News Tracker

Mon, 26 February 2024

  • 1:15 pm National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah warns national govt will not allow any squatters to occupy Mau Forest land.
  • 1:08 pm Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome issues a four-day ultimatum for the arrest of drug barons in Mombasa.
  • 12:48 pm City Hall staff down their tools protesting the suspension of pension benefits to retirees by over Ksh26.6 billion outstanding debt.
  • 12:13 pm Four Kenyan companies receive Ksh58 million (USD400,000) from the United States' Power Africa programme to help female farmers gain access to clean energy.
  • 11:09 am City Hall staff down their tools protesting the suspension of pension benefits to retirees by over Ksh26.6 billion outstanding debt.
  • 11:05 am Nairobi is hosting over 5,000 delegates from the 193 UN Member States, including Heads of State and Government, for the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly in Gigiri.
  • 10:50 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua questions why Coast politicians have been silent and have not done more to clamp down on the drug abuse menace in the region.
  • 10:04 am Kenya Power receives approval from the government to bill some of its customers in US dollars.
  • 9:58 am The Committee on Public Debt and Privatization is to meet with CS Njuguna Ndung'u to consider the 2024 Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy.
  • 9:34 am CS Health Nakhumicha Wafula to preside over the National Validation exercise on Draft SHIF regulations, 2024, and the draft Regulatory Impact Statement.
  • 8:29 am Athletics Kenya confirms that it has contacted the Cameroonian athletics body as it seeks more details on Kenyan athlete Charles Kipkorir's death.
  • 8:15 am Kisumu man who hacked his pregnant wife, 5-year old son and 2 other relatives to death arrested in Muhoroni after failed suicide attempt.
  • 7:28 am National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula throws weight behind Azimio leader Raila Odinga's bid for the AU Commission chairperson seat.
  • 7:05 am President William Ruto confirms US Ambassador Meg Whitman has relayed information that President Joe Biden has extended an official invitation that will see him travel to Washington for bilateral talks.
  • 6:50 am Civil society groups demand answers on details of new Ksh215.5 billion Eurobond.
  • 6:30 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announces crackdown targeting matatus that park along city roads while picking up passengers.

Sun, 25 February 2024

  • 6:28 pm TSC considering revising minimum entry requirements for teachers.
  • 6:18 pm President William Ruto praises his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta for uniting the AIPCA church
  • 5:45 pm Iranian media report that Kenya will start exporting students and professors to Iran to study at the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB)
  • 5:08 pm President William Ruto exudes confidence that the govt has made significant strides towards the realisation of the country's development agenda in the past year.  
  • 4:41 pm EACC detectives arrest Taita Taveta Speaker over corruption allegations.
  • 4:26 pm Elite Somali soldiers jet into Kenya to participate in US-led training
  • 3:41 pm Police in Kisumu launch manhunt for man who hacked his pregnant wife, 5-year old son and 2 other relatives to death on Saturday.
  • 3:15 pm Court of Appeal dismisses application by Dubai-based firm seeking to freeze former Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi's accounts. 
  • 2:44 pm Transparency International and Kenya Human Rights Commission in new push to have prosecutors personally held responsible over abrupt withdrawal of corruption cases.
  • 2:15 pm Namibia hires Kenyan lawyer to argue case at The Hague due to a shortage of qualified attorneys.  
  • 1:43 pm Angata Nanyekie MCA Paul Leshimpriro shot by bandits in Samburu.  
  • 1:12 pm Nairobi residents report heavy traffic on Mombasa Road after truck overturns along the stretch. 
  • 12:45 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua hints at govt introducing tougher measures to tackle illicit alcohol trade.
  • 12:30 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua reveals President William Ruto jetted back into the country at 2am on Sunday after attending the late Namibian President Hage Geingob's State funeral.