News Tracker

Mon, 10 July 2023

  • 4:58 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki directs security officers to arrest individuals disturbing public peace during Wednesday's Azimio protest.
  • 4:25 pm President William Ruto to set up a passport application center in Garissa town.
  • 3:33 pm President William Ruto implores the parties in the Sudan conflict to declare and observe an unconditional ceasefire.
  • 3:06 pm High Court declines to set aside orders suspending the Finance Act 2023, orders files be submitted to CJ Martha Koome to appoint a judge bench for hearing.
  • 2:39 pm Milimani High Court Judge Mugure Thande now delivers the ruling on Finance Act 2023.
  • 2:21 pm 73 demonstrators arrested during Friday's Saba Saba protests released from police detention.
  • 1:55 pm Raila Odinga visits the statues of Tom Mboya and Dedan Kimathi after a matatu ride in Nairobi.
  • 1:39 pm US Embassy in Nairobi awards higher education scholarships to Kenyan youth.
  • 12:12 pm Governor Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir reveals Mombasacare initiative provides free healthcare for 15,000 needy households.
  • 11:54 am Martha Karua explains that the 10 million signatures under the Azimio drive will be used to show number of Kenyans supporting protests, not impeachment.
  • 11:07 am President William Ruto chairs the inaugural IGAD Quartet on Sudan in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 
  • 10:43 am Azimio leader Raila Odinga boards a matatu along Ngong-Nairobi Road on his way to work.
  • 10:03 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki holds a security briefing with Eastern Regional, Meru County, and Tharaka Nithi County Security and Intelligence Committees.
  • 9:48 am 1 person killed at Ngata Bridge after truck rams into a matatu with six passengers before bursting into flames.
  • 9:14 am Former Senatorial aspirant Zablon Mathenge beaten up and his leg broken by auctioneers sent to repossess his car.
  • 8:48 am Lady Justice Thande to rule on Okiya Omtatah's Finance Act 2023 case on Monday at 2pm.
  • 8:08 am All taxi-hailing apps announce a countrywide strike scheduled for Wednesday, July 12, over increased fuel prices.
  • 7:43 am The US Army takes out 10 al Shabaab terrorists during an operation encompassing Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and Somali National Army (SNA).
  • 7:01 am Trade CS Moses Kuria vows to personally protect President William Ruto from attacks.

Sun, 09 July 2023

  • 7:49 pm The number of deaths from Friday's Saba Saba protests rise to 6, and several others are still hospitalised.
  • 6:51 pm Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo claims EPRA Managing Director should be jailed for raising fuel VAT to 16% in defiance of court directive.
  • 6:29 pm Kenya Health Professional Society (KHPS) threaten all health workers' strike beginning Thursday, July 13 if government fails to employ 20,000 more health workers.
  • 5:39 pm Three people die after an ambulance they were travelling in veered off Marsabit-Moyale Highway in Marsabit County.
  • 4:54 pm President Ruto's mother, Sarah Cheruiyot, and brother, David Samoei, attend Mosop MP Abraham Kirwa's dowry negotiation ceremony.
  • 4:31 pm Kiambu Government headed by Kimani Wamatangi rolls out his county's Ksh168 billion development plan.
  • 3:54 pm Kenyan Commissioner holds crisis meeting with Ugandan authorities after two fishermen were shot dead on Lake Victoria.
  • 3:25 pm UDA SG Cleophas Malala vows to dethrone former Prime Minister Raila Odinga should he try to overthrow the government.
  • 2:58 pm Catholic priest, attached to Ruai Parish, dies under mysterious circumstances in Murang'a County.
  • 2:23 pm 35 individuals arrested during the Friday Saba Saba protests released.
  • 1:48 pm Members of KNUT threaten to go on strike in 14 days if TSC fails to review salaries.