News Tracker

Wed, 02 April 2025

  • 5:53 pm The government will allow Kenyans in the informal sector to set daily mobile money deductions to cater to their SHA contributions, according to Moses Kuria.
  • 5:23 pm Senator Gloria Orwoba has called for Labour CS Alfred Mutua to be fired for tolerating the increasing rates of job scams.
  • 4:45 pm Former Bomas of Kenya CEO Peter Gitaa acquitted of corruption in a Ksh8.6m procurement fraud case; court rules that the prosecution failed to prove the case.
  • 4:15 pm The government has announced a Ksh20 commission for every person that boda boda riders and community health promoters help enroll in the SHA programme.
  • 3:50 pm ODM has announced the dismissal of all county election coordinators in Nairobi County ahead of the party's grassroots elections next week.
  • 3:30 pm Ruto has revealed he is in talks with former Cabinet Secretaries Peter Munya and Mithika Linturi about a comeback into government.
  • 2:44 pm The Ministry of Lands now says the National Police Service is the rightful owner of a multi-billion shilling parcel of land being claimed by a women's group in Langata Constituency.
  • 2:09 pm Politician Maina Njenga has denied mobilizing the dreaded Mungiki sect to participate in President Ruto's ongoing tour in the Mt Kenya region.
  • 1:45 pm Former Public Service CS Justin Muturi denies President Ruto’s claim that he absconded duty and says he was fired for speaking out against extrajudicial killings.
  • 1:38 pm 5 students from Mbita Boys High School have been knocked down by a speeding personal car in Mbita town, while they were heading home for the April holidays.
  • 1:23 pm Former CS Justin Muturi has said he will not be silenced despite the fact that he was ousted from the cabinet.
  • 1:16 pm Police launch investigations after the body of a five-year-old boy who went missing three days ago was found stashed in a sack atop a house in Kitengela, Kajiado County. 
  • 12:55 pm First Lady Rachel Ruto has asked Members of Parliament to pass legislation that provides sufficient funding for specialized classes in the country. 
  • 12:23 pm Govt set to appeal court judgement against paying school fees via e-Citizen.
  • 11:55 am Chief Justice Martha Koome has called on the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to take a firm stand against incitement, hate speech and ethnic profiling.
  • 11:25 am Human rights and lobby groups have strongly condemned remarks made by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, who recently linked Kenyan youth social media activism to mental health challenges.
  • 10:59 am Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya is facing intense scrutiny from the Senate County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee over severe financial irregularities at Kitale Referral Hospital.
  • 10:30 am President William Ruto has revoked the appointment of former Principal Secretary and the current chairperson of the Kenyatta International Conference Centre(KICC), Irungu Nyakera.
  • 9:59 am President William Ruto has urged the Nairobi-Luanda peace facilitation team, including former President Uhuru Kenyatta, to assist the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) peace envoys in engaging Rwanda to support peace restoration efforts in the DRC.
  • 9:20 am The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that six regions in the country are at risk of experiencing floods and landslides following enhanced rainfall expected this month.
  • 8:59 am At least four people, including three pupils, have been confirmed dead following a road accident in the Kibuon area of Nyakach, along the Sondu-Katito highway.
  • 8:38 am At least three artisanal miners have died after an abandoned gold mine collapsed in Nyaguda Sub Location, Bondo, Siaya County.
  • 7:58 am The government, through the Ministry of Cooperatives, has announced plans to roll out a new youth fund programme to empower young Kenyans nationwide.
  • 7:30 am The National Assembly Committee on Education has pressed the University of Nairobi (UoN) management for answers regarding governance, financial sustainability, and debt upwards of Ksh12 billion.

Tue, 01 April 2025

  • 6:50 pm KRA has announced plans to simplify the tax return processes, including the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) filing system.
  • 6:10 pm The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has imposed a four-year ban on Kenyan marathoner Brimin Kipkorir after he tested positive for prohibited substances.
  • 5:43 pm The proprietors of a Nairobi beauty clinic at the centre of an alleged botched cosmetic procedure that led to the death of Lucy Wambui Ng’ang’a are set to face manslaughter charges.
  • 5:27 pm Senators have proposed to devolve the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to generate more accurate data.
  • 4:40 pm Health CS Aden Duale has promised to transition UHC workers with over five years of service to permanent and pensionable terms.