News Tracker

Thu, 18 May 2023

  • 10:52 am Bomas of Kenya shuts down for scheduled repairs blocking former President Uhuru Kenyatta from holding Jubilee Party's NDC.
  • 10:17 am President William Ruto receives Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at State House.
  • 9:31 am The bipartisan talks team demand funds to facilitate its deliberations in a letter to National Assembly and Senate Speakers.
  • 8:21 am Kenya Power moves to connect 280,473 homes in 32 counties with cheap electricity starting November 2023. 
  • 7:33 am Siaya Deputy Governor, William Oduol, vows not to resign after falling out with governor, James Orengo.
  • 7:02 am A delegation from President (Rtd) Uhuru Kenyatta's mediation team to visit Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to assess peace progress. 
  • 6:58 am Shakahola cult death toll hits 227 as 15 more bodies exhumed, pending autopsy. 

Wed, 17 May 2023

  • 6:45 pm Fifteen more bodies recovered at Shakahola Forest in Kilifi County as death toll rises to 226. 
  • 5:57 pm Spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi calls on religious leaders from the coast to support boychild initiative. 
  • 5:38 pm Turkana Governor Jeremiah Ekamais Lomorukai calls on President William Ruto to intervene after 32 Kenyans were jailed in Uganda.
  • 4:58 pm LSK President Eric Theuri says they will challenge aspects of the Finance Bill 2023 in court should MPs pass it. 
  • 4:21 pm Edwin Sifuna and Hillary Sigei to represent Azimio and Kenya Kwanza respectively in discussing IEBC panel and commission reconstitution. 
  • 3:09 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja hands the keys to Nairobi City to the Mayors from Somalia hosted at the Mayors’ Forum. 
  • 2:15 pm Former Kesses Member of Parliament Swarup Mishra quits Jubilee Party, joins President William Ruto's UDA.
  • 1:16 pm Court clears DJ Fatxo in the murder probe of Jeff Mwathi.
  • 12:51 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua presides over the launch of fishing boats acquired in partnership with the European Union under the Go Blue Project.
  • 12:15 pm President William Ruto addresses Pan-African Parliament Climate Summit in South Africa. 
  • 11:49 am Education CS Ezekiel Machogu opens KUCCPS portal for 2022 KCSE candidates set to join University to apply and revise courses. 
  • 10:56 am Foreign CS Alfred Mutua cautions Kenyans from falling victim to unscrupulous businessmen promising Canadian jobs
  • 10:14 am Kenyan billionaire Julius Mwale joins list of global tycoons seeking to buy shares at Forbes Magazine in a Ksh90 billion bid.
  • 9:25 am University Fund boss Geoffrey Monari reveals that HELB will use NHIF, NSSF and Integrated Population Registration System to identify needy students for full university funding.
  • 8:26 am Former Health PS Josephine Mburu's sacking largely attributed to letter she wrote to KEMSA reportedly seeking to change net specifications tendered for.
  • 7:14 am Machakos residents stumble upon human remains at the expansive Yatta Ranch.

Tue, 16 May 2023

  • 7:05 pm President William Ruto reshuffles Principal Secretaries, Peter Tum moved to the Ministry of Sports.
  • 6:25 pm President William Ruto nominates DPP Noordin Haji as next Director General, National Intelligence Service - NIS.
  • 5:50 pm President William Ruto warns his CSs against corruption, says no one will be spared.
  • 4:26 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will be in Nyali, Mombasa County, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, for a launch of fishing boats and a Security App.
  • 4:11 pm Uproar after sugar prices rise from Ksh310 to Ksh420 in a span of one week.
  • 3:02 pm President William Ruto flies out for a two-day visit to South Africa.