News Tracker

Sat, 20 May 2023

  • 6:20 am Council of Governors Chairperson Anne Waiguru faults the National Government for ending Managed Equipment Service (MES) contracts.  

Fri, 19 May 2023

  • 7:26 pm Jeremiah Kioni maintains he is still Jubilee Party's Secretary General despite expulsion and insists that NDC slated for May 22 will take place as planned.
  • 6:30 pm President William Ruto warns his friends in government offices from misappropriating public funds and vows to crack the whip.
  • 5:24 pm Lawyer files suit at Nakuru Law Courts challenging DPP Noordin Haji's appointment as National Intelligence Service (NIS) director-general.
  • 4:33 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua gifts graduates from Mukurwe-ini Technical Training Institute Ksh500,000 for a party and gifts primary school kids Ksh100,000 for lunch.
  • 3:38 pm NTSA arrests Embassava tout accused of pushing minor out of moving bus along Mombasa Road on May 17.
  • 3:27 pm President William Ruto attends the funeral service of the late David Waweru Ng’ethe, MP John Kiarie's father.
  • 2:40 pm Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u revokes Victor Pratt's appointment as Revenue Benefits Authority (RBA) chairperson and replaces him with Simon Mbugua.
  • 1:47 pm CJ Martha Koome appoints Masai Mara University whistleblower Spencer Sankale Ololchike as a member of the Tax Appeals Tribunal.
  • 1:28 pm CCTV footage shows 4 suspects rob a hotel in Lodwar before opening fire on Wednesday, May 17.
  • 12:33 pm Kanini Kega expels Jubilee SG Jeremiah Kioni and Vice Chairman David Murathe and calls off the NDC convened by former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
  • 12:19 pm Judge orders DCI to conclude the probe into Ezekiel Odero's actions in 14 days after the pastor appealed to have investigation days reduced from 30 to 15 days.
  • 11:57 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki confirms that Samburu residents surrendered a rocket-propelled grenade and 96 guns during an operation against bandits.
  • 11:25 am President William Ruto appoints former Sports CS Rashid Echesa as the chairperson of the Kenya Water Towers Agency Board.
  • 10:14 am Sports CS Ababu Namwamba presides over the unveiling of sponsorship for the WRC Safari Rally at Kencom offices. 
  • 9:49 am Chief Justice Martha Koome appoints twelve people to Tax Appeals Tribunal. 
  • 8:45 am The Standard Newspaper apologises to DCJ Philomena Mwilu after the latter wins a law suit against them. 
  • 7:38 am DP Rigathi Gachagua says that UDA will be among top parties in Kenya for the next 100 years. 
  • 6:50 am Chief Judiciary Registrar Anne Amadai's accounts frozen in a Ksh102 million gold scam. 

Thu, 18 May 2023

  • 6:55 pm Esther Ngari appointed KEBS acting MD after the suspension of Bernard Njiraini. 
  • 5:32 pm IG Japhet Koome confirms that NPS eyes recruiting 5,000 police officers before the 2022/2023 Financial Year Ends in June.
  • 4:44 pm KUPPET rejects President William Ruto’s housing plan citing inadequate pay for teachers. 
  • 3:48 pm President William Ruto and his cabinet hold a meeting with the delegations from Singapore. 
  • 3:11 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua meets UDA coordinators at Weston Hotel. 
  • 2:33 pm Attorney General Justin Muturi tells court President William Ruto cannot be sued over Shakahola massacre. 
  • 1:39 pm Health CS Susan Nakhumicha orders KEMSA staff working from home to report to work on Friday. 
  • 1:04 pm President William Ruto and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hold joint press briefing at State House, Nairobi.
  • 12:40 pm DCI opposes pastor Ezekiel Odero’s request to withdraw Ksh50 million from frozen accounts.
  • 12:10 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki presides over the graduation ceremony of 200 newly trained police reservists in Baringo. 
  • 11:48 am Labour CS Florence Bore appoints Mike Macharia as Member of NSSF Board of Trustees for a period of three years.