News Tracker

Fri, 13 October 2023

  • 12:15 pm President William Ruto chairs a Cabinet meeting, the second in under a week, at State House, Nairobi.
  • 11:50 am Court of Appeal suspends contempt orders against Sarrai Group managers in the battle over Mumias Sugar.
  • 11:48 am Ministry of Education releases the 2024 calendar for schools.
  • 10:42 am A woman in Migori is nursing injured after armed men posing as police shot her in front of her children. 
  • 10:15 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will address the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) women's congress at the Bomas of Kenya.
  • 9:46 am Pastor Ezekiel Odero will today appear before the Senate Ad Hoc committee to answer questions regarding his church and its activities.
  • 9:06 am ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna says that Azimio senators don't attend Parliament sessions with cabinet secretaries because they are unconstitutional.
  • 8:38 am Judiciary gazettes new guidelines on timely processing of payment of fines and cash bail.
  • 8:01 am Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Martha Karua to attend the Turkana Cultural Festival.
  • 7:45 am EACC arrests a senior Education Ministry official after he created a fake school to receive government funding. 
  • 7:18 am UK police release preliminary findings on Kenyan plane intercepted by military jet following security scare. 

Thu, 12 October 2023

  • 6:59 pm Kenya Airways confirms that its plane was diverted in the UK over security threats. 
  • 6:30 pm Jeremiah Kioni refutes reports that President (Rtd) Uhuru Kenyatta will tour the Mt Kenya region. 
  • 5:37 pm Ministry of Agriculture has developed and published the Crops (Miraa) Regulations 2023 to promote, develop and regulate the miraa industry.
  • 5:30 pm Interior Ministry says that the government is actively working to enhance its border security. 
  • 4:41 pm 10 suspects arrested in relation to Sondu killings. 
  • 4:00 pm National Dialogue Committee agrees to create the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary and Opposition Leader.
  • 3:45 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki pledges to advocate for compensation on behalf of the 1998 bomb blast victims.
  • 3:00 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reveals govt plans to install a security system at border crossings that will be used to profile foreigners coming into the country.
  • 2:39 pm Turkana Governor Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai ditches ODM for UDA.
  • 2:20 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga expected to visit Lodwar on Friday to attend for the annual Turkana Cultural Festival.
  • 1:10 pm Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the government is on standby to evacuate Kenyans from Israel at the slightest notice. 
  • 1:03 pm Police arrest 5 people for allegedly assaulting Kirinyaga Woman Representative Jane Njeri Maina in Kirinyaga County on August 22.
  • 12:39 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki confirms Inspector General Japhet Koome and the National Police Service Commission (NSPC) led by Eliud Kinuthia have resolved their differences.
  • 12:02 pm Environment Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya says the govt has initiated investigations into suspected corruption at the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) a day after President William Ruto sacked 23 staffers at the agency for the same reasons. 
  • 11:31 am CBK Governor Kamau Thugge discloses plans to repurchase a quarter of Kenya's Ksh 298.1 billion Eurobond, set to mature in 2024, before the end of this year.
  • 11:15 am 3 suspected criminals stoned to death at Kamukuywa market in Bungoma County.
  • 10:30 am Court dismisses a case challenging the release and planting of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) maize in Kenya.  
  • 10:00 am The Environment Court extends the ban on logging.
  • 9:45 am ODM opposes govt's plan to deploy police to Haiti; maintains the move is ill-advised and undermines the spirit of Pan Africanism.