News Tracker

Fri, 15 December 2023

  • 9:28 am EPRA cites the exchange rate at Ksh157.52 while releasing fuel prices despite CBK setting it at Ksh153.
  • 9:10 am Senior Assistant Inspector General of Police (SAIG) Gitiba Mwita dies. 
  • 8:32 am ODM denies reports that it has commenced plans to exit the Azimio La Umoja coalition.
  • 8:10 am Uganda imprisons 41 Kenyans accused of killing three geologists and two Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers. 
  • 7:17 am ICT CS Eliud Owalo says the government is not only connecting the nation to the digital superhighway but also propelling the youth towards economic empowerment.
  • 7:16 am A section of Kenyans and stakeholders argue that EPRA ought to have reduced fuel by up to Ksh30 rather than Ksh5.

Thu, 14 December 2023

  • 6:48 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki defends police against criticism but warns rogue officers accused of misusing their weapons or abusing power.
  • 6:20 pm Police arrest and arraign six men accused of raiding and torching police stations, releasing suspects and escaping with firearms.  
  • 5:36 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki directs IG Japheth Koome to offer jobs to widows whose husbands lost their lives while on duty.
  • 5:21 pm EPRA reduces fuel prices for the period between December 15 this year and January 14, 2023.
  • 4:48 pm DP Gachagua claims that the generators bought at JKIA by the previous regime are fake.   
  • 4:28 pm High Court bars investigative agencies from arresting, charging and prosecuting Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o until March 2024. 
  • 3:46 pm 37 police officers have died in the line of duty within 1 year, Ministry of Interior states.
  • 3:00 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claims JKIA generators bought by the previous govt are fake.
  • 2:08 pm Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo denies pulling strings to influence the arrest of popular bloggers in the devolved unit.
  • 1:43 pm President William Ruto affirms govt commitment to end insecurity in Lamu.
  • 1:30 pm President William Ruto, DP Gachagua and other leaders arrive in Baringo for the 9th edition of Kimalel Goat Auction.
  • 1:00 pm Council of Economic Advisors Chairperson David Ndii denies govt is intending to spend Ksh66 billion to unbundle power transmission lines to prevent situation where a blackout in one area of the country leads to nationwide power outage. 
  • 12:50 pm Court acquits former Treasury CS Henry Rotich in Ksh63 billion Arror & Kimwarer dams case.
  • 12:03 pm Govt orders all NGOs to file their annual returns and audited financial statements within 3 weeks.
  • 11:44 am Kenyan CEOs surveyed in CBK study predict mass layoffs and minimum hirings in 2024.
  • 11:12 am 2 British teenagers suspected of killing 18-year old in Ispwich and attempting to flee to Kenya arrested. 
  • 10:30 am A report by the Office of the Controller of Budget (CoB) shows the Kenya Kwanza govt spent Ksh14 billion on subsidies in 3 months. 
  • 10:06 am Transport CS  Kipchumba Murkomen calls for an increase in road maintenance levy by Ksh5.
  • 9:31 am Police recover decomposing bodies of 2 family members and their house help at their newly constructed house in Thika, Kiambu County.
  • 9:00 am Govt warns residents of Taita, Migori, Siaya, Homabay and Narok to brace themselves for heavy rains based on Kenya Met projections. 
  • 8:34 am Nairobi Water announces 30 estates will go without the commodity for 24 hours  on Thursday over planned maintenance.
  • 8:00 am Cabinet appoints Rebecca Miano to lead taskforce charged with addressing significant business climate challenges.
  • 7:24 am 10 counties to experience power outage today, Kenya Power announces.
  • 7:00 am 66-seater bus crashes in Londiani, Kericho County.