News Tracker

Wed, 28 June 2023

  • 4:43 pm Singapore firm and Fullcare Kenya to establish first African Ksh14.1 billion production facility in Tatu City Special Economic Zone.
  • 3:57 pm UNDP to establish the Pan-African climatech digital hub in Kenya.
  • 2:55 pm Association of Matatu Operators (AMO) boss, Branden Marshall, faults Raila's call to matatus to carry excess passengers.
  • 2:22 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua gifts Special OlympicsTeam Ksh3 million.
  • 1:49 pm Siaya Deputy Governor William Oduol claims that MCAs locked him out of his office after surviving an impeachment attempt.
  • 12:31 pm Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen unveils a plan to relocate all matatus operating at Nairobi Railway Station.
  • 11:47 am KeNHA hosts a consultative forum with North Rift leaders on solid waste management along major highways.
  • 11:35 am Kenya Motorist Association supports Raila's call for carpooling and walking to work; disagrees with the call for matatus to carry excess passengers.
  • 10:21 am DCI arrests a robbery suspect while fleeing from Nairobi with his entire family. He is accused of robberies in 5 counties.
  • 9:52 am 171 female teachers protest the five-year illegal deductions they alleged were effected by TSC .
  • 8:57 am Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga expected to open the Ksh369 million stadium in Homa Bay on Friday.
  • 8:01 am KRA estimates that 2.5 million Kenyans are yet to file their tax returns as deadline approaches.
  • 7:27 am Kimani Ichung'wah insists that Raila Odinga directive to his supporters to carpool will help ease the pressure of the shilling against the dollar.

Tue, 27 June 2023

  • 7:32 pm The Parliamentary Health Committee directs NHIF not to transfer its employees until a scandal of fund disbursement is solved.
  • 6:45 pm Raila Odinga urges Kenyans to carpool and use public transport to deny government revenue from the 16 per cent VAT on fuel.
  • 6:20 pm President William Ruto meets Royal Media Services Chairman SK Macharia at State House, Nairobi.
  • 6:01 pm President William Ruto allows UDA SG Cleophas Malala and Economic Advisor David Ndii to attend Cabinet meetings.
  • 5:10 pm Azimio la Umoja calls for civil disobedience starting July 7, 2023, including refusing to pay taxes.
  • 4:18 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga arrives at Kamukunji for the public engagement rally.
  • 3:47 pm Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta joins regional Heads of State to discuss response for DRC conflict in Luanda, Angola.
  • 3:14 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga lands at JKIA for the public engagement rally at Kamukunji Grounds.
  • 2:30 pm Narc Kenya Party Leader Martha Karua and Jubilee Secretary-General Jeremiah Kioni arrive at Kamkunji Grounds for public engagement rally.
  • 1:41 pm 4 KDF soldiers die while six others sustain injuries after their vehicle rolled along Marsabit- Isiolo Highway.
  • 12:54 pm Kenya Railways signs a deal with WS Atkins International Ltd to construct a 30,000-passenger capacity Railways Central Station.
  • 12:21 pm Embu University ranked best in Kenya and 16 globally in the Times Higher Education’s inaugural Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) university ranking
  • 11:43 am EACC flags mismanagement of more than Ksh100 million at Nairobi Water Company.
  • 10:54 am Siaya Deputy Governor William Oduol to use church elders to solve his wrangle with Governor James Orengo. 
  • 10:03 am Headteachers hold a workshop to address the delays in the disbursement of funds. 
  • 9:19 am UDA loyalists oppose secretary general Cleophas Malala's plan to audit CSs.
  • 8:37 am Police deployed in various parts of the city ahead of Raila Odinga's Kamukunji Grounds rally.