News Tracker

Fri, 28 April 2023

  • 6:22 pm Communications Authority of Kenya suspends broadcasting by the World Evangelism TV and Times TV associated with Pastor Ezekiel Odera and Paul Mackenzie respectively.
  • 5:17 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reshuffles police bosses in Kilifi County to pave the way for conclusive investigations over Shakahola deaths.
  • 4:44 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki vows to go full length with investigations over the Shakahola massacre.
  • 4:32 pm Raila arrives at JKIA from a Dubai trip and heads directly for a scheduled Kibra rally.
  • 3:36 pm Billionaire Mohamed Jaffer donates Ksh100 million and asks President William Ruto to launch a new Hustler Fund wholly funded by corporates.
  • 2:31 pm KDF Commander in charge of East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) Jeff Nyagah quits citing threats to his life, replaced by Major General Alphaxard Muthuri Kiungi.
  • 2:10 pm President William Ruto appoints Lieutenant General Francis Omondi Ogolla to serve as the Chief of the Defence Forces (CDF) taking over from General Robert Kibochi.
  • 1:34 pm Court detains Pastor Ezekiel Odero until May 2 as DCI detectives claim some of the bodies exhumed at Shakahola Forest originated from his church.
  • 12:41 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja appoints former CAS Mercy Mwangangi to chair the Pumwani Hospital board of directors.
  • 12:05 pm President William Ruto says there is still room for talks with Azimio's bipartisan team.
  • 11:28 am President William Ruto commissions the tarmacking of 65-Kilometre Ongata Rongai urban roads in Kajiado County.
  • 11:19 am Lawyer Danstan Omari sues National Assembly Leader of Majority Kimani Ichung'wah for defamation, demands Ksh11 million in damages.
  • 10:14 am President William Ruto reveals that SGR is working below capacity due to economic downtime. 
  • 9:16 am President William Ruto officially opens the Grain Bulk Handlers Limited in Nairobi.
  • 8:31 am President William Ruto's Cabinet estimates that it will collect Ksh2.8936 trillion in revenue in the 2023/24 financial year beating the 2022/23 financial year's Ksh2.528 trillion revenue.
  • 7:40 am Raila Odinga is expected to touch down at JKIA today and hold a procession in Nairobi CBD before addressing a rally.
  • 7:09 am 342 individuals including Kenyans and staff attached to United Nations among other agencies arrived in Nairobi after evacuation from Sudan.

Thu, 27 April 2023

  • 7:04 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua unveils government's plan to provide free NHIF cover to fast-track their rehabilitation. 
  • 6:11 pm CJ Martha Koome launches investigations on all Judiciary staff who handled controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie's court cases. 
  • 5:25 pm Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua signs a deal to build an overpass along Ngong’ Road during his trip to Spain.
  • 4:41 pm Government proposes to exempt Liquefied Petroleum Gas from Value Added Tax in the Finance Bill 2023 to promote clean cooking energy.
  • 4:13 pm "If Paul Mackenzie is a criminal, he should be treated as an individual," Second Lady Dorcas Rigathi declares as Shakahola deaths cross 100.
  • 3:51 pm Court bars Felicien Kabuga's son, Nshimyumuremyi Donatien, from taking control of multi-million villas in Kilimani.
  • 3:25 pm Pastor Ezekiel Odero's lawyer Jared Magolo maintains DCI has 'no areas to catch the televangelist on.'
  • 2:58 pm Businessman Jimi Wanjigi warns President William Ruto to curb loan defaults and avert cruel deals.
  • 2:16 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reveals Pastor Ezekiel Odero is facing criminal charges relating to the mass killing of his followers.
  • 1:05 pm MCK faults Government for barring media from Shakahola Forest, argues that the move will open the floodgates of misinformation.
  • 12:10 pm Energy CS Davis Chirchir confirms that the government is yet to use oil imported after President William Ruto's deal with a Saudi Arabian company.
  • 11:42 am Nominated MP Sabina Chege asks former President Uhuru Kenyatta to convene a meeting to address the infighting in Jubilee Party.
  • 11:15 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja proposes scrapping parking fees in Nairobi CBD on weekends.