News Tracker

Tue, 24 October 2023

  • 5:00 pm 26 Nairobi MCAs announce intentions to skip a meeting called by UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala over alleged shortchanging by senior members of the party.
  • 4:47 pm Kirinyaga Woman Representative Jane Njeri Maina proposes Bill seeking to allow students who do not meet the requirements to be admitted to the Kenya School of Law gain admission.
  • 4:30 pm Eastend Junior Academy which was started in 1993 closed due to the tough business environment in the country. 
  • 3:46 pm High Court throws out Communications Authority (CA's) decision to censure 6 broadcasters for covering Azimio's anti-govt protests in March.
  • 3:02 pm Clifford Machoka, the former Head of External Affairs and Marketing at NMG appointed the Director of Public Affairs, Communications, and Sustainability for the East Africa region at Coca-Cola.
  • 2:48 pm Sections of Eldoret to experience water interruption on Wednesday, Peter Kibet, the Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company Managing Director says.
  • 2:07 pm K24 Political Affairs Producer Dennis Khaemba dies in hospital.
  • 1:13 pm Armed bandits attack GSU camp in Kapindasum, Baringo County.
  • 1:03 pm Lesedi Developers founder Geoffrey Kiragu arrested moments after walking out of court.
  • 12:20 pm Govt to spend Ksh150 million to put up 135-kilometre fence in Kibwezi, Makueni County to arrest rising cases of human-wildlife conflict in the area.
  • 12:11 pm Azimio Principal Martha Karua smells foul play in the ongoing Bipartisan Talks; says she doesn't trust President William Ruto holding that no serious talks should take more than 30 days to conclude.
  • 11:49 am Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo says the 'one man one shilling' conversation should be at the top of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's agenda.
  • 11:12 am President William Ruto attends investment forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • 10:39 am Bolt suspends a driver who was captured indecently exposing himself while carrying female passengers. 
  • 10:38 am UN warns that gang violence in Haiti has increased to a record high ahead of the deployment of a multinational police force. 
  • 9:28 am Tinderet MP Julius Meli claims principals are forced to engage in exam malpractice after being pressured to record good performances. 
  • 9:11 am CJ Martha Koome proposes life imprisonment to be reduced to 30 years. 
  • 8:06 am Marakwet West MP Timothy Kipchumba lauds President Ruto for engaging the opposition in a dialogue, showing that he respects the rule of law. 
  • 8:01 am Embakasi West MP Mark Mwenje warns that high taxes will cripple businesses and cause a decrease in revenue.
  • 7:37 am Fuel prices expected to rise after Kenya Roads Board (KRB) proposed increasing the road maintenance levy by Ksh5. 
  • 7:32 am ICT CS Eliud Owalo says the government has earmarked Nyanza region for more development projects.
  • 6:56 am Eldas MP Adan Keynan says that if implemented, the Health Act will turn Kenya into a health tourism hub and provide basic universal health care to Kenyans.  
  • 6:50 am DP Rigathi Gachagua represents President William Ruto at the Global Gateway Forum hosted by the European Commission in Brussels.

Mon, 23 October 2023

  • 7:53 pm EACC orders Kilifi County Government to suspend Ksh103 million tender over irregularities in the awarding of the contract.
  • 7:09 pm President William Ruto holds talks with Dutch Queen Máxima in a meeting that centred around forging a partnership to fight cancer in children between the Princess Maxima Centre for Pediatric Oncology and the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.
  • 6:58 pm DCI detectives arrest 10 in Meru following a series of break-ins in bars and pubs, assorted goods stolen from the joints recovered in the sting operation.
  • 6:25 pm Alleged fake lawyer Brian Mwenda wants Law Society of Kenya President Eric Theuri stopped from representing the Society in his case, claiming that the two have a history dating back two years.
  • 5:58 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua leaves the country for Belgium for a three days official visit.
  • 5:15 pm Environment and Lands Court orders 300 Kenyans to vacate billionaire Gerishon Kirima's land in Njiru, Nairobi County.
  • 4:52 pm Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi reveals his administration is working with the National Lands Commission and DCI to recover illegally acquired land.