News Tracker

Tue, 16 May 2023

  • 2:40 pm Nyeri Town MP Duncan Mathenge wants housing levy made voluntary.
  • 1:49 pm Samburu County Assembly Speaker Fred Lengees resigns after landing United Nations job. 
  • 1:07 pm Health CS Susan Nakhumicha vows to clean-up the Ministry of Health after President William Ruto cracked the whip. 
  • 12:11 pm TSC CEO Nancy Macharia says the Commission has set aside Ksh2.2 billion for the promotion of teachers countrywide. 
  • 11:26 am Yesu wa Tongaren released from police custody after the prosecution concluded that DCI findings could not implicate him.
  • 10:54 am President William Ruto confirms that Kenya will work with Colombia to enhance its capacity in the coffee value chain and increase its value addition and exports.
  • 10:02 am Siaya Governor James Orengo suspends tax collection in Usenge after traders decry harassment from the county authorities.
  • 9:16 am University of Nairobi drops by 20 slots in the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) after a high number of graduates fail to secure jobs.
  • 8:56 am Canada pledges to support President William Ruto's Hustler Fund. 
  • 8:01 am Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania make a joint bid to host the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2027. 
  • 7:10 am CAS Isaac Mwaura faults small businesses that do not pay taxes. 
  • 6:46 am Nairobi Employment, Labour and Relations Court bars Kisii governor, Simba Arati, from forming a Public Service Board.

Mon, 15 May 2023

  • 6:38 pm President William Ruto fires Health PS Josephine Mburu dissolves KEMSA Board, appoints Irungu Nyakera new Board Chair,
  • 6:06 pm Senators summon Governors Johnson Sakaja and Susan Kihika for failing to appear before committee to answer audit queries. 
  • 5:20 pm National Youth Service (NYS) recruitment kicks off across the country. 
  • 4:17 pm Spouse of the Deputy President Dorcas Rigathi promises to rehabilitate drug addicts who have voluntarily agreed to be helped.
  • 3:53 pm Six police officers injured after confrontation with more than 200 youths who were illegally harvesting tea at Finlays farm in Bomet
  • 3:28 pm President William Ruto launches AFCON 2027 East African Community Pamoja bid at State House, Nairobi.
  • 2:31 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua praises Colombian Vice President Francia Elena Marquez Mina as a true hustler. 
  • 1:30 pm CS Kithure Kindiki orders reopening of Kenya-Somalia border at three strategic points.
  • 12:23 pm Mombasa Court declines to unfreeze Pastor Ezekiel Odero bank accounts.
  • 11:54 am Police  in Nairobi arrest three suspects over disappearance of 14-year old girl at the Nairobi’s central railway terminus.
  • 10:59 am Mombasa Court rules on Pastor Ezekiel Odero’s accounts freeze.
  • 10:21 am Colombia’s Vice-President Francia Elena Marquez Mina holds talks with DP Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 9:53 am Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua seals export deal with Canada for avocados and mangoes. 
  • 9:18 am Matatu overturns at Sachangwan along Nakuru-Eldoret Highway killing five people. 
  • 8:36 am EPRA raises a litre of kerosene by Ksh15, super petrol by Ksh3.40 and diesel Ksh6.40.
  • 7:58 am Report shows that KEMSA is struggling with shortage of crucial drugs and other essential medical supplies. 
  • 7:44 am Colombia Vice-President Madam Francia Elena Márquez Mina arrives in Kenya on a three-day official visit.
  • 6:58 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki and the Internal Security Minister for the Federal Government of Somalia Mohamed Ali to host a joint press conference at 11am.