitment of Court of Appeal judges as the Judiciary faces budget cuts.
  • 1:39 pm Kericho residents re-erect the UDA wheelbarrow that was pulled down during anti-Finance Bill protests.
  • 1:18 pm Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna calls for a public audit on the Office of Faith Diplomacy domiciled at First Lady Rachel Ruto's office.
  • 12:43 pm Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale calls on President William Ruto to disband Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi's office. 
  • 12:00 pm Senate Majority Leader and Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot calls for a ban on politicians dishing out funds in churches and political events.
  • 11:50 am Lang'ata MP Phelix 'Jalang'o' Odiwuor criticises SRC for proposing a salary increase for state officers; insisting public officers did not request such. 
  • 11:30 am Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua and his Nandi counterpart Samson Cherargei call for EACC to be disbanded for failing to rein in on corruption.  
  • 10:25 am Police are investigating alleged financiers of the protests.
  • 10:01 am Chief Justice Martha Koome dismisses allegations of imposing a Ksh10 million bond on a suspect over the alleged theft of 181kg of meat.  
  • 9:59 am The Kenya Meteorological Department projects chilly nights in Nairobi and counties near the Mt Kenya Region.  
  • 9:09 am Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille shares details of the next contingent of Kenyan police officers set to be deployed to the Caribbean nation.  
  • 8:53 am Sleuths from the DCI apprehend 204 suspects found engaging in criminal activities in the guise of protesting.  
  • 8:06 am Health CS Susan Nakhumicha states that no one has been asked to pay for services at government facilities.  

Tue, 02 July 2024

  • 6:45 pm DCI detectives dispatched to pursue gang members recorded by Kenyans violently robbing innocent citizens.
  • 6:00 pm The Central Kenya chapter of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) to mark 7 days of mourning for victims of the recent protests.