News Tracker

Mon, 09 May 2022

  • 4:00 pm Deputy President William Ruto takes Kenya Kwanza campaigns to Samburu county as he sells the bottom-up economic model.  
  • 3:43 pm Azimio Executive Director Raphael Tuju claims they ignored governors Alfred Mutua and Amason Kingi after they discovered that the two were agents of the Deputy President William Ruto.
  • 3:28 pm Azimio National Youth Leader Alex Matere wants running mate interviews stopped for affiliate parties.
  • 2:55 pm Former State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita accuses Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka of dividing the Kamba people, after breaking an oath he took at retired president the late Daniel Moi's home.
  • 2:33 pm Businessman Suleiman Shahbal maintains he's in Azimio after his former running mate Selina Maitha joined Deputy President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza.  
  • 2:02 pm Kilifi County Speaker Jimmy Kahindi joins Kenya Kwanza from Azimio - One Kenya Alliance  
  • 1:55 pm Eldas MP Adan Keynan says Raila Odinga's goverment will address the education crisis in Northern Kenya should the Azimio flag-bearer win August polls.
  • 1:33 pm Deputy President William Ruto Welcomes Machakos governor Alfred Mutua to Kenya Kwanza, says Kenyans have rejected political blackmail, deceit and conmanship.  
  • 1:10 pm NARC Kenya party leader Marth Karua and Murang'a Woman Rep Sabina Chege attend Azimio running mate interviews underway in Nairobi.
  • 12:40 pm Azimio flag-bearer Raila Odinga set to address a political rally in Kajiado county later this afternoon after holding talks with opinion leaders.  
  • 12:07 pm Former ODM gubernatorial aspirant Suleiman Shabhal's running mate Selina Maitha joins Kenya Kwanza, announces Deputy President William Ruto.
  • 11:10 am Machakos governor and Maendeleo Chap Chap party leader, Alfred Mutua joins Kenya Kwanza Alliance.  
  • 10:29 am Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu confirms that Deputy President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza alliance was officially registered on Sunday.  
  • 9:38 am IEBC says it has no mandate to reduce the number of presidential aspirants but can only subject them to processes that eliminate them. 
  • 9:14 am Barrack Muluka  argues that if Azimio settles on Kalonzo Musyoka as its running mate, then Raila Odinga should forget Mt. Kenya West votes.
  • 8:52 am Safina Presidential aspirant Jimi Wanjigi says voting for either Azimio or Kenya Kwanza is like re-electing President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto.  
  • 8:31 am Deputy President  William Ruto assures Kenyans that his government will lower the cost of fertilizer from Ksh 6,000 to Ksh 2,500 starting August.
  • 8:03 am Former NCIC Commissioner Prof. Gitile Naituli claims the problem with Azimio is its chairman, President Uhuru Kenyatta.
  • 7:41 am Prof. Abdi Guliye clarifies that IEBC did not lock out any independent candidate, says the Commission worked throughout the long holiday to beat the deadline.
  • 7:10 am Machakos Governor and Maendeleo Chap Chap leader Alfred Mutua to announce his next move, after accusing Azimio coalition of leaving his party in the dark.

Sun, 08 May 2022

  • 8:05 pm Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua threatens to quit the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya running mate selection panel.
  • 7:25 pm DP Ruto's financer, businesswoman Mary Wambui accuses President Uhuru Kenyatta of running a colonial government.
  • 6:40 pm Former Presidential candidate Joseph Ole Kiyiapi urges Raila's Running Mate Selection Panel to exercise more discretion in its dealings, advocates for a woman DP
  • 5:57 pm Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria vows to mobilise voters not to re-elect Cherang'any MP Joshua Kutuny, a vocal critic of DP William Ruto
  • 5:10 pm UDA MCA Candidate for Sambirir Ward Mark Bowen dead after he was found unconscious along Eldoret-Malaba Road on Saturday morning. Police have launched investigations to ascertain the cause of death.
  • 4:32 pm DP William Ruto's wife, Rachel Ruto, urges Rift Valley residents to adopt six-piece voting pattern and vote for UDA candidates at all levels
  • 3:56 pm Amani National Congress (ANC) announces revision of nominated candidates to align with the two-thirds gender Rule. Orders interested candidates to apply by Monday, May 9 at 9:00 a.m.
  • 3:15 pm Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua says Raila Running Mate Selection Panel will purely consider the candidate with the highest political support, without the whims of emotions and friendships
  • 2:38 pm DP William Ruto donates Ksh 500,000 at a church service in Kitale, says it's tithe from Sugoi farm 
  • 1:51 pm Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana accuses Raila Odinga of going against an agreement with Azimio affiliate parties that there would be no zoning