News Tracker

Fri, 30 June 2023

  • 11:50 am Luo Piny festival goes on in Homa Bay despite a High Court ordering its cancellation. 
  • 11:34 am President William Ruto unveils Gava Mkononi, a one-stop app for all government services.
  • 10:57 am Judiciary unveils its Performance Management & Measurement Understandings Evaluation Report, 2021/22.
  • 10:21 am Azimio La Umoja leader, Raila Odinga, attends a community extravaganza at Homa Bay High School. 
  • 9:51 am Governor Johnson Sakaja reduces charges for matatus  operating outside the CBD by 50%.
  • 9:16 am President William Ruto to launch 5,000 digital services converged under eCitizen. 
  • 8:44 am Senate asks EACC to investigate embezzlement of public funds in Kitui County Government.
  • 8:27 am Main suspect in Tom Osinde's murder accused of driving his car two days before it was dumped in Narok County. 
  • 7:48 am SRC proposes increasing the salaries of the President, DP, Cabinet and MPs to cushion them against the high cost of living.
  • 7:44 am Governor Johnson Sakaja unveils Ksh40 billion budget for the financial year 2023/24.
  • 6:50 am DP Rigathi Gachagua to address the 30th Anniversary of Solution Sacco in Meru County. 
  • 6:25 am Homa Bay Town MP, Peter Kaluma, wants graft convicts allowed to hold public office.  

Thu, 29 June 2023

  • 6:47 pm EPRA shuts down petroleum retail stations after a countrywide crackdown.
  • 5:05 pm Kalonzo Musyoka meets Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, during his London trip.
  • 4:30 pm PS Peter Tum's grilling at KICC disrupted by a fire drill.
  • 3:50 pm Parliamentary Committee approves Mary Wanyonyi Chebukati's appointment as the chairperson of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA)
  • 2:57 pm One person injured as police lob teargas at Malindi Water and Sewerage Company employees during a protest.
  • 2:37 pm Trade sectoral council drawn from EAC member states is working on implementing common customs and tariffs to harmonise prices of goods across all partner countries.
  • 1:45 pm CS Rebecca Miano announces that East Africa Community member states will have a common currency starting in 2031, an extension from the 2024 target.
  • 12:40 pm EPRA announces a review of fuel prices on Friday, June 30, in line with the introduction of 16 per cent VAT on fuel.
  • 11:31 am EAC CS Rebecca Miano asks Kenyans to use water and food sparingly as climate change impacts Kenya.
  • 10:59 am Mozilla Corporation and Nairobi City County Government (NCCG) award 3 Kenyans Ksh13 million after continentwide competition.
  • 10:12 am PSC advertises a job vacancy for the position of the Director of Public Prosecutions and sets July 12 as the application's deadline.
  • 8:59 am The decomposing body of former National Treasury official Tom Osinde found in River Kuja, Migori County. 
  • 8:08 am Education CS Ezekiel Machogu reveals that his ministry will employ 24,000 teachers beginning the first week of July.
  • 7:44 am Murang'a Governor Irungu Kang'ata releases the architectural design of the Kenneth Matiba Hospital to be built on Makenji land.
  • 7:11 am Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga begins collecting signatures to overturn the Finance Act 2023 he argues is punitive for low-wage workers.

Wed, 28 June 2023

  • 7:05 pm EACC freezes Ksh27.5 million apartments at Nextgen Park and Fourways Junction owned by Vihiga County employees.
  • 6:34 pm Kisumu Shipyard hosts a team of students and staff from Zimbabwe Staff College (ZSC) during an education tour in Kenya.
  • 5:27 pm Matatu Owners Association Chairman Albert Karakacha announces fare hike beginning July.