News Tracker

Wed, 07 June 2023

  • 12:25 pm Embu MCAs suspend sittings indefinitely demanding salary increments.
  • 11:55 am World Bank commends new tax measures President William Ruto implemented to sustain the economy.
  • 11:10 am Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru  skips Senate Committee grilling to clarify a Ksh65.7 billion pension fund probe.
  • 10:28 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki praises officers in the North Rift for restoring sanity in the area.
  • 9:32 am World Bank praises President William Ruto for new tax and economic recovery measures.
  • 8:33 am President William Ruto graces the National Prayer Day at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi.
  • 7:25 am Health CS Susan Nakhumicha and PS Peter Tum dragged into the KEMSA Ksh3,7 billion scandal. 
  • 6:50 am Preparations for National Prayer Day underway at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi.

Tue, 06 June 2023

  • 5:58 pm Kahawa Magistrate Court orders police to produce DNA results of 8 officers from disbanded SSU squad
  • 5:37 pm Two people Killed, one left with serious injuries after water truck hits boda boda rider along Sagana-Kagio road in Kirinyaga. 
  • 4:00 pm Nominated MP Sabina Chege's wing of the Jubilee Party announces National Delegates Convention (NDC) at KICC on July 22, 2023. 
  • 3:16 pm Security roads to be opened in every 100 acres of Chakama Ranch to aid in scientific search and retrieval efforts of Shakahola cult bodies.
  • 2:53 pm First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto launches Global Alliance of Cities for Road Safety on the side-lines of the UN-Habitat Assembly.
  • 2:13 pm Parliament announces, 'Reconciliation' as the main theme for the 20th Annual Kenya National Prayer Breakfast. 
  • 1:30 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reiterates that controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie should serve a life sentence.
  • 12:16 pm Former Health PS Josephine Mburu claims she was wrongly fired, tells Senate Committee that KEMSA operations are overseen by Medical Services, not Public Health.
  • 11:49 am DCI grill Kericho Governor Eric Mutai after goons invaded tea companies and torched plucking machines.
  • 11:17 am Police lob teargas to disperse a group of activists protesting at Jevanjee Gardens against the proposed Finance Bill 2023.
  • 10:49 am Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah claims that Kenya Kwanza MP offered him money over Finance Bill 2023 court case. 
  • 9:50 am Esther Passaris supports the Finance Bill, says its better to raise funds through taxes rather than loans. 
  • 8:48 am First Lady Rachel Ruto cycles from State House to the UN Habitat in Gigiri, Nairobi. 
  • 7:37 am Esther Passaris defends Rigathi Gachagua, says the DP did not vow to punish MPs who don’t support the Finance Bill 2023. 
  • 6:55 am President Daniel arap Moi's sister-in-law challenges a court ruling in which she lost 51 acres to the Moi family.

Mon, 05 June 2023

  • 6:45 pm The government signs a deal with International Finance Corporation (IFC) opening up 500,000 Acres for the implementation of the Land Commercialisation Initiative (LCI).
  • 5:29 pm Mt Kenya leaders led by Martha Karua accuse DP Rigathi Gachagua of branding the region's youth as drunkards.
  • 5:00 pm Nairobi DG Njoroge Muchiri inducts the recently gazetted Nairobi Revenue Authority board charged with all county revenue administration functions
  • 4:16 pm KenGen pays the National Treasury  Ksh.1.38 billion dividends, for the financial year ended June 2021.
  • 4:08 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua directs Governors to form committees to interrogate the pending bills within two weeks.
  • 3:43 pm High Court certifies Senator Okiya Omtatah's anti-Finance Bill as urgent for raising triable issues.
  • 2:41 pm COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli unanimously elected as the Vice Chairperson of the Worker’s Group of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.