News Tracker

Sun, 21 January 2024

  • 10:27 am Mumias East MP Peter Salasya announces intentions to vie for Kakamega Governor in 2027.
  • 9:45 am 20 Kitengela boda boda riders accused part of being a mob terrorising residents arrested and their bikes impounded.
  • 9:16 am Anglican Archbishop Jackson Olesapit condemns the increased rate of femicide cases reported recently. 
  • 8:37 am TSC transfers 6 teachers from St. Martin Mafuta School in Soy, Uasin Gishu County over safety concerns after parents storm school over poor 2023 KCSE results. 
  • 8:07 am Kenya's domestic debt hits Ksh5 trillion for the first time in history, CBK bulletin shows.
  • 7:47 am Chief Justice Martha Koome gazettes new Magistrates’ courts In Moiben and Turbo, both in Uasin Gishu County.
  • 7:00 am President William Ruto bumps into former President Uhuru Kenyatta at  DRC President Félix  Tshisekedi's inauguration.
  • 6:45 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua reiterates the need for Mt Kenya unity amid reports Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro is angling for the presidency.
  • 6:30 am Kapenguria MP Samuel Muroto's wife dies.

Sat, 20 January 2024

  • 6:53 pm Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza shares videos of Blogger Sniper criticising other leaders. Says she was unfairly targeted. 
  • 5:46 pm CJ Martha Koome appoints DPP Renson Ingonga to lead a committee of 21 people in traffic reforms.
  • 5:31 pm ACK cleric, Reverend Sammy Wainaina coins a new poem for the Head of State, William Ruto titled - Take My Payslip
  • 4:51 pm Police arrested a man ferrying bhang worth Ksh9 million in Siaya
  • 4:45 pm President William Ruto appoints Charles Nyachae as the Chairperson of the Council of Kenya School of Government
  • 3:56 pm Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen says the value of the Expressway was being underutilized as an exit far away from the CBD and Harambee Avenue which houses government offices. 
  • 3:45 pm Four-year-old dies after their house was consumed by fire at Muthara, Meru.
  • 2:33 pm Traders in Wangige chase away Kiambu County management after clashing over new market construction plans. 
  • 2:10 pm Water distribution company warns of contamination threat in Embu. 
  • 1:39 pm President Ruto and PCS Musalia Mudavadi arrive in DR Congo for the swearing-in ceremony of the President-elect, Felix Tshisekedi
  • 1:11 pm DP Gachagua to be the Chief Guest at the Michael Karanga Golf Initiative Thanksgiving at Kiambu Golf Club. 
  • 12:46 pm Sports CS Ababu Namwamba attends his late aunt’s funeral service in Budalangi, Busia. 
  • 12:32 pm ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna leads legislators at the 30th Memorial of the late Mzee Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in Kisumu.
  • 11:41 am Former First Lady Margaret Kenyatta attends the anniversary of ex-Prime Minister Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
  • 11:32 am Rachel Ruto flies out to Maputo, Mozambique to attend the International Conference on Gender Equality in Africa
  • 10:45 am The Nairobi Expressway to launch the new exit at Haile Selassie Plaza to ease traffic in the city. 
  • 10:30 am Police arrest 20 boda riders for stoning a female driver in Kitengela.
  • 9:34 am Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u confirms that Kenya plans to exit the government-to-government oil deal with select Saudi Arabia companies by December this year. 
  • 9:34 am Kenyan woman arrested with cocaine worth Ksh500 million in Indian airport. 
  • 8:02 am Government asks civil servants and public officers to include details of their spouses and children in their wealth declaration forms. 
  • 8:02 am President William Ruto appoints Ambassador Francis Muthaura as the Chancellor of Kenyatta University for a period of five years.