News Tracker

Thu, 07 March 2024

  • 10:30 am President William Ruto states UDA will in the future field a female presidential running mate. 
  • 9:37 am MPs facing 45-day deadline to deliberate on bills stemming from NADCO report. 
  • 9:07 am Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) warns of more foreign investor flight due to tough business environment.
  • 8:50 am Bamburi Cement officially exits Ugandan market after divesting from Hima Cement.
  • 8:26 am Traders in Homa Bay  raise concerns over rising insecurity especially in Suba North.
  • 7:21 am Health CS Susan Nakhumicha announces SHIF deductions will begin in May.
  • 7:00 am Parliament bans construction company from govt tenders over poor work and non-completion of job since 2012. 
  • 6:50 am American news publications report US government is pushing Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign amid escalation of chaos in the Caribbean nation.
  • 6:30 am Nairobi luxury homes recorded a price growth of 2.5 per cent in 2023, Knight Frank report reveals.

Wed, 06 March 2024

  • 6:43 pm Tullow Oil plans Ksh1.4 billion investment for Kenyan operation.
  • 6:22 pm Mumias East MP Peter Salasya to join Public Accounts Committee.
  • 5:46 pm Two human rights groups sue DP Rigathi Gachagua over Justice Esther Maina remarks.
  • 5:00 pm KUCCPS to refund students who made double payments during application. 
  • 4:31 pm Interior Ministry announces crackdown on licensed pharmacists and veterinary doctors dispensing drugs without prescription.
  • 4:02 pm Private citizen sues Interior CS Kithure Kindiki for implementing new passport and ID charges. 
  • 3:44 pm National Assembly's Budget and Appropriations Committee recommends a shift to leasing military equipment instead of buying.
  • 3:05 pm National Assembly Budget & Appropriations Chairperson Ndindi Nyoro reveals govt has set the budget for the next FY at Kshs4.188 trillion. 
  • 2:54 pm Former Nairobi Gubernatorial aspirant Bishop Margret Wanjiru expresses her frustrations after a group of unknown people invade her church.
  • 2:16 pm CBK releases a list of an additional 19 licenced Digital Credit Providers (DCPs).  
  • 1:48 pm John Matara's lawyer tells court that his client was assaulted by police officers while being transported to court. 
  • 1:20 pm President William Ruto meets the newly posted envoys to Kenya from Eswatini, Serbia and Thailand at State House, Nairobi.
  • 12:40 pm JSC initiates the process to remove Justice Mohammed Noor Kullow. 
  • 12:30 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki announces the revocation of licences for companies that manufacture and distribute second-generation liquor.
  • 11:34 am Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi meets with the British High Commissioner to Kenya Neil Wigan to discuss the way forward in the Nairobi Railway City Project.  
  • 11:23 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki unveils the government's plans to abolish the packaging and distribution of alcohol in quantities lower than 750 millilitres.  
  • 10:56 am Police Officers in Meru County discover the dead body of a student after they were reported missing by his family on February 29, 2024
  • 10:38 am A former employee at the Bungoma County Woman Representative's Office raises concerns that her life is in danger over a flawed procurement case.
  • 9:36 am EACC arrests a police officer for defying Rigathi Gachagua’s orders in a recent crackdown on the sale of illicit liquor in the country.
  • 9:16 am A church member moves to court demanding a Ksh2.6 million refund from a Pastor in a botched business deal.  
  • 8:19 am Detectives from the DCI announce the seizure of hundreds of suspected stolen electronic devices, including mobile phones, laptops, and tablets.