News Tracker

Tue, 25 July 2023

  • 6:45 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki announces government will conduct an operation at Kamalogon forest in West Pokot County to flush out bandits and armed criminals.
  • 6:27 pm Interior Ministry says 305 Law enforcement officers were seriously injured during Azimio protests.
  • 5:46 pm Govt to set up electric charging stations across the country. President William Ruto announces.
  • 5:36 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi attends the groundbreaking ceremony of the University of Nairobi's Kantaria Agricultural Technology and Innovation Centre.
  • 5:16 pm JSC appoints Hon. Clarence Awuor Otieno as the Registrar of the High Court.
  • 4:53 pm The Court of Appeal rules bosses will now be required to consult employees before declaring them redundant.
  • 4:40 pm Kenya Kwanza agrees to religious leaders' request to be included in the bipartisan talks geared at resolving the political stalemate in the country.
  • 3:50 pm Committee wants Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome questioned over freshly buried bodies in Shakahola Forest.
  • 3:30 pm Govt has procured two printers to clear passport backlog at the immigration department, Citizen Services Principal Secretary Julius Bitok says.
  • 2:55 pm United Democratic Alliance (UDA) wants the opposition's planned night vigil stopped, claiming it will create room for violence. 
  • 2:47 pm NHIF makes Ksh6b loss. Health agency attributes negative earnings to non-remittance of premiums by state bodies.
  • 1:45 pm Kenyan ambassadors to sign performance contracts, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says.
  • 1:20 pm 3 killed after four lorries collide in Narok.
  • 12:56 pm Thika records the highest jump in land prices. The Hass Consult Property Index shows.
  • 12:42 pm Man sentenced to ten years in prison for vandalising electric metre board.
  • 11:47 am Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) corroborates opposition's claims of existence of state-sanctioned special squads committing crimes during anti-govt protests.
  • 11:33 am Azimio leader Raila Odinga claims President William Ruto invited Tanzania President Samia Suluhu to mediate between the government and the opposition amid protracted political impasse. 
  • 10:55 am KNUT raises concerns over safety of Kenyan learners amid anti-govt protests. 
  • 10:16 am Maina Njenga, the ex-Mungiki leader, released on bail after pleading not guilty to five charges.
  • 9:57 am President William Ruto pardons former KEMRI director Davy Koech, sentenced to a six-year jail term for corruption.
  • 9:47 am President William Ruto signs law pardoning govt officials from prosecution for heinous international crimes. 
  • 9:09 am US eases sanctions to facilitate resumption of wheat and maize imports from Russia to Kenya.
  • 8:55 am Law Society of Kenya threatens to blacklist lawyers accused of supporting the government in unlawful detention and prosecution of protesters. 
  • 8:17 am President (Rtd) Uhuru Kenyatta says Treasury operates on a hand-to-mouth basis, with revenue coming in and going out immediately. 
  • 7:44 am Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua says he will not rely on information available on social media to respond to Sudan's General Yasser Al-Atta daring Kenya to a war. 
  • 7:21 am The house help who killed Kilifi Chief Officer, Rahab Karisa, accused of stealing Ksh32,000. 
  • 7:06 am DP Rigathi Gachagua says the school feeding programme was implemented successfully in Kenya. 
  • 6:43 am Special envoy Uhuru Kenyatta says he recognises his predecessor William Ruto as Kenya's President. 

Mon, 24 July 2023

  • 7:02 pm Mathare MP Antony Oluoch charged with subversive activities of disobeying the lawful authority.
  • 6:45 pm Baby Sagini's cousin, aunt and grandmother were sentenced to 40 years, 10 years and 5 years for gouging out his eyes.