News Tracker

Thu, 14 December 2023

  • 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.

Wed, 13 December 2023

  • 6:39 pm 3 women found murdered at their Thika home.
  • 6:09 pm KRA intercepts liquor worth Ksh3.3 million in Loitoktok.
  • 5:40 pm Govt releases Ksh7.8 million to pay 2022 Kalasha Awards winners after musician Sanaipei Tande exposed State's failure to recognise recipients.
  • 5:12 pm Cabinet recommends unbundling of electricity transmission lines to avoid recurrence of power outages.
  • 4:52 pm Kenyan bank CEOs predict further depreciation of the Kenyan Shilling heading into 2024.
  • 4:02 pm India lifts ban on sugar exportation to Kenya, after Ruto's visit.
  • 3:44 pm Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga denies calling for Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir to be sacked.
  • 3:13 pm President William Ruto chairs cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi.
  • 2:46 pm Government goes after property stashed in the United States alleged to have been accumulated through proceeds of crime in Kenya. 
  • 2:38 pm President William Ruto vows to implement the Housing Levy despite the High Court terming it unconstitutional. 
  • 1:44 pm Senator Okiya Omtatah denies absconding his duty to keep Governor Paul Otuoma in check after being accused of being too preoccupied with national politics.
  • 1:00 pm The State Department for Economic Planning spent the most money on development in the first quarter of 2023/24, a report published by the Controller of Budget shows.
  • 12:33 pm Time Magazine names 'Kitawaramba' among the global words of the year.
  • 12:05 pm President William Ruto vows to continue taxing Housing Levy despite court order declaring it unconstitutional.
  • 11:42 am ODPP announces govt intentions to recover stolen public funds stashed in the US.
  • 11:25 am Energy CS Davis Chirchir and his Gender counterpart Aisha Jumwa ranked as worst performing CSs by research firm Tifa. 
  • 10:44 am Mbeere North MP Geoffrey Ruku blames Kenyan MPs elected since 1963 for Kenya's current leadership mess.
  • 10:15 am Dandora couple detained at police station after reporting child's death.
  • 9:50 am NTSA to shut down the Transport Integrated Management System (TIMS) temporarily to facilitate a smooth transition on the eCitizen platform. 
  • 9:35 am CoB says President William Ruto spent Ksh2.2 billion between July to September 2023.
  • 8:19 am Govt encourages students to access higher education after allocating Ksh46 billion to the new university funding model. 
  • 8:10 am Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki warns President Ruto of alleged Kenya Power plan to sabotage his industrial parks projects. 
  • 7:19 am PCS Moses Kuria laments after being left out of the list of State honourees awarded by President William Ruto. 
  • 7:16 am President William Ruto defends the Kenya Kwanza administration accused of overtaxing Kenyans amid hue and cry.

Tue, 12 December 2023

  • 6:50 pm International banks demand liability management to refinance Kenya's Ksh300 billion Eurobond.
  • 6:30 pm Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen receives a copy from Kenyan who wrote a book about him.