News Tracker

Thu, 02 November 2023

  • 12:25 pm Helicopter pilot rescues truck driver and passengers from raging floods in Samburu after heavy downpour.
  • 11:45 am Machakos University students strike over delayed HELB loans.
  • 11:04 am Police in Migori seize bhang worth Ksh 1 million stuffed in fish sacks.
  • 10:33 am Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga claims Raila promised him the Interior Ministry which he would be occupying at the moment had the opposition leader won.
  • 10:24 am President William Ruto bids farewell to outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Kenya, Dr. Jafar Barmaki, State House, Mombasa.
  • 9:49 am 4 men arrested in Runda after luring and robbing an Australian couple of Ksh9 million in a fake gold deal. 
  • 9:20 am Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) proposes an increase in licensing fees for professionals and businesses in the sector.
  • 8:25 am Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki reveals 16,821 passports have been dispatched to regional centres for collection.
  • 8:10 am FIDA offers to represent Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza during her impeachment hearing before the Senate.
  • 7:31 am President William Ruto announces State plans to seize idle land around the country and use it to settle squatters.
  • 7:13 am The cost of servicing Kenya’s external debt goes up by Ksh216.7 billion due to the weakening of the Shilling and rising interest rates.

Wed, 01 November 2023

  • 7:40 pm Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba suspends funding for international sports events after Ruto order.
  • 7:00 pm 48-year-old man who defiled 12-year-old daughter jailed for 20 years.
  • 6:44 pm Cooperatives and MSMEs Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui lauds Kenyan who has borrowed 1,039 times from Hustler Fund in 1 year and received Ksh4.5 million.
  • 6:10 pm Garissa Court sentences police officer to 5 years in prison for shooting motorist.
  • 5:46 pm Residents of Rumuruti, Laikipia County stage protests over plan by Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi to construct a rehabilitation centre in the area.
  • 5:10 pm Chaos erupt at the Kisii County Assembly as ODM MCAs accuse their UDA counterparts of planning to impeach Governor Arati.
  • 4:33 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah ranked as best performing Senator in the country by research firm Infotrak.
  • 4:14 pm Govt begins to pilot rollout of Maisha Namba.
  • 3:48 pm Kenya Railways increases SGR fares.
  • 3:14 pm Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang says KCPE & KPSEA exams to be marked immediately after completion, with KCPE set to be prioritised. Results to be released before Christmas.
  • 2:46 pm President William Ruto to embark on a five-day development tour to the Coast later this week.
  • 2:09 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki orders crackdown on politicians financing banditry.
  • 1:46 pm Former NSSF boss Anthony Omerikwa appointed NACADA CEO.
  • 1:30 pm King Charles III visits UN Headquarters in Gigiri.
  • 12:45 pm Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria states NYS officers will cultivate govt land to boost food security.
  • 12:30 pm Activist Boniface Mwangi sentenced to two months in prison for contempt of court.
  • 11:26 am King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive at Kariakor Cemetery and lay wreath.
  • 11:16 am DCI summons NTV journalist Kenneth Ruto over GSU camp attack story.