News Tracker

Mon, 21 April 2025

  • 9:12 am Defence CS Soipan Tuya will on Tuesday launch a Counter Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering training in Nairobi, organised by the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition.
  • 8:52 am Three Haitian soldiers have been killed by gangs while on a joint security patrol with local and Kenyan officers under the MSS; scores of others have been injured.
  • 8:18 am An Indian man is counting losses after he was conned out of about Ksh1.5 million in an AI trading scheme carried out by a team of fraudsters based in Nairobi.
  • 7:47 am Former Tahidi High actress Alice Wairimu, popularly known by her stage name Alicia Nimo, is dead, her family confirms.
  • 7:29 am At least four people succumbed on Sunday evening after a septic tank caved in beneath a hall where football fans had gathered to watch a match in the Bamburi Mwisho area in Mombasa County.

Sun, 20 April 2025

  • 7:37 pm Catholic Archbishop Martin Kivuva of the Mombasa Holy Ghost Cathedral has issued a strong appeal to the government to borrow responsibly ahead of President Ruto's China trip.
  • 6:53 pm Raila Odinga promises to assist the residents of Kwale to assist the Muslim community in retaining Kongo Mosque, which has been placed on sale for Ksh1.4 billion.
  • 6:17 pm Two men, including a minor, were electrocuted to death at a 'Disco Matanga' event in Homa Bay County, with the incident occurring around 2 a.m. in an open field at a nightclub.
  • 5:49 pm One more body was recovered from the flooding in Isiolo; he is one of two who went missing after floods swept away the region on Friday night.
  • 5:29 pm Senator Ledama Ole Kina has announced his intention to rally at least 1.4 million Maasai votes in support of President Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
  • 4:54 pm Ruto has pledged to donate Ksh10 million for the construction of a pastor's plaza in Narok County, despite the growing uproar over church donations.
  • 4:10 pm BCLB has denied reports that Kenyans spent Ksh766 billion in 2024 on gambling alone, saying the government collect Ksh22.3 billion in taxes and levies from the sector last year.
  • 3:37 pm Nairobi's Geoffrey Mosiria has once again rescued a street boy who escaped from a rehabilitation centre in Kangemi during the April holiday.
  • 3:05 pm Ruto has called on Senators and MPs to grant him control over the disbursement of the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF), which is engulfed in a tiff between governors and legislators.
  • 2:48 pm Pope Francis called for freedom of thought and tolerance in his Easter Sunday address as the frail pontiff made a hoped-for holiday appearance, even circling St Peter's Square in his popemobile.
  • 2:11 pm A lion mauled a 14-year-old girl in Savannah Ranch near Nairobi National Park, and an elephant trampled a 54-year-old man in Mere Forest, Kieni East, KWS confirms.
  • 1:45 pm Residents of Raila's Bondo backyard have called for the resignation of Siaya Governor James Orengo for questioning Odinga's new cooperation agreement with Ruto.
  • 1:09 pm President Ruto gives MPs 3 weeks to return a solid Conflict of Interest Bill that he rejected last week.
  • 12:49 pm MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has released her 12-point agenda that will focus on the cottage industry while expressing her interest in contesting for president.
  • 12:27 pm Murang'a County is set to host two investment conferences in Washington DC and Boston to woo US investors to the county.
  • 11:47 am President Ruto is attending Easter Sunday church service at Ntulele, Narok, alongside CS Tuya, Governor Ntutu and Senator Ledama, among other leaders.
  • 11:17 am Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has ignited debate after claiming the country has no public debt, just days after filing a petition against President Ruto and his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta, on the same issue.
  • 10:50 am The Democratic Republic of Congo government has suspended the political party of former president Joseph Kabila.
  • 10:16 am A 3-year-old boy was discovered dead in the Wich-Lum area of Siaya County on Saturday evening; it is suspected that the child's father may have murdered him after a domestic dispute.
  • 9:39 am MP Babu Owino has opened up about his chances of contesting against President William Ruto in the upcoming 2027 general elections, saying he is the only one who can oust Ruto.
  • 9:07 am A college at the heart of Pipeline Estate in Embakasi is being probed for offering unapproved TVET courses to unsuspecting students.
  • 8:55 am Kenyatta National Hospital has flagged as fake a circulating letter claiming that the hospital was recruiting over 700 new employees.
  • 8:11 am KeNHA has announced an eight-hour traffic disruption along Mombasa Road at Katani from Saturday, April 26, to Sunday, April 27.
  • 7:44 am SHA has flagged a notice purporting to advertise several job vacancies in 28 positions as fake, warning Kenyans from applying for the said posts.
  • 7:13 am KNUT has asked TSC to be fair in the hiring and promotion of teachers amid uproar from the alleged involvement of the State House in the recruitment process.