News Tracker

Thu, 21 March 2024

  • 3:10 pm New govt report shows the Kenya Kwanza administration is planning to distribute subsidised cooking gas to 500,000 homes in 4-year plan. 
  • 2:45 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome opposes proposed constitutional amendment to merge the Employment and Labour Relations Court, the Environment and Land Court with the High Court
  • 2:30 pm High Court orders Nairobi lawyer behind Ksh283M cemetery scandal to refund Ksh25.9M.  
  • 1:39 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki proposes revising limit for issuance of driving licenses to stem increase in road accidents.
  • 1:17 pm Ministry of Interior asks Kenyans who had applied for the 34-page passport to consider upgrading to the 50-page alternative for quicker processing.
  • 12:38 pm Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi raises concern over the lack of equipped education facilities for PWDs in Trans Nzoia County.
  • 12:07 pm President Ruto expresses his frustration with CSs failure to comply with his nationwide tree planting directive. 
  • 11:38 am US pressuring Kenyan govt to allow Worldcoin operations in Kenya, Interior CS Kindiki tells MPs.
  • 11:08 am Interior CS Kindiki reveals that the govt has written to TikTok explaining that it is not satisfied with platform's level of compliance with Kenyan laws.
  • 10:12 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki expresses concerns that all social media platforms including TikTok have become an avenue for misuse by criminals
  • 10:05 am Immigration PS Julius Bitok receives new passport booklets expected to ease backlog at Nyayo House
  • 9:51 am EPRA advises Kenyans against fixing LPG gas accessories in case of a malfunction and call for help from a licensed LPG retailer instead.
  • 9:14 am Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga says govt is projecting to raise Ksh10 billion from revised iteration of Housing Levy
  • 8:48 am Harambee Stars depart for Malawi where they will participate in the Four Nation Tournament.
  • 8:20 am Health CS Susan Nakhumicha reveals that the date for posting intern doctors has been pushed up from April 1 to today March 21.
  • 7:34 am DCI arrests 2 burglars for robbing newly-wedded couple in Kajiado. 
  • 7:11 am DP Rigathi Gachagua appeals the youth to take up leadership roles and refrain from engaging in destructive habits.
  • 6:48 am DP Rigathi Gachagua assures coffee farmers of a solution to financial challenges facing them including possible waiver of their debts.
  • 6:30 am Health CS Susan Nakhumicha denies she will quit as her Ministry continues to grapple with strikes from health practitioners.

Wed, 20 March 2024

  • 6:35 pm CNN flags reports stemming from a fake Instagram post purporting that President William Ruto has reached out to his American counterpart Joe Biden for help in purchasing naval equipment to invade Haiti.
  • 6:20 pm Accident reported in Murang'a after ambulance owned by County Govt plunges into river.
  • 5:55 pm Over 400 containers stuck at the Port of Mombasa following the South Sudan's government’s decision to introduce a Ksh46,550 Electronic Cargo Tracking Note.
  • 5:10 pm KNBS unveils plans to use AI to enhance service delivery.
  • 4:42 pm KEBS raises red flag over fake fertiliser in NCPB stores.
  • 4:30 pm Kenya Power reveals that some token metres will not work beyond November 24, 2024.
  • 3:31 pm Kenya Airways resumes flights to Eldoret.
  • 3:06 pm Tanzanian comedian Umar Iahbedi Issa alias ‘Mzee wa Mjegeje’ popular for the 'Kata Simu Tupo Site' voice note passes away.
  • 2:44 pm Interior CS Kindiki unveils a fleet of advanced armoured vehicles to be used for security operations in Meru and 9 other counties.
  • 2:30 pm President William Ruto attributes delays in distributing govt fertiliser to ongoing fighting at the Red Sea.
  • 1:24 pm Education PS Belio Kipsang states that Ksh3.4 billion will be allocated to constructing Grade 9 classrooms as the ministry gears to build 16,000 classrooms by the close of 2024.