News Tracker

Tue, 16 January 2024

  • 11:00 am Lawyer Maina Ndegwa moves to court seeking orders to stop hiked NSSF deductions.
  • 10:54 am Africa Judges and Jurists Forum (AJJF) fault President William Ruto's attack on the Judiciary
  • 10:10 am Tourism Ministry moves to renovate CS Alfred Mutua's office at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) building.
  • 9:44 am Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna urges the Judiciary under CJ Martha Koome to issue a strike notice. 
  • 9:10 am Police obtain CCTV footage unmasking the face of the suspect accused of planning the murder of a woman in a Roysambu apartment. 
  • 8:21 am Kenya to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), widely considered as a rival to the World Bank.
  • 8:10 am Autopsy of an intern medical officer dumped in a trench near the Nakuru Level 5 Hospital reveals that he was strangled to death.
  • 7:29 am Former Migori Governor Okoth Obado claims ODM is losing ground in Nyanza
  • 7:10 am Bus veers off the highway at Nairobi Expressway near Mlolongo.

Mon, 15 January 2024

  • 6:45 pm EAC Head of States Chairperson Salva Kiir to unveil a special envoy to help in tackling disagreements between countries within the region. 
  • 6:30 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua responds to Murang'a leaders calling for Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro to deputise President William Ruto in 2027 and eventually replace him; stating that the succession talk is premature.
  • 5:35 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome reveals Judicial Service Commission has written to President William Ruto in a bid to find a solution to the ongoing Executive vs Judiciary grandstanding.
  • 5:00 pm Rowdy youth temporarily disrupt Raila's rally in Busia.
  • 4:55 pm Police question Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza's husband  Baicu over blogger Sniper's murder.
  • 4:20 pm President William Ruto approves bill seeking to split Kenya Railways into 3.
  • 3:55 pm Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces the launch of a recruitment centre for Kenyans seeking to work as nurses in the United States and Canada
  • 3:30 pm Kenyan Shilling slides past the Ksh160 mark against the US Dollar.
  • 2:40 pm Cabinet approves the implementation of the Treasury single account for national & county governments.
  • 2:08 pm Man in a towel captured on camera jumping from a 5-storey building in Mombasa.
  • 1:44 pm A section of Kisii residents stage protest lamenting about National Assembly Majority Whip Sylvanus Osoro's  political conduct.
  • 1:25 pm KWS announces plans to relocate 21 endangered black rhinos.
  • 12:54 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga warns President William Ruto and his allies telling them to cease attacks against the Judiciary.
  • 12:08 pm KEBS warns traders about imposters purporting to be from the institution staging raids in supermarkets and shops.
  • 11:21 am Kenya misses out on the top 20 world's fastest growing economies 2024 report published by Economic Intelligence
  • 11:05 am National Assembly Majority Whip Sylvanus Osoro defends himself from criticism after a group of thugs operating on his orders stormed Governor Simba Arati's meeting; insists his camp was provoked by the county chief's entourage.
  • 10:58 am Azimio leader Raila Odinga criticises Kenya Kwanza govt for punitive taxation policies.
  • 10:09 am Adopt a Tree Movement, an environmental group lobbies the govt to strengthen grassroots organisations in the Climate Change movement.
  • 9:45 am KNEC warns Kenyans about fraudsters purporting to change 2023 KCSE results on its portal.
  • 9:00 am Form one admission underway in various schools across the country.
  • 8:38 am LSK President Eric Theuri faults DP Rigathi Gachagua for targeting Justice Esther Maina, insisting that the country's second in command should have lodged a complaint with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) if he has tangible evidence against the judicial officer.