News Tracker

Wed, 23 August 2023

  • 10:45 am KNUT & KUPPET differ on salary increments proposed by TSC and SRC.
  • 9:50 am Sports CS Ababu Namwamba set to appear before Parliament today. 
  • 9:45 am President ⁦William Ruto and Deputy President ⁦Rigathi Gachagua attend the Music Festival state concert at the Nakuru state lodge.
  • 8:17 am President William Ruto earmarks Nakuru and Nairobi counties for e-bikes rollout.
  • 8:16 am DP Rigathi Gachagua says nothing concrete will come out of the bipartisan talks. 
  • 7:28 am Teachers reject TSC's salary increment of between Ksh1,076 and Ksh3,000.
  • 7:27 am Western Kenya leaders divided over President William Ruto's upcoming tour of the region. 
  • 6:53 am The Ombudsman requests to have an office within the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to ensure integrity and rule of law are upheld. 

Tue, 22 August 2023

  • 6:57 pm Police ordered to produce fake Mathe wa Ngara (Teresia Wanjiru) after she missed her bail application today. 
  • 6:40 pm Kakamega County secures a deal to export 10 tonnes of fish to Italy per week. 
  • 5:48 pm Pastor Dorcas Rigathi holds inaugural training of religious leaders in Kenya to fight the scourge of HIV/Aids, alcohol and drug abuse at the Bomas of Kenya.
  • 5:23 pm President William Ruto orders Tourism CS Peninah Malonza to surrender control of the Amboseli National Park to Kajiado County. 
  • 4:56 pm Stakeholders oppose proposed amendments by Homabay Town MP Peter Kaluma seeking to allow persons accused of corruption to hold public office.
  • 4:25 pm Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong'o dismisses reports claiming eruption of fresh boundary disputes between Kisumu and Vihiga.
  • 3:46 pm Parliament begins formal inquiry into Worldcoin's data mining operations in the country.
  • 3:29 pm Embattled Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba dismisses all accusations leveled against him including neglecting sportsmen and women even as UDA politicians continue to tighten the noose on him.
  • 2:21 pm Tourism Cabinet Secretary Peninah Malonza reveals that the hospitality sector lost Ksh65 billion during anti-govt protests.
  • 2:01 pm World’s largest floating bookstore, MV Logos Hope, docks in Mombasa. 
  • 1:32 pm President William Ruto begins 5-day working tour of Rift Valley region
  • 1:11 pm Kirinyaga Woman Representative Jane Njeri Maina roughed up by rowdy youth.
  • 12:49 pm Court suspends the deregistration of Pastor Ezekiel Odero's Newlife Prayer Centre Church.
  • 12:35 pm Mwingi West MP, Charles Nguna, petitions Parliament, to examine the issue of teachers promoted to principals without salary increments. 
  • 11:48 am Kenya dispatches second cohort of 76 nurses to the UK, in accordance with the bilateral labour agreement established between the two nations.
  • 11:30 am Kerugoya residents block officers attached to Kenya Dairy Board from arresting milk vendors.
  • 10:43 am CS Alice Wahome defends the Water Amendment Bill 2023, says it originated after consultation with National Treasury & Attorney General’s office . 
  • 10:38 am President William Ruto to attend the Maa Cultural Festival today at the Maasai Mara National Reserve. 
  • 9:36 am Nyamira Senator Okongo Omogeni warns that the nation is concerned with how Kenya Kwanza is running the government. 
  • 9:30 am Kilifi North MP Owen Baya says that the government cannot help all university students. 
  • 8:50 am TSC refutes reports that it is collecting data to ascertain the number of primary school headteachers with degrees. 
  • 8:40 am The annual Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) conference in Nairobi enters day three.