News Tracker

Wed, 24 April 2024

  • 7:45 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua meets Emma Inamutila Theofelus, Namibia's ICT Minister at his  official Karen residence.
  • 7:30 pm ODM Party leader Raila Odinga calls on the Kenya Kwanza administration to declare ongoing floods a national disaster.
  • 6:47 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua appeals to Nairobi elected leaders to work together and shun divisive politics.
  • 6:00 pm 3 family members die after floods maroon their home in Mathare.
  • 5:37 pm Nairobi River Commission proposes resettling residents living on riparian land.
  • 5:00 pm Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka threatens to stage protests should Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba be arrested.
  • 4:31 pm Govt suspends mining activities countrywide.
  • 4:00 pm President William Ruto vows to track down Turkish tycoon accused of conning Naivasha residents.
  • 3:25 pm Govt reveals that it has completed testing fertilisers distributed under subsidy programs with most of them meeting the set quality standards except those distributed by 1 company.
  • 3:20 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja halts all pending building development approvals amid heavy rains which have put major infrastructure at the risk of collapse.
  • 2:54 pm Kenya Met warns Kenyans of even heavier rainfall starting Thursday through to Friday. ​​
  • 2:00 pm Kenya emerges third best African country for immigrants in terms of high-paying jobs.
  • 1:58 pm President William Ruto buys a new car during the launch of Jumbo Auction Center in Naivasha.
  • 1:17 pm Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna expresses concerns that the Nairobi County Govt appears overwhelmed by the floods situation.
  • 12:46 pm Report published by a consortium of international human rights organisations including Amnesty International shows 118 people were killed by police in 2023.
  • 12:05 pm Trade CS Rebecca Miano welcomes Gina Raimondo, the US Secretary of Commerce, for the 2024 Amcham Business Summit in Nairobi.
  • 11:48 am 8 counties to experience power outage due to ongoing maintenance works.
  • 11:15 am Govt closes 4 roads in Nairobi partially over flooding.
  • 10:45 am KENHA directs motorists to alternative routes following flooding on Mombasa Road.
  • 10:30 am Kenya Railways suspends all passenger train services.
  • 9:43 am EACC raids former Treasury CS Ukur Yatani's home in suspected corruption probe.
  • 9:25 am Govt renames Huduma Day/Utamaduni Day celebrated on October 10 to Mazingira Day.
  • 8:34 am CBK publishes list of 14 licensed microfinance institutions.
  • 8:05 am Fallen trees block both lanes of Moi Avenue near Imenti House after heavy rains.
  • 7:08 am Two Kenyans exposed by Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen for hanging on the windows of a Mercedes Benz along highway charged with flouting traffic rules.
  • 7:04 am National Assembly Trade Committee turns away Cooperatives PS Patrick Kilemi over insufficient responses during grilling.
  • 6:50 am Cabinet gives green light for the acquisition of 11,000 acres of Kedong Ranch in Nakuru County to settle squatters.
  • 6:30 am Council of Governors warns of paralysis in the counties if Ksh450 billion equitable share revenue is not released.

Tue, 23 April 2024

  • 6:35 pm Senators push Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi to solve recurring issues at Kiambu Level V Hospital.
  • 6:00 pm Nairobi MCAs engage in physical fight over house leadership changes.