News Tracker

Fri, 27 January 2023

  • 9:45 am Trade CS Moses Kuria announces government's plan to weed cartels out schools' textbook business.
  • 8:36 am Jubilee Sec-Gen Jeremiah Kioni notes that resignation letters from Juliana Cherera and 2 others were deposited at the State House gate since they could not be accepted electronically.
  • 7:15 am Government explains that it will set up separate systems to monitor telecommunications companies' activities for maximum tax collection on a daily basis.

Thu, 26 January 2023

  • 6:05 pm Gor Mahia asks Azimio Leader Raila Odinga to reschedule Kamukunji rally to allow fans to attend Mashemeji Derby. 
  • 5:21 pm President William Ruto and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa commit to enhancing diplomatic ties. 
  • 4:36 pm Court suspends the interdiction of IEBC Deputy CEO Ruth Kulundu after wrongful dismissal.
  • 3:50 pm Salaries and Remuneration Commission denounces claims of increasing the allowances of civil servants.
  • 3:11 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga received by PS State Department for Citizen Services Julius Bitok at Immigration office to renew passport.
  • 2:48 pm Court upholds election of Kwale Governor Fatma Achani; judge finds no evidence tabled to prove voter bribery claims. 
  • 2:12 pm Siaya Governor James Orengo launches Ksh75 million bursary in honour of the late Prof George Magoha.
  • 1:40 pm Former SRC boss Sarah Serem officially takes over as PostBank board chairperson. 
  • 12:51 pm Court adjourns the plea taking of Sergeant Ahmed Rashid to February 9, 2023; orders him to undergo mental assessment.
  • 12:24 pm Death toll in Kikopey accident rises to seven as two more people succumb to injuries. 
  • 11:55 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to convene a meeting between Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza and MCAs. 
  • 11:26 am Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi meets a delegation from the police service and prisons; plans rollout of empowerment programme. 
  • 10:43 am Five people including a child killed in a road accident near Kikopey area on the Nakuru-Gilgil highway. 
  • 10:16 am President William Ruto holds talks with Morocco’s Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch; agrees to accelerate and strengthen strategic ties.
  • 9:33 am Prof. George Magoha's brother Prof. Richard Alex Nyabera to be buried on Saturday, January 28. 
  • 8:43 am Parliament flags reports of National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula ruling over CBK's regulations on large cash transactions.
  • 8:14 am Government set to spend about Ksh40 million for MPs induction in Mombasa. 
  • 7:24 am Court finds three Kenyans and one foreigner guilty of murder of Venezuelan Ambassador Olga Fonseca in 2012
  • 7:01 am DP Rigathi Gachagua meets Nairobi County MCAs drawn from the Jubilee Party.

Wed, 25 January 2023

  • 6:32 pm Cooperatives CS Simon Chelugui says more Kenyans have accessed Hustler Fund with more than Ksh15.9 billion disbursed.
  • 6:06 pm DP Rigathi Gachagua receives food donation worth Ksh124 million from The Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints to support families affected by drought and hunger. 
  • 5:00 pm MPs resume induction seminar after Treasury releases Ksh4 billion NG-CDF funds. 
  • 4:29 pm Selection panel appointed by President William Ruto to recruit a new member of the National Police Service Commission begins assignment.
  • 3:46 pm Kenya Power seeks to raise electricity tariffs by up to 117 per cent. 
  • 3:00 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome holds a consultative meeting with a delegation from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). 
  • 2:38 pm Kenyan exporters set to secure more markets in Africa when the African Continental Free Trade Area goes live.
  • 2:06 pm PS TVET Dr Esther Muoria says government will recruit 1300 technical trainers for TVET institutions.