News Tracker

Thu, 13 July 2023

  • 2:24 pm Two people succumb to gunshots sustained during Wednesday's anti-govt protests. 
  • 1:47 pm Only 30.8% of Kenyans believe in President William Ruto's leadership. New research shows.
  • 1:26 pm 56% of Kenyans believe Kenya is headed in the wrong direction, new TIFA poll shows.
  • 12:44 pm Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr asks IPOA to investigate shooting of 18-year-old boy during anti-gov't protests in Emali.
  • 12:12 pm The Delhi High Court in India revives case of media magnate who went missing while vacationing in Kenya.
  • 11:43 am The government lifts Matatu ban on the Nairobi Expressway under strict conditions.
  • 11:12 am Trade CS Moses Kuria maintains govt will still evict squatters from East Africa Portland Cement land despite alleged sponsored protests in Mlolongo.
  • 10:14 am Lamu residents flee their homes over rising insecurity. Some schools converted into makeshift camps.
  • 10:12 am President Ruto's economic advisor David Ndii says the govt will not reverse policies despite protests.
  • 9:45 am Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi claims the govt is losing Ksh650 million in tax revenues due to the Finance Act petition. 
  • 9:07 am Mavoko MP Patrick Makau arrested over Mlolongo protests.
  • 8:59 am Trade CS Moses Kuria shrugs off concerns over country's investment climate saying investors are trooping to the country in masses despite protests.
  • 8:41 am Nairobi Expressway temporarily halts services at Mlolongo, Syokimau and SGR toll stations after they were destroyed by protesters.
  • 8:26 am Human rights body warns police against using excessive force while quelling anti-government protests
  • 7:48 am ODM SG Edwin Sifuna advocates for Azimio protests to run on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday every week.
  • 7:17 am Kenyans offer Ksh51.76 billion in bids to buy government bonds floated by President William Ruto regime.

Wed, 12 July 2023

  • 6:34 pm Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha confirms the exhumation of 12 more bodies from Shakahola Forest raising the death toll to 372.
  • 6:08 pm Six people killed in Mlolongo, Kitengela, Emali and Sondu during countrywide protests.
  • 5:57 pm 30 pupils from Kihumbuini Primary School rushed to hospital after sustaining injuries from teargas.
  • 5:18 pm Former Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Mureithi and former Laikipia West MP aspirant Sarolyne Wanjiku arrested by anti-riot police officers.
  • 4:23 pm Former President Uhuru Kenyatta takes part in the second Executive Consultative Technical team meeting at the Serena Hotel in Goma, DRC. 
  • 4:15 pm Trade CS Moses Kuria secures 10,000 jobs for Kenyans in the Middle East during his meeting with 30 Saudi Arabia tycoons.
  • 3:58 pm Protesters break into a supermarket in Kitengela during demonstrations.
  • 3:38 pm DCI detectives track down a former GSU officer two years after he robbed a bank and stole an unknown amount of cash.
  • 3:08 pm Fire breaks out at Kisumu's Juakali area as protestors engage police in Kondele and Kachok.
  • 2:53 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga cancels his much anticipated Kamukunji rally, accuses police of injuring protesters.
  • 2:15 pm Police engage in a high-speed chase with former Kakamega governor, Wycliffe Oparanya, in Mumias. 
  • 1:40 pm One person feared dead as protesters torch police car at Emali along Nairobi-Mombasa Highway.
  • 1:21 pm Police block Martha Karua, Peter Munya and Jeremiah Kioni from accessing a hotel for a press conference in Meru. 
  • 12:45 pm Protests erupt in Uasin Gishu and Nandi counties.