News Tracker

Mon, 18 March 2024

  • 8:43 am President William Ruto postpones signing Affordable Housing Bill into law.
  • 8:17 am The late Rita Tinina suffered from epilepsy and experienced a high fever in the days leading to her death, her sister reveals in the official police report.
  • 7:29 am Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board signs deal with America's FDA to facilitate the exchange of critical information and promote regulatory harmonisation.
  • 7:05 am Health CS Susan Nakhumicha to meet KMPDU top brass in an attempt to avert looming doctors' strike.
  • 6:50 am MPs approve amendments on composition of the committee on the Assumption of Office of the President

Sun, 17 March 2024

  • 6:46 pm Kenyan journalists pay tribute to the late Rita Tinina who passed away earlier today
  • 6:04 pm President William Ruto to dispatch Interior CS Kindiki to Narok who is expected to in turn convene meetings with leaders from the region over rise in land-linked insecurity cases.
  • 5:37 pm DP Gachagua reads riot act to Rift Valley leaders causing chaos in political functions attended by President Ruto. Second in command to summon them over what he describes as the need to put an end to circuses 'embarrassing the Presidency'.
  • 5:00 pm Narok Governor Patrick ole Ntutu and Senator Ledama ole Kina clash at church service attended by President William Ruto.
  • 4:41 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki visits injured police officers in hospital.
  • 4:15 pm NTV journalist Rita Tinina found dead in her Kileleshwa home.
  • 3:21 pm Govt initiates crackdown on illegal mining.
  • 3:11 pm Boda boda rider arrested after ferrying 2 officers to home in Narok where they were assaulted and died
  • 2:47 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua asks school bus drivers to be careful to avoid any accidents that may put Kenyan learners in harm's way.
  • 2:31 pm National government sets aside Ksh250 million for upcoming wildlife census.
  • 1:39 pm Court dismisses alleged election interference petition against military chief Francis Ogolla filed by former IEBC commissioner Irene Massit.
  • 1:22 pm Canadian media outlets report that the North American country is hesitant to deploy troops to Haiti alongside Kenya despite immense pressure from the US.
  • 12:50 pm EACC, ODPP and AG Justin Muturi oppose Kenya Kwanza MP Geoffrey Ruku's bill seeking to decriminalize certain corruption offences.
  • 12:19 pm President William Ruto meets Abraham Leteipa Kaeno, a 29-year-old university graduate from Kilgoris, Narok County, who earns Ksh68,000 a week from online jobs
  • 11:35 am Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi kickstarts campaign targeting drug addicts in Nanyuki.
  • 11:00 am Mining CS Salim Mvurya revokes the appointment of Jessica Gakinya as a member of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Fisheries Service days after President William Ruto appointed her as Kenya’s envoy to Rabat, Morocco.
  • 10:48 am DP Rigathi Gachagua delivers President William Ruto's condolence message at Kapsabet Boys High School following accident.
  • 10:08 am Bomet residents storm Governor Hillary Barchok's office demanding his resignation.
  • 9:42 am Two people die, several others injured after matatu rams into a stalled truck along the Eldoret - Nairobi Highway.
  • 9:09 am Police report reveals that content creator Brian Chira who died yesterday was a victim of a hit and run.
  • 8:36 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja assures city residents Uhuru Park will be opened by March 2024.
  • 8:18 am UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala denies banning party members from appearing in interviews alongside Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna.
  • 7:30 am The Kenya Transporters Association expresses concern over surge in extortion as govt stages crackdown on illicit goods and drugs along highways.
  • 7:12 am  US Senate approves nomination of career foreign service member Dennis Hankins as America's US ambassador to Haiti.

Sat, 16 March 2024

  • 5:49 pm The Baringo North Member of Parliament (MP), Joseph Makilap, and Baringo Women Representative, Florence Jematian, have been ambushed by bandits.