News Tracker

Wed, 09 August 2023

  • 4:23 pm Bipartisan talks kick off after Kalonzo Musyoka and Kimani Ichung'wah meet. 
  • 3:47 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki says property worth Ksh5 million was destroyed during anti govt demonstrations in Kisumu.
  • 3:22 pm Lang'ata residents complain over consistent noise pollution from night clubs.
  • 2:48 pm Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu says govt will sanction schools barring students from wearing Hijab.
  • 2:17 pm Kenya Kwanza bipartisan talks team leader Kimani Ichung'wah arrives at Bomas after one hour delay for talks with Azimio.
  • 1:55 pm Journalists kicked out of the Kenya Kwanza, Azimio bipartisan talks at Bomas of Kenya.
  • 1:10 pm Kenya Kwanza bipartisan talks team leader Kimani Ichung'wah missing at Bomas. Embu Governor Cecily Mbarire holds fort.
  • 12:45 pm East African Community (EAC) moves to implement trade modalities within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework.
  • 12:04 pm Azimio bipartisan talks team arrives at Bomas for ceasefire talks.
  • 11:42 am KNCHR lobbies State to grant the Ogiek, Nubian and Endorois communities Kenyan Citizenship.
  • 11:33 am Govt increases civil servants salaries by rates ranging between 7% to 10%. Raise to be backdated to July.
  • 10:52 am Report shows 15 MPs have never contributed on the floor of the house since being sworn into office almost one year ago.
  • 10:18 am Govt moves to rein in on banditry by introducing proposal requiring officers stationed in affected areas to sign performance contracts.
  • 9:46 am Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) appeals to President Ruto to sack Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome over dead bodies procurement claim.
  • 9:22 am Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) increases park fees.
  • 8:36 am Govt to review drug resistance policies over increasing number of deaths.
  • 8:12 am Senate opens public inquiry into mounting pending bills in Nairobi County.
  • 7:53 am World Bank suspends financing to Uganda over Homosexuality Act.
  • 7:09 am Govt unveils plans to elevate Bomas of Kenya to world class standards.
  • 6:56 am SRC recommends the abolition of retreat and sitting allowances for government employees. 
  • 6:52 am Activists condemn IG Japhet Koome for claiming dead bodies were hired for protests. 

Tue, 08 August 2023

  • 7:23 pm Cabinet approves splitting of National Oil into three subsidiaries.
  • 7:05 pm Turkana County leading in acute malnutrition, report by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) shows.
  • 6:47 pm Lands Ministry owes Kenyans Ksh18 billion awarded by courts, Lands PS Nixon Korir reveals.
  • 6:22 pm Court convicts Thomas Scheller, a German national, for 81 years for defiling minors and engaging in child pornography. 
  • 5:35 pm Govt orders fresh registration of persons enrolled under Inua Jamii Programme.
  • 5:21 pm Senators issue 3-month ultimatum to Kisii Governor Simba Arati over mounting  pending bills in his county.
  • 4:47 pm Environment Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya unveils plans to cut overreliance on fossil fuels and fast track transition to renewable energy.
  • 4:25 pm High Court Judge David Majanja among 13 judges transferred in latest reshuffle.
  • 3:45 pm Opposition leader Raila Odinga and Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome clash after police boss accuses Azimio of procuring dead bodies to gain political sympathy after anti-govt protests.