News Tracker

Tue, 27 February 2024

  • 7:19 am The Ministry of Health sets July 1 as the new date for the start of contributions to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).  

Mon, 26 February 2024

  • 6:36 pm Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome fronts proposal for police to be granted the mandate to issue licenses to liquor joints as a means to stem sale of illicit alcohol.
  • 6:28 pm Public Service CS Moses Kuria announces govt plans to roll out 'Wagenzi' an internship program geared at ensuring graduates get job placements.  
  • 5:44 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki warns that the govt will sack police officers found to be aiding or abetting the sale of illicit alcohol.
  • 5:15 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua reveals Kenya and Colombia are in advanced talks on coffee cooperation
  • 4:33 pm The Director General of the UNON  Zainab Bangura announces that the expansion of UN offices in Nairobi will cost Ksh38.8 billion (USD267 million).
  • 4:04 pm Faith Kipyegon nominated for the 2024 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award.
  • 3:34 pm Ekeza Sacco Director David Kariku Ngari alias Gakuyo freed on Ksh 10M cash bail after pleading not guilty to 12 counts of obtaining money through false pretences.
  • 3:01 pm Interior PS, Raymond Omollo, hosts a Peace, Security and Development Cooperation Roundtable to increase efficiency, foster cooperation and provide necessary support in the department.
  • 2:37 pm Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome fronts proposal to ban suspects from wearing masks and sunglasses in court
  • 2:03 pm Govt issues notice over expected disruption of transportation along Kenyan highways.   
  • 1:15 pm National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah warns national govt will not allow any squatters to occupy Mau Forest land.
  • 1:08 pm Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome issues a four-day ultimatum for the arrest of drug barons in Mombasa.
  • 12:48 pm City Hall staff down their tools protesting the suspension of pension benefits to retirees by over Ksh26.6 billion outstanding debt.
  • 12:13 pm Four Kenyan companies receive Ksh58 million (USD400,000) from the United States' Power Africa programme to help female farmers gain access to clean energy.
  • 11:09 am City Hall staff down their tools protesting the suspension of pension benefits to retirees by over Ksh26.6 billion outstanding debt.
  • 11:05 am Nairobi is hosting over 5,000 delegates from the 193 UN Member States, including Heads of State and Government, for the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly in Gigiri.
  • 10:50 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua questions why Coast politicians have been silent and have not done more to clamp down on the drug abuse menace in the region.
  • 10:04 am Kenya Power receives approval from the government to bill some of its customers in US dollars.
  • 9:58 am The Committee on Public Debt and Privatization is to meet with CS Njuguna Ndung'u to consider the 2024 Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy.
  • 9:34 am CS Health Nakhumicha Wafula to preside over the National Validation exercise on Draft SHIF regulations, 2024, and the draft Regulatory Impact Statement.
  • 8:29 am Athletics Kenya confirms that it has contacted the Cameroonian athletics body as it seeks more details on Kenyan athlete Charles Kipkorir's death.
  • 8:15 am Kisumu man who hacked his pregnant wife, 5-year old son and 2 other relatives to death arrested in Muhoroni after failed suicide attempt.
  • 7:28 am National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula throws weight behind Azimio leader Raila Odinga's bid for the AU Commission chairperson seat.
  • 7:05 am President William Ruto confirms US Ambassador Meg Whitman has relayed information that President Joe Biden has extended an official invitation that will see him travel to Washington for bilateral talks.
  • 6:50 am Civil society groups demand answers on details of new Ksh215.5 billion Eurobond.
  • 6:30 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announces crackdown targeting matatus that park along city roads while picking up passengers.

Sun, 25 February 2024

  • 6:28 pm TSC considering revising minimum entry requirements for teachers.
  • 6:18 pm President William Ruto praises his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta for uniting the AIPCA church
  • 5:45 pm Iranian media report that Kenya will start exporting students and professors to Iran to study at the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB)