News Tracker

Wed, 30 August 2023

  • 12:46 pm Four main roads in Nairobi to be closed for two days as Kenya gears up to host African Climate Summit.
  • 12:12 pm India and Kenya enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the field of ship design and construction.
  • 11:50 am Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi scampers for safety after residents disrupted event where he was distributing bursary cheques to pupils and students.
  • 11:24 am Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba pokes holes into Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's plans to boost agricultural sector saying the initiatives are likely to fail if farmers are not involved.
  • 10:53 am Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang’wa warns Governor Kimani Wamatangi that he risks impeachment unless he changes his management style.
  • 10:46 am  Kenya Power announces planned power shutdown in 7 counties for maintenance. 
  • 9:44 am French President Emmanuel Macron praises his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto for organising the inaugural Africa Climate Summit 2023
  • 9:20 am Gem MP Elisha Odhiambo urges President William Ruto to broaden the crackdown he has initiated in the sugar industry to the energy sector.
  • 8:30 am Kenya is yet to release a statement on reports alleging that the military has staged a Coup d'état in Gabon
  • 8:30 am Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro warns that the government will not share power with the opposition. 
  • 7:47 am President William Ruto to meet farmers at Kakamega State Lodge before touring Kenya Medical Training College in Navakholo Constituency.  
  • 7:46 am Cabinet to independently investigate the cause of the recent nationwide power outage. 
  • 6:52 am Consumers will either buy tokens directly from power producers or Kenya Power in MPs' new proposals.
  • 6:52 am President Ruto officially launches the upgrading to Bitumen Standard and Performance Based Routine Maintenance of Mago - Mululu and Lusui - Vokoli Roads.

Tue, 29 August 2023

  • 7:49 pm Students under 18 years are now eligible to apply for both HELB loans and scholarships, after cabinet waives requirement of possessing national identity cards.
  • 7:33 pm Cabinet approves splitting the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) into 3.
  • 6:33 pm MPs grill Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director Captain William Ruto after Auditor General's office questioned appropriation of Ksh1.9 billion.
  • 6:10 pm Several people are nursing injuries after a KDF truck lost control and crashed into a crowd in Kerugoya Town, Kirinyaga County.
  • 5:42 pm Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale receives 15 parachutes from his Indian counterpart Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh to help Kenyan forces in combat.
  • 5:12 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome holds an engagement session in Kakuma, Turkana County.
  • 4:17 pm Athletes who represented Kenya at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary jet back into the country.
  • 4:10 pm Embakasi East MP Babu Owino acquitted in DJ Evolve shooting case.
  • 3:35 pm Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen holds crisis meeting at JKIA following blackout that affected operations at the facility over the weekend.
  • 3:10 pm A section of Azimio leaders led by Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua demand President William Ruto to retract statements he made regarding sugar tycoons.
  • 2:48 pm Kilifi County Government terminates 15-year revenue collection contract granted to a private firm. Gideon Mung'aro-led government instead introduces automated system to enhance revenue collection and reduce financial losses.
  • 2:02 pm Law Society of Kenya (LSK) raises alarm over threats issued to attorneys representing billionaire Janswat Rai. Eric Theuri-led body also criticises President William Ruto for threatening tycoons operating in the sugar sector.
  • 1:47 pm A section of teachers from Northern Kenya stage a protest at the TSC headquarters in Upperhill, Nairobi, raising concerns about insecurity and poor working conditions.
  • 1:20 pm US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mike Hammer arrives in Nairobi where he is expected to meet various stakeholders to discuss the ongoing crisis in Sudan
  • 12:30 pm Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei kicked out of the chambers over disorderly conduct.
  • 12:15 pm Senate greenlights the formation of a 10-member Bipartisan Talks team.