News Tracker

Sun, 28 January 2024

  • 9:37 am Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris lashes out after being booed at anti-femicide protest, Claims she was an 'easy target'.
  • 9:15 am Makadara Law Courts assistant arrested for demanding Ksh 400,000 bribe to facilitate the printing and issuance of court proceedings.
  • 8:40 am DCI detectives recover vehicle used in the murder of Meru blogger 'Sniper'
  • 8:10 am President William Ruto flies out of the country to attend the the Italy-Africa Summit
  • 7:41 am CJ Koome, Public Service CS Moses Kuria sued over Introduction of Judiciary services at Huduma Centres.
  • 7:00 am National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah hints at Judiciary budget cuts over Affordable Housing ruling.

Sat, 27 January 2024

  • 6:17 pm Standard Guage Railway (SGR) extension from Nakuru to Kisumu expected to commence this year. 
  • 6:11 pm Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority revokes the licences of Kenya Midland Sacco Society and Jacaranda Sacco Society Limited
  • 5:52 pm Governor Johnson Sakaja announces free parking for all private vehicles on Saturdays until June 2024. 
  • 5:14 pm KRA to give a way forward on housing levy refunds. 
  • 4:56 pm HE Ruto opens the tuition block and engineering workshop at the Mukiria Technical Training Institute in Central Imenti
  • 4:34 pm EACC arrests a Court Assistant at the Traffic Registry, Makadara Law Courts, for allegedly demanding a Ksh400,000 bribe. 
  • 3:46 pm HE William Ruto inspects ongoing projects at Meru University of Science and Technology in Meru County.
  • 3:10 pm International female athletes join hundreds of women to protest rising femicide cases. 
  • 2:42 pm Senate majority leader Aaron Cheruiyot says Parliament will prioritise the Affordable Housing Bill upon resumption after the court nullified the levy. 
  • 2:31 pm Police arrest a matatu driver allegedly caught red-handed attempting to rape a female passenger in a bush in Kasarani, Nairobi
  • 1:48 pm Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru wants the government to enforce laws, policies, administrative and socio-economic measures to eradicate all forms of violence against women. 
  • 1:46 pm HE Ruto and DP Gachagua commission the Ksh150 million Mweru Umoja One irrigation project in Meru. 
  • 12:58 pm HE Ruto officially opens the Mitunguu Technical and Training Institute and commissions the Jitume ICT hub in Imenti South, Meru County.
  • 12:45 pm DCI recover the car used in the abduction and murder or Meru blogger Sniper
  • 11:49 am Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro says he supports President Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua amid a 2027 succession battle. 
  • 11:45 am Nationwide protests against femicide cases underway with Nairobi and Mombasa leading from the forefront. 
  • 10:49 am ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna condemns a proposal by Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen seeking to introduce toll stations on more highways. 
  • 10:23 am President William Ruto holds talks with Gen. John Tshibangu, a representative of DRC Congo's head of state Felix Tshisekedi
  • 9:31 am A section of Kenyans pressure President William Ruto to initiate Housing Levy refunds. 
  • 9:30 am EACC confirms the arrest of a policeman stationed at Kasarani Stadium Police Station who demanded a Ksh30,000 bribe to release two brothers he had arrested. 
  • 8:16 am National Construction Authority fires six employees accused of breaking the parastatals laws by approving flawed construction projections. 
  • 8:16 am Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah says MPs will create a law to support housing levy after the Court of Appeal halted the deductions. 
  • 7:26 am Nairobi County collects 22 per cent of revenues reported by all the devolved government units in the last financial year.
  • 7:24 am Health CS Susan Nakhumicha says she is committed to ensuring equity in the provision of healthcare.