News Tracker

Wed, 13 March 2024

  • 10:09 am ODM Sec-Gen Edwin Sifuna finds himself at loggerheads with Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa, who accused him of changing the county assembly's leadership without his knowledge.
  • 9:49 am Sports CS Ababu Namwamba announces the end of double taxation for Kenyan athletes.
  • 9:09 am Detectives from the DCI uncover a scheme where two employees allegedly defrauded a real estate company of Ksh15 million over 18 months.  
  • 8:43 am Rwanda's President Paula Kagame explains his decision to back former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson job.  
  • 8:19 am The Senate Committee on County Public Investment and Special Funds issues an ultimatum to Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika regarding irregular payments.  
  • 7:31 am The US gives Haitian factions 24 hours to produce a representative at the transitional council that is set to take over following the resignation of PM Ariel Henry.
  • 7:30 am The Kenya Met Dept. attributes the current dry weather conditions to the decrease in moisture influx into the country.

Tue, 12 March 2024

  • 6:36 pm CJ Martha Koome presides over the swearing-in of a 12-member tribunal tasked with adjudicating the removal of Justice Mohammed Noor Kullow from office.
  • 6:11 pm Petition presented in court challenging the government’s universal healthcare plan, Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
  • 5:56 pm A report by the CBK projects a decline in fuel prices in 2024 owing to the anticipated drop in the international market.
  • 5:03 pm Police officers in Marsabit County are investigating the demise of a colleague who was found dead shortly after reporting for duty at the Turbi Police Roadblock.  
  • 4:49 pm Govt considers an increase in taxes on specific goods with measures aimed at taming obesity and diet-related diseases.  
  • 4:14 pm Police in Kikuyu confirm the killing of one suspect and the escape of five others following a botched robbery in Regen estate.  
  • 3:37 pm Intelligence from Ugandan Police shows that man suspected of killing businessman in Kampala is hiding in Kenya. 
  • 3:05 pm A Kenyan who previously worked as a regional executive for a crypto firm detained by authorities in Nigeria for allegedly helping move Ksh3.6 trillion suspicious funds. 
  • 2:35 pm The KFCB in conjunction with police, arrest gospel artist William Getumbe over failure to cease distributing and exhibiting a gospel song that had been classified as blasphemous.
  • 2:04 pm EU citizens write protest letters to EU President Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen asking the economic bloc to cancel a trade deal with Kenya.  
  • 1:29 pm Senate Committee on Agriculture assures cane farmers of its commitment to fast-tracking the passing of Sugar Bill 2022 aimed at resuscitating the ailing sub-sector.  
  • 1:00 pm Kenyan lawyer Binaifer Nowrojee appointed as the global lead of the Open Society Foundations.
  • 12:42 pm Ugandan lawyer sues Kenya at the East African Court of Justice for recalling EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki.
  • 12:12 pm Kisii Governor Simba Arati appears in court to answer to contempt of court charges.
  • 11:31 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki meets the country's security chiefs to review the tactical and strategic approaches adopted by the country's security organs.
  • 11:17 am The Privatisation Authority initiates the process of privatising over four hotels in a bid to catapult them to profitability.
  • 11:02 am Kericho Senator tables conditions under which a Kenyan can be exempted from paying the Housing Levy.  
  • 10:15 am Kenya Power reduces electricity prices following a review of additional costs charged for token prices.  
  • 10:00 am Nyamira Senator Okong’o Mogeni seeks to bring back a maximum deduction amount on the Housing Levy
  • 9:33 am Naivasha MP Jayne Njeri Wairimu defends President William Ruto over land-grabbing claims by members of her constituency.  
  • 9:12 am Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds issues a directive giving the EACC 30 days to investigate Lamu Governor Issa Timamy.
  • 8:25 am The government announces a tender inviting Kenyans to submit bids to provide consultancy services at the Office of the First Lady.  
  • 8:15 am The US Treasury issues sanctions against two Kenyan-based businessmen and a long-distance bus company over links to Al-Shabaab.