News Tracker

Thu, 21 December 2023

  • 2:32 pm Governor Johnson Sakaja issues waiver to all patients unable to leave hospitals in Nairobi due to medical bills.
  • 2:12 pm Energy CS Davis Chirchir launches the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company's strategy plan covering the 2023 to 2027 period.
  • 1:54 pm Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi flags off the second consignment of fertiliser for farmers.
  • 1:27 pm EACC detectives raid Vihiga County Assembly officers in a corruption probe.
  • 12:43 pm Judiciary establishes Employment and Labour Relations Courts (ELRC) in 10 sub-registries across the country including Garissa and Kisii.
  • 12:25 pm EACC announces that its Integrity Centre Huduma Desk will stay closed between December 27 and December 29, 2023.
  • 11:48 am President William Ruto celebrates his 57th birthday today.
  • 11:08 am East Africa Community (EAC) Regional Force completes withdrawal of troops from Eastern DRC after serving since November 2022.
  • 10:31 am Police officers arrest a driver ferrying eight people in a 4-seater tuk-tuk along Kisumu-Nairobi Road.
  • 9:43 am Travellers spend hours stuck on Mai Mahiu Road, the second traffic snarl-up on the stretch in a week.
  • 9:22 am Users on social media website and app X (formerly known as Twitter) complain of inaccessibility to access the site's posts.
  • 8:46 am The government spokesperson claims that President William Ruto created 270,000 jobs, 120,000 of which were in affordable housing projects.
  • 8:17 am Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen says construction of CBD exit on Nairobi Expressway to be completed by mid-January.

Wed, 20 December 2023

  • 5:07 pm Nakuru deacons warn that poor Kenyans are suffering under the weight of President Ruto's hiked taxes. 
  • 5:02 pm Kisumu Court halts planned public participation on revised housing levy charges. 
  • 4:21 pm Langata-based entertainment joint, 1824, shut down. 
  • 4:15 pm Police launch a manhunt for 13 suspects who escaped from custody from a police lorry in Narok. 
  • 3:11 pm The Retail Trade Association of Kenya oppose penalties issued to a popular supermarket chain by the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK).
  • 3:05 pm Former Treasury CS Henry Rotich says he has not spoken with retired President Uhuru Kenyatta since he was ejected from office. 
  • 2:16 pm Treasury invites Kenyans to comment on the draft 2024 Budget Policy Statement for the FY 2024/25 - 2026/27 Budgets.  
  • 2:05 pm Citizen TV actress Bwire Ndubi appeals for financial aid as she seeks to travel abroad for cancer treatment. 
  • 1:45 pm Justus Wabuyabo appointed as CEO of Nuclear Power and Energy Agency. 
  • 1:18 pm ICT CS Eliud Owalo appoints David Mugonyi as the new Communications Authority of Kenya Director General.
  • 12:50 pm David Ndii slams opinion leaders and lawyers offering insights on Kenya's budget expenditures. Challenges them to learn the basics of Finance. 
  • 12:10 pm President Joe Biden's administration extends Ksh150 million in humanitarian assistance to support Kenya’s flood response efforts.
  • 11:23 am Former KBC MD Samuel Maina admits to making an error by asking the media house to pay Ksh750 billion rather than Ksh5 million in an arbitration case. 
  • 11:10 am IG Japhet Koome orders all police officers on leave to resume work immediately. 
  • 10:33 am SRC plans to oppose a Bill granting MPs the power to determine their own allowances. 
  • 10:10 am Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja meets the Gikomba Business Community to deliberate on urgent interventions needed to uplift the mitumba industry. 
  • 9:30 am Ministry of Education posts over 120,000 2023 KCPE candidates to schools they did not select.