News Tracker

Wed, 29 November 2023

  • 2:49 pm Report published by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) shows Kenyans across the board are struggling to service their loans.
  • 2:05 pm Documents show that CBK has advanced more than Ksh80 billion to Treasury in emergency loans.
  • 1:40 pm Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale criticises Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi for snubbing Senate summons.
  • 1:10 pm IMF documents show that the Bretton Woods institution has been lobbying the Kenyan government to sell strategic state corporations such as Kenya Pipeline and KICC.
  • 12:23 pm CS Ababu Namwamba bans all non-sporting activity in stadiums that will host 2027 Afcon.
  • 12:15 pm Kenya Airways to resume direct flights to Mogadishu after 3 year hiatus.
  • 11:33 am Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna argues a referendum is needed before privatisation of 11 parastatals.
  • 11:10 am Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome states govt will continue deducting Housing Levy from Kenyans' salaries.
  • 10:35 am UN asks Kenya to hasten the deployment of police to Haiti. 
  • 10:10 am JSC investigates Mumias East MP Peter Salasya, accused of issuing death threats to Magistrate Gladys Kiama.
  • 9:48 am EACC asks CSs to declare wealth by January 1, 2024.
  • 9:33 am Moja Expressway refutes claims that sections of the Nairobi Expressway are developing cracks. 
  • 8:32 am Jubilee dismisses the National Dialogue Committee report, argues that it failed to address the concerns of Kenyans. 
  • 8:09 am CS Moses Kuria warns his Interior counterpart Kithure Kindiki against issuing a shoot-to-kill order targeting alleged Mungiki sect members. 
  • 7:05 am President Ruto says affordable housing project was critical for the creation of employment opportunities for the youth. 
  • 7:03 am DP Gachagua admits that the government could have recorded less El Nino deaths had it applied precautions. 

Tue, 28 November 2023

  • 6:58 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja fined Ksh500k for skipping Senate summons.
  • 6:13 pm Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen vows to take stern action against drivers attempting to cross flooded rivers.
  • 5:51 pm President William Ruto states that the govt will comply with the High Court ruling on the Housing Levy.
  • 5:12 pm Treasury PS Chris Kiptoo hints at government plans to revive Uchumi.
  • 4:33 pm Govt introduces new measures to stop harassment of tourists at JKIA.
  • 4:03 pm 3-storey building collapses in Piai Mwea area, Kirinyaga County.
  • 3:39 pm KRA dismisses reports that it has introduced a new tax on till numbers.
  • 3:17 pm Kenya Motorists Association (KMA) expresses interest in acquiring Kenya Pipeline a day after the government announced plans to divest from the parastatal.
  • 2:09 pm High Court dismisses contempt of court case filed against EPRA Director General Daniel Kiptoo after hiking fuel prices for the month of July despite the existence of a court order stopping implementation of the Finance Act, 2023.
  • 2:00 pm Treasury PS Chris Kiptoo says govt is working on a strategy to revive Uchumi.
  • 1:30 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga attends Governor Simba Arati's thanksgiving ceremony in Kisii.
  • 1:10 pm KAA announces plans to install an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system at JKIA to stop frequent power blackouts.
  • 12:09 pm Government lawyers ask the High Court for an order to prevent Kenyans from demanding Housing Fund refunds.
  • 12:04 pm High Court declares Housing Levy unconstitutional.