News Tracker

Sun, 30 March 2025

  • 12:53 pm The Inspector General of the National Police Service, Douglas Kanja, joined the Muslim faithful for Eid prayers at Business Bay Square (BBS) Mall in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
  • 12:19 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen is attending a church service at AIC Makutano in Meru County ahead of President William Ruto's Mt Kenya tour scheduled for next week.
  • 11:59 am The High Court has summoned Attorney General Dorcas Oduor and Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo to personally appear over contempt in a case where a Kenyan was awarded Ksh1.5 million in compensation, but the government failed to honor the payment.
  • 11:27 am Kisii County Senator Richard Onyonka, while showing his support for former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i in the 2027 presidential race, noted that Matiang'i would be open to working with Ruto depending on his track record between now and 2026.
  • 10:55 am Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has appealed to President William Ruto to consider lowering the recently gazetted levies on the coffee value chain ahead of his Mt Kenya tour scheduled to kick off on Tuesday next week. 
  • 10:26 am The Kiambu County Government revoked the appointment of four members of the Ward Education Bursary Committee and replaced them immediately; the reason for their dismissal was not made public.
  • 9:49 am Former Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi has declared he will file a petition against the criminalisation of the growing, processing, sale, and usage of marijuana next week.
  • 9:19 am Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has defended the government's decision to dispatch peace emissaries to foreign nations, including South Sudan, emphasising that Kenya's involvement in regional peace efforts is a proactive measure to prevent instability from spilling over into the country.
  • 8:43 am Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has directed restaurants, hotels, and markets across the country to set up designated smoking zones.
  • 8:23 am Detectives arrested four additional suspects in the ongoing investigation into the assault of a woman during her estranged husband's burial in Nyamira County.
  • 7:58 am Health CS Aden Duale constitutes the 19-member National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) Pending Medical Claims Verification Committee to address the backlog of unsettled medical claims accumulated between July 1, 2022, and September 30, 2024, establishing a clear framework to determine their validity. 
  • 7:21 am Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot confirms that Parliament intends to pass a law that will halt funds to the county governments that are mismanaging their budgets until they develop a clear blueprint on how they will balance development projects and pay salaries.

Sat, 29 March 2025

  • 7:44 pm Raila Odinga has expressed displeasure after the South Sudan government denied him access to talk to the country’s first Vice President, Riek Machar, who is currently under detention.
  • 7:17 pm KeNHA has arrested a suspect found vandalising reinforcement bars along the Miritini-Kipevu road.
  • 6:18 pm A severe cholera outbreak has been reported in Kiambu County after several residents were rushed to the Kiambu Referral Hospital showing symptoms of the fatal waterborne disease.
  • 5:44 pm Over 160 companies dealing in different products and services are set to close their doors over the next three months, according to the registrar of companies.
  • 5:19 pm Police have arrested three people, including the purported husband, in connection to the brutal murder of a 17-year-old refugee girl who was forcibly married to a 55-year-old man. 
  • 4:42 pm Governor Johnson Sakaja has placed the blame on the political elite for the growing resentment and frustration seen among the youth of Kenya.
  • 4:19 pm Ruto has appointed former Nandi Woman Representative Tecla Chebet Tum to be a member of the Technical Working Group on Gender-based Violence (GBV), including femicide.
  • 3:39 pm Health CS Aden Duale has formed a 19-member committee to serve for three months, chaired by James Masiro, to review pending NHIF claims.
  • 3:10 pm Ruto has appointed former Lunga Lunga MP Khatib Mwashetani as the chair of the Board of Directors of the NTSA.
  • 2:56 pm Fear has gripped the residents of Ongata Rongai after CCTV footage of a lioness hunting in the Tuala area emerged online on Friday night.
  • 2:05 pm Kenya and the United Nations are in discussion to make the JKIA a regional humanitarian hub, which will significantly raise the airport's global standing and revenue generation. 
  • 1:41 pm Attorney General Dorcas Oduor gazettes a five-member selection panel for appointing members of the Waqf Commission, which, among other things, manages Islamic endowments.
  • 1:11 pm Gachagua has asked CDF General Charles Kahariri to stay out of politics and instructed him to “go back to the barracks” days after his warning over the ‘Ruto Must Go’ chants.
  • 12:43 pm Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya has expressed fear for his life following a recent incident where goons almost attacked him at a funeral in the Kiminini Constituency.
  • 12:08 pm Gachagua has cautioned Mt Kenya residents against believing President William Ruto’s promises when he visits the region next week.
  • 11:35 am Police in Kwale County have arrested 120 suspects linked to the machete-wielding criminal gang known as panga boys.
  • 11:10 am Two middle-aged men have been sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment each for sodomising a 16-year-old boy in Kericho County in 2023.  
  • 10:50 am A bus belonging to Super Metro has been involved in a road accident with a personal vehicle on Thika Road that resulted in the bus overturning and landing in a ditch.