News Tracker

Sat, 02 September 2023

  • 9:29 am Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu urges employers to embrace Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates.
  • 9:09 am Azimio leader Raila Odinga heads to Western Kenya.
  • 8:41 am Kenya eliminates visa requirement for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) citizens.
  • 8:07 am Court orders billionaire industrialist Jaswant Rai to pay Butali Sugar Limited Ksh507 million in damages over alleged interference in the mill’s business.
  • 7:32 am President William Ruto receives credentials from newly-appointed Ambassadors to Kenya.
  • 7:00 am National Assembly Energy Committee gives Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir 10-day ultimatum to provide a detailed report on the cause of the recent nationwide power blackout.
  • 6:47 am Govt begins fresh registration of Inua Jamii beneficiaries across the country.

Fri, 01 September 2023

  • 6:52 pm Ex-IEBC chairperson, Wafula Chebukati, opines that African countries facing coups excluded observers from their electoral process. 
  • 6:45 pm The cost of living in September 2023 grew by 6.7%, the lowest rate in the past 16 months, according to KNBS.
  • 5:30 pm KRA offers a nine-month grace period for taxpayers with interest and penalties on tax debt up to December 31, 2022.
  • 5:20 pm Mombasa Boda Boda riders praise President Ruto for launching e-bikes.
  • 4:55 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua addresses the 8th Season of the Awards of African Technical Challenge in Nairobi. 
  • 4:50 pm High Court upholds a ruling revoking the nomination of 11 UDA MCAs in Uasin Gishu county. 
  • 3:52 pm Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero among 13 individuals charged afresh with Ksh58m fraud.
  • 3:40 pm Pastor Dorcas Rigathi receives Ksh1 million from the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) donated towards the boy child program. 
  • 2:57 pm Youths challenge the county government to fully engage youths in county-integrated development plans (CIDP) for accountability mechanisms and sustainable development. 
  • 2:50 pm President Ruto signs into law the the Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and Climate Change (Amendment) Bill at State House Nairobi. 
  • 1:39 pm Billionaire Jaswant Rai ordered to pay Butali Sugar Limited Ksh500 million for damages. 
  • 1:03 pm Energy CS Davis Chirchir appears before the Energy Committee to explain the cause of the recent nationwide blackout. 
  • 1:02 pm DPP appeals the decision to set free MP Babu Owino in the shooting of DJ Evolve
  • 12:52 pm Volleyball national team, Malkia Strikers, among the sports stars set to be rewarded at Talanta Plaza in Upper Hill. 
  • 12:51 pm Ministry of Sports launches Talanta Plaza at Upper Hill, Nairobi. 
  • 11:45 am US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer visits State House, Nairobi to discuss insecurity and conflicts in the region. 
  • 11:20 am CSs Moses Kuria and Kipchumba Murkomen to receive President Ruto at the launch of E-boda boda ay Mama Ngina Waterfront in Mombasa. 
  • 10:50 am President Ruto addresses the Africa Youth Climate Assembly in Nairobi. 
  • 10:10 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja calls for the audit of defunct Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) over pending bills. 
  • 9:46 am World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge launches Ksh140,000 Nike shoe collection ahead of Berlin Marathon. 
  • 9:14 am Police opened investigations after the body of a boda boda rider was discovered in a coffee plantation near Lion’s Eye Hospital with deep cuts. 
  • 8:45 am Govt allocates Ksh1.3 billion to address passport processing hitches at the Department of Immigration
  • 8:10 am Former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya says Ksh2 million EACC officers found during a raid at his house was meant for school fees for one of his children.