News Tracker

Wed, 22 November 2023

  • 7:59 am Members of National Assembly Committee on Environment, Forestry and Mining visit the Kenya Meteorological Department to asses the El Nino rains. 
  • 7:30 am Stakeholders concerned with gambling and betting support the government-sponsored National Lottery Bill
  • 6:57 am Ann Njeri Njoroge to appear before MPs today over Ksh17 billion fuel importation.
  • 6:45 am DP Gachagua asks EACC and other security agencies to hire professionals like accountants and bankers instead of police officers, to investigate financial crimes. 

Tue, 21 November 2023

  • 7:56 pm KRA seizes 13,000 litres of ethanol hidden in 52 drums in Naivasha.
  • 7:00 pm DP Gachagua accuses Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir of neglecting families affected by floods in the Coastal county.
  • 6:46 pm Senators to grill Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u over government-to-government fuel deal.
  • 6:08 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua tears into the previous regime for harassing him over alleged Ksh12.4 billion corruption scandal; claims govt roped in an unqualified police officer to investigate him.
  • 5:33 pm Lands CS Alice Wahome states govt will not interfere with the Njiru Land saga amid looming evictions.
  • 5:11 pm Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu reveals KCPE results to be released anytime next week.
  • 4:45 pm UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala reveals the main reason why the party postponed grassroots elections was to allow admission of new members joining UDA from Kenya Kwanza affiliate parties.
  • 4:30 pm KRA denies govt has introduced a new tax on social media usage.
  • 3:42 pm EU approves Ksh3.3 billion grant for Kenya to improve the country's electricity system.
  • 3:35 pm President William Ruto receives a standing ovation after addressing the EU Parliament.
  • 2:39 pm North Eastern MPs led by Eldas MP Adan Keynan allege discrimination in the national government's El Nino response
  • 2:25 pm Siaya Governor James Orengo reveals national government has set aside Ksh1.5 billion to set up fish landing sites in Nyanza.
  • 1:45 pm DP Gachagua brokers a truce between warring factions of the African Independent Pentecostal Churches of Africa.
  • 1:09 pm Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru elected as a member of the Executive Bureau of the United Regions Organization (ORU).
  • 12:39 pm New report by the Federation of Kenyan Employers shows companies are struggling to fill vacancies and retain workers due to poor skills among job seekers.
  • 12:05 pm ODPP applies to withdraw the case filed against Solai Tragedy dam owner.
  • 11:45 am Police deny receiving reports of a man's abduction near TRM Mall despite a viral video showing him pleading for help while being bundled in an unmarked car.
  • 11:30 am A teacher tasked with distributing KCSE papers in Garissa County dies after being struck by helicopter blades.
  • 10:48 am A section of Southern Bypass cordoned off by police officers following a series of accidents that occurred simultaneously. 
  • 10:25 am Kiagu MCA Simon Kiambi from Meru County verbally resigns citing inability to deliver amid political bickering in the devolved unit.
  • 9:46 am A police officer attached to Nyakiang'a Police Station in Murang'a commits suicide.
  • 9:00 am The Kenya Water Towers Agency dismisses claims that it spent Ksh147 million on a bamboo tree nursery in Kaptagat, Uasin Gishu County. 
  • 8:23 am President William Ruto meets his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Germany.
  • 8:02 am EACC recovers 3 grabbed estates in Mombasa.
  • 7:14 am Police detain controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie for 31 more days. 
  • 7:01 am Marakwet West MP Timothy Kipchumba says the G-to-G government importation of oil was done within the confines of the law.