News Tracker

Fri, 23 February 2024

  • 11:44 am The High Court lifts the injunction barring the government from rolling out the digital identifiers, otherwise known as Maisha Namba.
  • 11:03 am Google comforts customers with assurance that their Gmail services will continue despite rumours. 
  • 10:57 am The Canadian government offers Ksh 8.7 billion in funding to support the deployment of Kenyan officers to Haiti.  
  • 10:21 am NSSF directs employers to effect the new rates in the February payslips.
  • 9:43 am NPR officer killed, two other people injured after bandits attack Noosukuro village in Mukutani, Baringo.
  • 9:18 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua calls upon the church to support the govt in the campaign against drug abuse and illicit alcohol. 
  • 8:59 am Kenyan marathoner Kelvin Kiptum is to be laid to rest today.
  • 8:30 am The wife of the slain Indian businessman confesses to conspiring in his torture.  
  • 7:22 am National Assembly adopts the National Dialogue Committee report with MPs set to introduce Bills and legislative proposals to support its enactment. 
  • 7:10 am The ODPP and EACC clash over the withdrawal of two graft cases in court. 

Thu, 22 February 2024

  • 6:22 pm KeNHA announces a temporary, 2-day, closure of a section of Langata Road near Nyayo Stadium.  
  • 6:10 pm Senators initiate plans to increase fines meted out to cabinet secretaries and governors who fail to appear before Parliamentary Committees.  
  • 5:54 pm Kibera Law Court rules that Velji Jayaben Jayeshikumar, wife of slain Indian businessman Jayesh Kumar, to remain in custody for 14 days pending police probe
  • 5:36 pm Kenya, Ethiopia sign MoU to strengthen bilateral cooperation in strategic areas.
  • 4:58 pm Auditor General exposes the defunct NMS for inflating its budget in the procurement of street lights to be installed along Thika Road. 
  • 4:38 pm The High Court convicts four ex-GSU officers for murdering a woman.  
  • 3:28 pm The Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o reveals Kenya's debt has exceeded the required limit.  
  • 3:01 pm The LSK exposes an alleged quack lawyer accused of working in cahoots with state officers to defraud unsuspecting clients.  
  • 2:44 pm 2 people die after accident reported at Nyalenda Ring Road in Kisumu.
  • 2:30 pm ODM dismisses allegations of an internal succession battle pitting leaders seeking to replace Raila as party leader
  • 1:45 pm Kisii County Assembly Speaker refers impeachment plot against Deputy Governor Dr. Richard Monda for public participation.
  • 1:10 pm State applies to detain Ekeza Sacco founder David 'Gakuyo' Kariuki to allow DCI to complete investigations into alleged fraud
  • 12:52 pm Kenyans will be mandated to furnish their KRA PINs during the compulsory registration process for the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
  • 12:33 pm Manyatta Constituency MP Gitonga Mukunji proposes a motion to transfer MCA's funding from the County government to the National government.  
  • 11:43 am Public Service CS Moses Kuria denies having a frosty relationship with his Gender counterpart Aisha Jumwa.
  • 11:31 am The body of a businessman who went missing in Meru has been found dumped in the Kathita River. 
  • 10:42 am Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki among Cabinet Secretaries who President William Ruto reportedly been put on notice over performance during the Kenya Kwanza retreat in Naivasha.
  • 10:30 am High Court declines to stop Kelvin Kiptum's burial after woman comes out claiming to have sired a child with the legendary athlete.
  • 9:45 am EPRA states that the current billing of electricity prices will last till December 2024 to recover an eight-month unpaid subsidy. 
  • 9:06 am A Kenyan woman has been arrested with smuggled gold upon arrival in India.