News Tracker

Tue, 11 July 2023

  • 6:23 pm Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen halts mandatory retesting of PSVs until September 1, 2023.
  • 5:33 pm Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka forgives youth who threatened him and his family during a meet-up.
  • 5:03 pm Raila Odinga stops for a meal at Kenyatta Market in Nairobi accompanied by his co-principals Martha Karua and Kalonzo Musyoka.
  • 4:45 pm High Court suspends the distribution of the Equalisation Fund amid an ongoing dispute regarding the revenue-sharing criteria.
  • 4:18 pm Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah alleges that he turned down a Ksh200 million bribe he was offered to drop his petition challenging the Finance Act, 2023, implementation.
  • 3:34 pm President William Ruto pledges to protect business and lives during the Wednesday, July 12, demonstrations. 
  • 3:06 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua wants police to arrest violent protesters. 
  • 2:47 pm The opposition urges all Kenyans to participate in Wednesday, July 12, demonstrations. 
  • 2:10 pm Machakos health workers issue a six-day striking notice. 
  • 1:45 pm Raila Odinga unveils the Tumechoka Citizens' initiative to collect signatures in an effort to oust President Ruto from office.
  • 1:20 pm Jeremiah Kioni says state officials backed the coup within Jubilee Party.
  • 12:54 pm John Lonyangapuo's Kenya Union Party to oust rebel MP David Pkosing aligned with Raila Odinga. 
  • 12:15 pm Langata MP Phelix Odiwuor to drop his official names and adopt Jalang'o Jalang'o. 
  • 11:34 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki appears before the Senate Ad hoc committee. 
  • 11:29 am Nairobi County wants politicians to pay Ksh100,000 to conduct rallies at Kamukunji Grounds. 
  • 10:50 am Iran President cancels Kenyan tour. State House spokesperson, Hussein Mohamed, confirms.  
  • 10:45 am Supreme Court gives Senators and MPs until September 11 to resolve their wrangling over mandates. 
  • 9:57 am A section of Western Kenya MPs claims PCS Musalia Mudavadi is unreachable. 
  • 9:31 am President William Samoei Ruto's two-day working tour of the Nyanza region to commence on July 23. 
  • 8:45 am Senators accuse CS Kithure Kindiki of planning to influence the Shakahola inquiry. 
  • 8:17 am Court of Appeal judges, Justices Pauline Nyamweya, Jessie Lesiit and George Odunga abolish life imprisonment. 
  • 7:46 am Miguna Miguna applies for the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) position. 
  • 7:07 am Government's plan to collect Ksh311 billion in taxes delayed by the suspension of the Finance Act 2023.
  • 6:54 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki accuses opposition leaders of violating the Constitution. 
  • 6:50 am Reports allege that Raila Odinga allies, Opiyo Wandayi and John Mbadi have fallen out.

Mon, 10 July 2023

  • 7:43 pm CS Alfred Mutua holds a telephone call with his French counterpart Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Catherine Colonna over Sudan conflict.
  • 7:27 pm Governor Johnson Sakaja inspects the construction of the Dandora Stadium ahead of opening.
  • 6:42 pm 12 more bodies exhumed from graves in Shakahola Forest, Kilifi County, raising the death toll to 350.
  • 6:27 pm Health CS Susan Nakhumicha opens the inaugural KEMSA Suppliers and Stakeholders Brainstorming Conference.
  • 6:07 pm Political Parties Disputes Tribunal upholds the expulsion of Jeremiah Kioni and David Murathe from Jubilee Party.