News Tracker

Thu, 18 January 2024

  • 4:25 pm Kenyan plane crashes before landing at Somalia airport.
  • 3:15 pm Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha offers President William Ruto's daughter Charlene role as Kenya's Blood Ambassador.  
  • 3:00 pm Governor Wavinya Ndeti launches Maziwa ya Mama program to give free milk to ECDE students in Machakos
  • 2:42 pm President William Ruto to hold meetings with EAC Presidents in a bid to end stalemate with neighbouring countries.
  • 2:05 pm Police arrest a male university student and two neighbours who spent the night at the Roysambu apartments where Rita Waeni was murdered.
  • 1:37 pm Pastor Dorcas Rigathi targets schools in her anti-drug abuse campaign holding learning institutions are the best avenue to put in place measures to eradicate the vice. 
  • 1:12 pm Royal Media Services Chairman SK Macharia sworn in as a member of the Murang'a County Budget and Council Forum
  • 12:50 pm DP Gachagua drops plan to table petition to remove Justice Esther Maina from her position.
  • 12:12 pm Govt Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura says Kenya Kwanza cannot compare its performance to the previous regime as it uses different metrics to assess growth. 
  • 11:32 am TSC transfers 17 teachers from St. Gabriel Isongo School in Kakamega after parents and students stormed the school and frogmarched its principal over poor KCSE results
  • 11:12 am Nigerian Embassy advises its citizens in Kenya to be vigilant and avoid unnecessary movements following murder incident in Roysambu where its national was alleged to be the main suspect. 
  • 10:45 am Kenyatta Family constructs airstrip at Northlands City.
  • 10:27 am Kenya leads EAC in military expenditure, data shared by the World Bank shows.
  • 9:38 am Thika Town MP Alice Ng'ang'a protests against low bursary funding for her populous constituency.
  • 9:10 am Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot calls for judges to initiate public participation before delivering rulings that affect critical government programs.
  • 8:28 am Investigations into the murder of Dr. Laban Kiptoo who worked at the Nakuru Teaching & Referral Hospital reveal that CCTV footage at the scene of the crime was tampered with.
  • 8:10 am The main suspect in Eric Maigo's murder case expected in court today for pretrial directions.
  • 7:13 am IMF approves Ksh150 billion loan for Kenya
  • 7:00 am Kenyan women parliamentarians call for femicide to be declared a national disaster.
  • 6:55 am 3 GSU officers arraigned in court for kidnapping Chinese national in Machakos County.
  • 6:30 am Govt disburses Ksh1.2 billion as capitation for TVET institutions.

Wed, 17 January 2024

  • 6:55 pm EACC arrests 7 senior Isiolo County officials over procurement scandal.
  • 6:00 pm Woman's dead body found dumped at a river in Ruiru.
  • 5:48 pm National Assembly Majority Whip Sylvanus Osoro threatens to sue Kisii Governor Simba Arati over alleged defamation.
  • 5:30 pm President William Ruto commissions the Kiptogot-Kolongolo Water Project in Endebess, Trans-Nzoia County.
  • 4:30 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula's brother Fred ditches FORD-Kenya for ODM.
  • 4:00 pm Education CS Ezekiel Machogu sponsors pupil caught in viral photo holding an umbrella for him
  • 3:48 pm Spot check by Kenyans.co.ke shows an increase in cooking gas prices across various towns in Nairobi.
  • 3:00 pm ODM MPs firm up plans to impeach Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u over delays in disbursing CDF funds.
  • 2:40 pm National Assembly Housing Committee begins public participation on the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023