News Tracker

Mon, 05 February 2024

  • 9:39 am President William Ruto affirms that govt has sorted out the challenges initially witnessed in CBC.
  • 9:20 am Hass Property Index covering the fourth quarter of 2023 shows land prices ticked up in most Nairobi suburbs
  • 8:25 am Former MP Adan Haji on the run as EACC wants him over a Ksh51 million graft case. 
  • 8:05 am Nairobi landlord left homeless after losing all his 30 units to Embakasi Gas Explosion.
  • 7:24 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja refutes claims that Mama Lucy Hospital did not adequately respond to the Embakasi Explosion Tragedy.
  • 7:05 am President William Ruto announces he will soon send a proposal to Parliament for MPs to consider allocating Ksh3 billion to the sugar industry to support farmers.
  • 6:50 am Police still pursuing seven key suspects over the Embakasi Gas Explosion Tragedy
  • 6:30 am Mbagathi Hospital staring at service paralysis over acute cash crunch.

Sun, 04 February 2024

  • 6:44 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga pushes out cryptic post stating that, 'a significant moment is on the horizon'
  • 6:25 pm Death toll from Embakasi gas explosion reaches 6 as investigations into the matter continue.
  • 5:36 pm Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka appeals to President Ruto to reconsider Haiti deployment arguing such a move will contravene the constitution.
  • 5:30 pm Man who interrupted President Ruto's speech in Kakamega seeking to engage the Head of State man-handled by president's security.
  • 4:51 pm ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna calls for Energy CS Davis Chirchir and EPRA Director General Daniel Kiptoo to be sacked over Embakasi gas explosion incident.
  • 4:12 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga insists rebel ODM MPs must relinquish their positions and seek fresh mandate from the electorate after pledging loyalty to President William Ruto.
  • 3:49 pm Actor Charles Ouda famous for acting on Makutano Junction and presenting the kids show Know Zone dies at 38
  • 3:20 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga questions National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula's decision to contest Affordable Housing Ruling at the Supreme Court; insisting the holder of the position needs to be non-partisan.
  • 2:30 pm President William Ruto rejects sugar companies' offer to pay cane farmers Ksh600 million as bonus; insists on Ksh1 billion payment. 
  • 2:15 pm Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi reveals govt is looking to establish diaspora bond to raise Ksh690 billion Kenyans have stashed in foreign banks
  • 1:45 pm President Ruto to fly out to Japan after hosting Polish President Andrzej Duda who is set to arrive in Nairobi today.
  • 1:09 pm President Ruto directs flags to be flown half-mast in honour of the late Namibian President Hage Geingob.
  • 12:41 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi hints at a possible handshake between President Ruto and Azimio leader Raila Odinga; revealing that the Head of State sent him to Bondo on a 'special assignment' recently.
  • 12:27 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi states former IEBC Chairperson Chebukati has the right to vie to be Kenya's next Chief Justice
  • 11:40 am Republican politicians block funding for Kenya's peacekeeping mission in Haiti insisting on more documentation before releasing more money to Joe Biden's administration.
  • 11:37 am National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah welcomes Raila's description of Affordable Housing as a game-changing project. He however faults him for failing to actualising it when he was Prime Minister.
  • 11:20 am Former President Uhuru Kenyatta mourns the late Hage Geingob as a great leader who contributed immensely to the liberation of Namibia
  • 10:37 am Defence CS Aden Duale to jet out to the US for a 4-day official visit.
  • 10:20 am 48 people emerge unscathed after bus catches fire along the Mombasa- Nairobi Highway.
  • 9:52 am President William Ruto mourns the late Namibian President Hage Geingob as a distinguished leader. 
  • 9:00 am US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken calls former President Uhuru Kenyatta about the escalating conflict in DRC.
  • 8:47 am Azimio leader Raila Odinga states Affordable Housing Program is a good initiative which will fail due to lack of public support.