News Tracker

Mon, 05 June 2023

  • 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.
  • 2:12 pm President William Ruto implores delegates to aggressively pursue efforts to right the systemic malpractice and unfairness of the international financial architecture.
  • 1:25 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua chairs the 20th Ordinary Session of the IBEC attended by Governors.
  • 1:12 pm Senator Boni Khalwale flags off the expansion  of Kakamega Airstrip into an international airport,
  • 12:37 pm Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu skips court after being hospitalised.
  • 11:57 am Colombian Government announces job opportunities for Swahili teachers from Kenya after successful bilateral talks with DP Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 11:14 am President William Ruto confirms that all delegates attending Nairobi's UN-HABITAT assembly were transported by electric buses.
  • 10:40 am President William Ruto officiates UN-HABITAT assembly on urban agenda attended by 5,000 delegates in Nairobi.
  • 10:00 am A police officer who sustained injuries after al Shabaab attack in Mandera on Friday dies in hospital.
  • 9:29 am Tobacco packages among goods set to be destroyed on Thursday, June 5, at JKIA.
  • 8:59 am Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah urges MPs to ignore President William Ruto's threats and vote on the Finance Bill independently.
  • 8:21 am North Eastern leads as Kenya plants 6.7 million trees on 22,100ha countrywide.
  • 7:55 am One killed as lorry bound for Kakamega bullfighting event crashes.
  • 7:18 am Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing'oei announces closure of Kenya Mission in Khartoum after Sudan war persists.

Sun, 04 June 2023

  • 6:04 pm Kalonzo Musyoka supports Finance Bill but wants it tweaked to support the people's will. 
  • 5:02 pm President William Ruto and his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, vow to narrow down on MPs who will oppose the Finance Bill. 
  • 4:12 pm Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka offers support to the government's proposed Finance Bill, 2023.
  • 3:28 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reveals that the third phase of the exhumation exercise begins on Monday, June 5. 
  • 2:28 pm Leaders from Siaya County call on Senator Oburu Odinga to lead mediation talks between Governor James Orengo and his deputy William Oduol.
  • 1:24 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi says Kenya is committed to peaceful resolutions of the DRC crisis.
  • 12:39 pm Second Lady Dorcas Rigathi says she will not relent in her quest to dignify the boychild. 
  • 11:29 am President William Ruto attends Environment CS Soipan Tuya's homecoming ceremony in Narok West Constituency, Narok County.
  • 10:25 am Lawyers Danstan Omari and Cliff Ombeta condemn the move to cancel the Machakos crusade organised by pastor Pius Muiru and Pastor Ezekiel. 
  • 9:32 am Government launches Census to track and compensate Mau Mau fighters. 
  • 8:30 am Busia governor, Paul Otuoma, under pressure to explain his bromance with President William Ruto.
  • 7:31 am School principals warn of a looming crisis over CS Ezekiel Machogu's delay to release the Ksh28 billion capacitation fund. 
  • 6:58 am DP Rigathi Gachagua says the Finance Bill will pass in Parliament.