News Tracker

Sun, 26 May 2024

  • 7:00 am DP Gachagua asks UDA politicians  to focus on assisting President William Ruto deliver on his mandate instead of dwelling on succession politics
  • 6:50 am Beatrice Chebet breaks the women’s 10,000 metres world record at the Prefontaine Classic after clocking 28:54:14.
  • 6:30 am President William Ruto reappoints retired Supreme Court Judge Jackton Ojwang as the Chairperson of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) for 4 years effective May 17.

Sat, 25 May 2024

  • 7:50 pm Kilifi County enforcement officers have started enforcing the Executive Order issued by Governor Gideon Mung'aro banning entry, transportation, distribution, sale, and use of muguka within the county.
  • 7:20 pm President William Ruto arrives back in the country after a 4-day State Visit to the United States of America. He was received by Interior CS Kithure Kindiki.
  • 6:40 pm Embu County Deputy Governor Kinyua Mugo wants President Ruto and DP Gachagua to intervene and save Muguka farmers from imminent losses after Mombasa and Kilifi Counties banned the stimulant from their jurisdictions.  
  • 6:20 pm A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer and one woman were seriously injured following an attack from over 100 bandits on a village in Baringo County. 100 goats were stolen from 8 families.
  • 5:50 pm President William Ruto has dismisses claims that Kenya’s relationship with China could be affected following his visit to the United States of America.  
  • 5:20 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says President William Ruto's USA visit has brought honour and respect as well as raised the stature of Kenya internationally.
  • 4:50 pm Rigathi Gachagua accuses William Ruto's allies from Rift Valley of meddling in Mount Kenya politics to give Ruto a different running mate in the 2027 elections.
  • 4:25 pm Amref Health Africa in partnership with the County Government of Tana River trains 360 health workers on Cholera to help mitigate the outbreak of the deadly disease. 53 cases have been reported so far in the county.
  • 3:50 pm A contingent of Kenyan troops who were sent to Haiti to assess preparedness for the multinational mission is returning to Kenya because accommodation units in the Caribean nation are incomplete.    
  • 3:25 pm The Independent Policing Oversight Authority says it has commenced investigations into two incidents of shootings of civilians by police officers in Kirinyaga County and Nairobi County on May 20 and 22 respectively. 
  • 2:55 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua says the government has released Ksh600 million to the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) to pay milk farmers.
  • 2:25 pm UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala has announced that The Communist Party of China( CPC) will assist the UDA party in establishing a leadership school at the party headquarters. 
  • 1:50 pm The bodies of five people who perished in a landslide at the Hillo Mine in Dabel, Marsabit County, have been identified. A search for two more people, believed to be trapped inside, is ongoing.
  • 1:20 pm Everest Today, an organization that documents mountaineering events in the Himalaya has suggested Cheruiyot Kirui's death spot on Mt Everest be named 'Cheruiyot Point' honoring the first African to almost summit Mt Everest without using supplementary oxygen.
  • 12:50 pm The Kenya Wildlife Service arrests three people who presented fake calling letters during the service's recruitment. They were arrested at  KWS Law Enforcement Academy, Manyani.   
  • 12:25 pm Anglican Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit has faulted President William Ruto's push to send Kenya's police officers to Haiti.  
  • 11:55 am Azimio leaders led by Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka hit out at President Ruto over his huge traveling expenses to the United States for a state visit. 
  • 11:35 am Embu County muguka farmers hold demonstrations protesting the recent ban on muguka trade in Mombasa and Kilifi Counties.  
  • 10:50 am Government Spokesperson, Isaac Mwaura attends the homecoming ceremony of Kenya's ambassador to Egyp, Fred Outta in Kisumu county.
  • 10:25 am President William Ruto has appointed Chief of Defence Forces Charles Muriu Kahari as chairperson of the presidential taskforce of the Kenya Home of Human Origins Museum and Science Park in the Lake Turkana Basin.  
  • 9:40 am Former Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri pleads with Former President Uhuru Kenyatta to forgive him.  
  • 9:20 am Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations arrest two women with Cocaine worth Ksh 490K In Mombasa.  
  • 8:40 am Five Kenyan police officers who were trailing motor vehicle thieves before being arrested and detained by their Tanzanian counterparts have been released.   
  • 8:20 am Three men and a lady die on the spot following a Saturday early morning road accident involving a lorry and a matatu along the busy Nakuru-Eldoret Highway near the notorious Salgaa black spot. 
  • 7:40 am President William Ruto says the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to Haiti in the peacekeeping mission will be in three weeks.  
  • 7:15 am President William Ruto leaves the USA for Kenya after a 4-day State Visit that has seen him sign several trade and bilateral agreements.