News Tracker

Sun, 18 May 2025

  • 5:53 pm NTSA has announced plans to initiate the inspection of heavy commercial vehicles in a bid to reduce the spate of road accidents.
  • 5:27 pm Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has revealed a plot to arrest Trans Nzoia Governor George Natemebya tomorrow, on Monday, May 19.
  • 4:54 pm Martha Karua lands at JKIA after deportation from Tanzania, accusing the government of ‘collaboration’ after failed diplomatic intervention.
  • 4:20 pm Nairobi County Chief Environment Officer Geoffrey Mosiria has warned hawkers and business owners in the CBD against using the newly installed dustbins to dump their waste.
  • 3:49 pm Turkana Professionals Association has urged the national government to launch a KDF-backed operation in the county to curb militia attacks in the county.
  • 3:20 pm Health CS Aden Duale has claimed that the government does not have enough money to absorb Universal Health Coverage Workers (UHC) on permanent and pensionable terms.
  • 2:55 pm Tanzanian Authorities have deported Martha Karua after detaining her for hours.  
  • 2:19 pm Pastor James Ng’ang’a, founder of Neno Evangelism Centre, has criticised the Nairobi County government for alleged harassment, claiming they are attempting to extort Ksh10 million disguised as land rates.
  • 1:56 pm KNUT will propose a 60% salary increment and a 30% allowance increase in their CBA with the government.
  • 1:16 pm Embakasi East MP Babu Owino wants Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu barred from entering Kenya for any reason as fallout over the detention of three Kenyan lawyers at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam continues.
  • 12:44 pm The government may consider suspending Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers over rising concerns of forest encroachment, Environment CS Deborah Barasa has announced.
  • 12:07 pm Kenyan referees Gilbert Cheruiyot and Stephen Yiembe have once again been chosen for prestigious officiating positions, this time in the CAF Champions League 2024/25 final.
  • 11:50 am LSK demands that the government of Kenya write to their counterparts in Tanzania seeking clarification on why members of the council, led by Senior Counsel Martha Karua, were detained and deported back to the country.
  • 11:12 am Ferdinand Omanyala, the African 100m record holder, won the 150m race at the Adidas Atlanta City Games, setting a new African and national record.
  • 10:44 am Senior Counsel Martha Karua and two Kenyan lawyers have been detained at Julius Nyerere International Airport and are facing deportation; they were set to defend Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu.
  • 10:13 am Several people are feared dead after a Climax Coach bus crashed at Awasi along the Kisumu-Nairobi highway; rescue operations are still ongoing.
  • 9:46 am Pope Leo XIV is set to officially take the instruments of power in a ceremony at St Peter’s Square today, during the Mass of Inauguration of his pontificate.
  • 9:15 am The Kenya Forest Service has suspended the planned construction of an eco-camp within Ngong Road Forest after uproar.
  • 8:50 am Moses Kuria has dismissed claims by Rigathi Gachagua that President William Ruto has taken over his Chama Cha Kazi (CCK) party; he asked Gachagua to attack his 'political agemates'.
  • 8:18 am A Kenyan woman has been arrested in India while attempting to smuggle approximately 1.57 litres of cocaine worth about Ksh238 million.
  • 7:46 am Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has insisted that at no point will Kenya experience post-election violence similar to the one that happened in 2007/2008 in response to a warning issued by Rigathi Gachagua on Friday.
  • 7:25 am Fire broke out at the Gikomba Market at around 3am this morning; the blaze has affected the footwear section of the second market.

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