News Tracker

Mon, 19 February 2024

  • 7:35 am President William Ruto holds bilateral meeting with former Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 7:06 am Govt announces plans to enhance the Hustler Fund to provide additional enterprise and business facilities for existing mama mboga and boda boda saccos
  • 6:50 am Council of Governors (CoG) calls for a crisis meeting on Thursday to discuss the clash with the national government over devolved functions.
  • 6:30 am Four police officers arrested at a bar in Kirinyaga drinking a day after Governor Anne Waiguru ordered all bars shut.

Sun, 18 February 2024

  • 6:45 pm President William Ruto meets his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 6:04 pm  African Development Bank (AfDB) projects that Kenya's economy will record 5.4 per cent growth in 2024.
  • 5:42 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga attends The World Forum on Future of Democracy in Berlin, Germany.
  • 5:05 pm Trans Nzoia Senator Allan Chesang criticises Governor George Natembeya for what he described as targeted attacks against him following his decision to question appropriation of development funds.
  • 4:35 pm Bankers Association links the Shilling's resurgence to the successful issuance of latest Eurobond.
  • 4:13 pm Small scale traders in Bungoma left counting losses as county government flattens stalls.
  • 3:44 pm Marsabit Woman Representative Naomi Waqo intentions in vying for Governor's seat in the next election.
  • 3:22 pm MPs David Gikaria and Samuel Arama hit out at CJ Martha Koome for faulting the Nakuru County Government for disobeying court orders
  • 2:39 pm Kiambu Senator Karung'o wa Thang'wa questions why Former President Uhuru Kenyatta is not being considered as a front runner for African Union Chairperson position.
  • 2:25 pm Kenya and Germany initiate talks aimed at establishing a bilateral agreement geared at encouraging labour mobility between the two nations.
  • 1:33 pm Amani National Congress (ANC), Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi's party endorses Raila's bid for the AU Chairperson seat.
  • 1:09 pm President William Ruto meets Brazil's President Lula da Silva in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
  • 12:40 pm Govt constructing a 3-bedroom house for legendary Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum.
  • 12:14 pm Siaya Senator James Orengo stresses that AU job will not stop Raila from actively engaging in Kenyan politics.
  • 11:25 am President William Ruto says Africa targets to produce 60 per cent of vaccines by 2040.
  • 11:00 am President William Ruto claims that Africa suffered greatly from "vaccine nationalism" at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 10:35 am Former Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho promises his party leader Raila Odinga will bring "real change" to the continent should the latter be successful in his bid to clinch the AU chairperson seat.
  • 10:04 am DP Gachagua to convene a meeting of Mt Kenya leaders and chiefs to tackle the illicit brew menace.
  • 9:50 am Raila's bid for the African Union Chairperson position to form part of Kenya Kwanza's agenda during coalition's retreat being held today in Naivasha.
  • 9:08 am DP Rigathi Gachagua states that the much publicised "little" differences between him and former President Uhuru Kenyatta are over.
  • 8:13 am MV World Odyssey, the world's largest floating university, hits cyclone after departing Mombasa.
  • 8:06 am Public Service CS Moses Kuria advises Kenyans hoarding dollars to sell them before its "too late" insisting govt interventions will continue to see the Kenyan Shilling strengthen continuously against the Dollar.
  • 7:34 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua states police officers will not be allowed to own bars and pubs describing the situation as conflict of interest.
  • 7:17 am Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa faults County Senator Boni Khalwale for skipping President William Ruto's events.
  • 6:50 am President William Ruto lands appointment as champion for institutional reform at AU Assembly.
  • 6:30 am Public Service CS Moses Kuria urges all leaders to support Azimio leader Raila Odinga's bid for the African Union (AU) Chairperson position.