News Tracker

Wed, 02 August 2023

  • 3:30 pm MPs call for tighter regulations after WorldCoin mines data from Kenyans without approval from relevant agencies.
  • 2:39 pm Teso South MP Mary Emase reportedly arrested for making remarks interpreted to be hate speech.
  • 2:01 pm President William Ruto blames sugarcane shortage for skyrocketing sugar prices.
  • 1:44 pm Government to deliver 100,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser to farmers at a subsidised cost of KSh 2,500, President William Ruto announces.
  • 1:16 pm Water Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome tells Senators that government is unlikely to fulfill President William Ruto's promise to build 100 dams across the country.
  • 12:49 pm Kenya Kwanza unveils team for dialogue with Azimio. Govt side to be led by National Assembly Leader Kimani Ichung'wah and his Senate Counterpart Aaron Cheruiyot.
  • 12:30 pm President William Ruto has been in contact with Sudan General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir SingOei reveals.
  • 11:59 am University Fund releases requirements checklist for applying for financing in the new model.
  • 11:25 am Police Reforms Working Group calls out Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha over pronouncement ordering transfer of Matisi OCS John Thuo. 
  • 10:48 am ICT CS Eliud Owalo pledges to regulate explicit content aired live on TikTok. 
  • 10:26 am Police disperse crowds queuing to register with American tech firm, WorldCoin
  • 9:35 am Interior CS Prof Kindiki Kithure meets National Assembly Education Committee to discuss security for Teachers in areas experiencing insecurity.
  • 9:28 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki suspends WorldCoin operations countrywide. 
  • 8:50 am ICT CS Eliud Owalo clarifies that WorldCoin has not breached any data laws in Kenya. 
  • 8:22 am Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi graces the Key Government Stakeholders Meeting at Serena Hotel. 
  • 7:38 am Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero says President William Ruto wants State employees to be committed to service delivery. 
  • 7:19 am US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, praises President Ruto for considering deploying 1,000 police officers to Haiti. 
  • 6:57 am Kakamega ODM leaders want DP Rigathi Gachagua blocked from attending the peace talks between President Ruto and Raila Odinga.
  • 6:46 am Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen says the government employee banned by President William Ruto was already dismissed. 
  • 6:34 am Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru slams the media for reporting that she was late to the State House event. 

Tue, 01 August 2023

  • 7:57 pm National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula instructs house leadership to reconstitute Public and Petitions Committee over persistent absence of its current members.
  • 7:30 pm Cult leader Paul Mackenzie to remain in custody for two more days pending the hearing and determination of an application seeking to detain him and his co-accused for 47 days.
  • 6:49 pm Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to start printing exam papers if government implements CBC taskforce recommendations.
  • 6:25 pm CBC taskforce recommends hiring pastors and Imams in schools to promote Value-based Education (VbE).
  • 5:48 pm Angry Uasin Gishu parents take to Eldoret streets to protest against botched Finland scholarships program.
  • 5:01 pm Taskforce on education reforms recommends introduction of compulsory NYS training before university and employment.
  • 4:54 pm Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) report recommends mandatory training for all teachers who graduated before 2023.
  • 4:35 pm Azimio Coalition Parliamentary Group (PG) meeting affirms commitment to talks with Kenya Kwanza to end political stalemate for the greater good of the country.
  • 3:39 pm National Assembly Majority and Minority leaders Kimani Ichung'wah and Opiyo Wandayi threaten to remove Kitui East MP Nimrod Mbai as Chairperson of the Public Petitions Committee over constant absenteeism.
  • 3:26 pm Six Chinese citizens arraigned in court for running unauthorised mines in Kitigu, Vihiga County.