News Tracker

Thu, 10 August 2023

  • 5:26 pm National Assembly Energy Committee probes high cost of electricity.
  • 5:03 pm The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) shuts down 44 health facilities in Nakuru County.
  • 4:45 pm Former Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed to lead election observer team for the upcoming Zimbabwean presidential election scheduled for August 23.
  • 4:33 pm Prices of eight food items including; vegetables, potatoes and milk to reduce this month, the Agricultural Sector Survey released by the Central Bank of Kenya shows.
  • 3:55 pm Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino suspended from Parliament for four sittings for causing a scene.
  • 3:41 pm Correctional Services Principal Secretary Salome Wairimu says govt is planning to decongest prisons by releasing remandees.
  • 2:58 pm National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi claims farmers in Homa Bay and Siaya are not receiving subsidised fertiliser.
  • 2:14 pm Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago records statement with the DCI over Finland scholarship saga.
  • 1:56 pm Paul Mackenzie and his co-accused persons detained for a further 47 days.
  • 1:50 pm Operation Linda Ugatuzi, a lobby group, moves to court seeking to block the government from taking more loans until the government publishes a debt register.
  • 12:46 pm KUCCPS says more than 30,000 candidates will not secure KMTC admission due to limited vacancies.
  • 12:39 pm Matungulu MP Stephen Mule dares Inspector General Japhet Koome to reveal names of opposition politicians who procured dead bodies from morgues.
  • 11:49 am Bungoma Governor Ken Lusaka accuses his predecessor Wycliffe Wangamati of hiring staff without clear job descriptions.
  • 11:30 am Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko claims he is a major player in the Kenya Kwanza govt despite not having any official position in President William Ruto's administration.
  • 10:47 am Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba claims her passport was confiscated to stop her from attending conference in Geneva after she blew whistle on Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Parliament.
  • 10:27 am 1.37 million Kenyans are living with HIV, report shows.
  • 9:53 am Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu announces that teachers will receive their pension within 6 months. 
  • 9:24 am Vihiga parents complain of bounced bursary cheques issued by county government.
  • 8:45 am Terrorists destroy communication mast in Mandera.
  • 8:31 am ODM Chairman John Mbadi asks party rebels to resign and seek fresh mandate from their constituents.
  • 7:42 am Uganda accuses World Bank of exploiting its power to force the country to change its anti-gay law.
  • 7:08 am Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu reveals his ministry owes publishers Ksh5.36 billion.
  • 6:55 am Kenya agrees to swap convicted criminals with Mozambique

Wed, 09 August 2023

  • 7:45 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki says govt is finalising investigations and narrowing down on Worldcoin officials responsible for harvesting data in Kenya.
  • 7:25 pm  National Assembly approves motion authorising eviction of squatters from government land. 
  • 6:47 pm Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen reveals Kenya and Somalia have signed bilateral air services agreement.
  • 6:25 pm Nairobi Majority leader Peter Imwatok claims DCI officers stole Ksh286 million from him during his arrest.
  • 5:47 pm Morticians slam Inspector General Japhet Koome over dead bodies procurement claim.
  • 5:15 pm MPs grill NHIF CEO Samson Kuhora over Ksh4.2 billion ICT system.
  • 4:50 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki wants WorldCoin staff extradited to Kenya to record statements