News Tracker

Wed, 17 April 2024

  • 5:38 pm Murang'a Court suspends the charging of Mwangi wa Iria and his wife.
  • 5:30 pm The Labour Court orders KMPDU doctors to return to work to tend to emergencies.
  • 4:44 pm MPs agree with the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations' decision to reject President William Ruto's nominee to Goma, Charles Githinji
  • 4:37 pm President Ruto directs all State agencies with non-compliant reports from the Auditor General and the PSC to submit corrective action within the next 21 days.
  • 3:25 pm Masinga Dam starts spilling after filling to capacity for the first time since 2019 due the ongoing heavy rains.
  • 3:05 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reconvenes the multi-agency disaster management team formed during El Nino.
  • 2:59 pm The National Assembly investigates a case where a Chinese contractor constructed a 15-floor building instead of an initially agreed plan of 36 stories.  
  • 2:01 pm The National Police Service Commission joins the President, William Ruto, to a closing ceremony of the National Wage Bill Conference. 
  • 1:51 pm The EACC announces that former Murang'a governor Mwangi wa Iria's wife has been arrested.
  • 1:10 pm Health CS outlines the government's plan of establishing a transition committee tasked with reviewing all claims. 
  • 12:17 pm Defence CS Aden Duale says construction at Uhuru Park is practically complete pegging pending works at 8%.
  • 12:12 pm Coaches from English Premier League side Liverpool to train Kenyan students.
  • 11:45 am Petrol station in Mombasa closed temporarily after fuel tank leaks.
  • 11:00 am President William Ruto directs Transport CS Murkomen to expedite the roll-out of instant road fines within 90 days.
  • 10:40 am ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo reveals that the govt is introducing regulatory measures to regularise social media platform, TikTok.    
  • 10:36 am PS Treasury heads to Washington DC to attend 2024 IMF World Bank Spring Meetings. 
  • 9:31 am Kenyans raise over Ksh1 million for the family of Samuel Muturi Wanjiru, a United States Marine, who went missing shortly after going on vacation with his girlfriend in Puerto Rico.  
  • 9:01 am The South Korean government announces the decision to provide free rice to Kenyans through its Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 
  • 8:22 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja maintains that the removal of floor limits within Nairobi Estates is still a proposal.  
  • 8:12 am Several Kenyans are reported injured after an accident was reported at Kibirigwi, in Kirinyaga County on Tuesday evening April 16.  
  • 7:55 am The Draft Affordable Housing Regulations reveals the fate of those who fail to pay rent for Affordable Housing Units. 
  • 7:16 am The Draft Affordable Housing Regulations 2024 highlights the section of Kenyans that will be exempted from paying the housing levy.

Tue, 16 April 2024

  • 6:35 pm Police forced to intervene after 2 factions of Murang'a County MCAs fight.
  • 6:00 pm Bloomberg quotes Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi having said that the govt is planning to merge CMA, IRA & SASRA.
  • 5:30 pm COTU Sec Gen Francis Atwoli calls for  the resignation of PSRA boss Fazul Mahamed after the latter directed private security companies to cease monthly contributions to the union.
  • 5:00 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja visits Mbagathi Hospital to inspect facilities.
  • 4:44 pm Austria, Canada, the UK, the US, Greece, Spain, Singapore and Hong Kong listed as the top foreign places where wealthy Kenyan parents send their children for further studies.
  • 4:00 pm Council of Governors (CoG) vows to take disciplinary measures against striking doctors.
  • 3:50 pm Former K24 news anchor Betty Kyallo has joined TV47, sources tell Kenyans.co.ke
  • 3:13 pm The offices of President William Ruto and DP Rigathi Gachagua are set to receive a significant funding boost in the 2024/2025 budget.