News Tracker

Sat, 24 February 2024

  • 2:56 pm Two construction workers die after being buried alive while digging a sewage trench at the Kirinyaga County offices. 
  • 2:14 pm AG Nancy Gathungu reveals Ksh428 million is unaccounted for in the financial year 2022/2023. 
  • 1:35 pm US Televangelist Benny Hinn expected to start his Nairobi crusade today. 
  • 1:06 pm Health CS Susan Nakhumicha urges married couples living with HIV/AIDs to adhere to a healthy lifestyle. 
  • 12:50 pm State House Comptroller Katoo Ole Metito says renovations at State House and lodges risk being hampered by underfunding. 
  • 12:31 pm Five schools closed in Baringo after bandits kill two people including a primary school head teacher. 
  • 11:40 am Police recover 8,750 litres of suspected Ethanol in Juja, Kiambu
  • 11:13 am HE Ruto arrives in Namibia for the funeral of late President Hage Geingob.
  • 10:55 am President Ruto seeks to introduce 1kg gas cylinders in his free distribution programme. 
  • 10:35 am Pastor organising Benny Hinn crusade abducted, stripped naked, photographed and robbed cash. 
  • 9:42 am Mike Sonko vows to sponsor and support Edna Awuor who claimed she sired a son with athlete Kelvin Kiptum
  • 9:11 am Experts accuse protocol officers for failing to guide President Ruto, his deputy Rigathi Gachagua and MP Oscar Sudi on movement at Kiptum's funeral, leading to a breach. 
  • 8:45 am High Court declares Muratina legal after dismissing a petition that termed it an illicit brew.  
  • 8:09 am Three vehicles collide near the GSU flyover along Thika Road
  • 7:49 am ICT CS Eliud Owalo says Kenya will bid to host the Mobile World Congress 2025. 
  • 7:10 am An Executive report details that President Ruto needs seven years and more than Ksh2.3 trillion to fulfil his manifesto. 

Fri, 23 February 2024

  • 6:45 pm The DCI responds to a viral self-recorded video featuring a Kenyan woman working in Saudi Arabia who alleges to have been conned out of her Ksh300,000.
  • 6:20 pm Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria proposes all NYS graduates be absorbed in TVET institutions to equip them with the skills needed for the marketplace.
  • 5:48 pm The UAE finalises negotiations for a trade deal with Kenya aimed at enhancing investment between the two regions.
  • 5:24 pm The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) places Kenya on the grey list for international Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism, and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
  • 4:59 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki pays Treasury counterpart Njuguna Ndung’u a courtesy call to discuss the completion of the National Forensic Laboratory.
  • 4:19 pm Kenya Power announces Ksh319 million profit after tax for the half-year ending Dec 31, 2023.
  • 3:51 pm Governor Anne Waiguru announces the opening of bars in Kirinyaga that have complied with liquor licensing regulations.
  • 3:03 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki orders the arrest of corrupt government officials accused of slowing down the issuance of passports.
  • 2:44 pm President William Ruto promises Asenath Jeruto, the wife of Kelvin Kiptum, a job placement. 
  • 2:13 pm DCI's Serious Crimes Unit arrests three individuals for being in possession of four elephant tusks, weighing a total of 27 kilograms, with an estimated street value of Ksh 2.7 million.
  • 1:48 pm Nairobi Governor Sakaja Johnson meets Matatu Operators and PSV owners to discuss bringing order to CBD and the smooth running of the Matatu Industry.
  • 1:30 pm Asenath Jeruto, the wife of Kelvin Kiptum, shares that they were scheduled to exchange vows in church this April.  
  • 12:54 pm Prisoners held in custody are now permitted to attend the funerals of close family members.
  • 12:12 pm Police in Isebania, Migori County, seize 160 kilograms of bhang with an estimated street value of Ksh 4.8 million.