News Tracker

Fri, 15 April 2022

  • 11:50 am Incumbent Laikipia East MP, Amin Deddy, beats Woman Rep Cate Waruguru in the UDA primaries after garnering 12,743 votes against her 5,595 votes.
  • 11:32 am A group of independent candidates petition High Court to allow them form Free Kenya Initiative coalition ahead of the August 9 vote.
  • 11:12 am UDA orders a repeat of nominations in six polling stations in Kiambu's Mwiki, Gitaru and Nyadhuna wards.
  • 10:43 am 24-year-old Linet Chepkorir alias Toto wins UDA Woman Representative primaries in Bomet after beating 10 other contestants.
  • 10:20 am Senator Kipchumba Murkomen's aide, Adams Kipsanai, trounces Keiyo North MP James Murgor in UDA primaries after garnering 6,523 votes against the incumbent's 6,383.
  • 9:45 am Oscar Sudi wins the UDA party primaries in Kapseret after garnering 14,531 votes against Pauline Tuwei's 4,200.
  • 9:26 am Former Grandpa Records boss, Yusuf Noah alias Refigah, given direct ticket by DAP-K to contest for the Kibra parliamentary seat. 
  • 9:03 am Former Kameme FM presenter, Njogu Wa Njoroge, loses in UDA nominations, concedes defeat and promises to support party candidate in the Njoro parliamentary race.
  • 8:48 am DAP-K gives Bungoma deputy governor, Charles Ngome Kibanani, a direct ticket in the county's senatorial race.
  • 8:19 am Police lob teargas inside Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) tallying center in Homa Bay at the wee hours of Friday morning after chaos erupt.
  • 8:05 am Kirinyaga Woman Rep, Purity Ngirici, resigns from Jubilee Party, to contest for the gubernatorial post as an independent candidate.
  • 7:48 am UDA National Elections Board (NEB) Chairman, Anthony Mwaura, says he has made enemies over the party primaries conducted on Thursday, April 14.
  • 7:23 am Bobasi parliamentary aspirant, Lucas Mogoa, was arrested on Thursday evening for allegedly stealing ballot papers during the UDA nominations.
  • 7:11 am Former Energy CS and Kericho gubernatorial hopeful, Charles Keter, says UDA nominations were the best primaries he ever witnessed in his political career.
  • 6:49 am Deputy President William Ruto says UDA delivered free, fair and credible nominations despite the few challenges at the start of the exercise.
  • 6:37 am President Uhuru Kenyatta says he has not been campaigning for Raila Odinga since the officially gazetted campaigns period was not yet.

Thu, 14 April 2022

  • 8:03 pm Former Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto says his Chama Cha Mashinani did not sign Kenya Kwanza coalition deal because he supports DP William Ruto unconditionally
  • 7:22 pm Goons destroy UDA ballot materials at Kipture primary school polling station, Emgwen constituency, Nandi county
  • 7:02 pm Independent candidates move to court demanding to be allowed to form their own coalition.
  • 6:50 pm Residents of Gakawa Ward in Kieni, Nyeri county demonstrate at a polling centre. Claim that voting materials for the United Democratic Alliance party primaries were not delivered. 
  • 6:45 pm Suna East MP, Junet Mohamed, claims that National Assembly Speaker, Justin Muturi, is in line to be the Deputy President William Ruto's running mate.
  • 6:25 pm United Democratic Alliance says that 5,000 aspirants targetting 888 positions participated in the party primaries across 16,513 polling stations in 36 counties. The party employed 49,811 election staff.  
  • 6:18 pm Bomet senatorial aspirant, Wilson Sossion, speaks against rigging in the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party primaries. Says his team tracked pre-marked ballot papers meant to favour his rivals. 
  • 6:03 pm Wiper opposes the expansion of the Azimio-One Kenya alliance decision making organ from seven to 11 claiming that the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) enjoys a majority share in the organ. 
  • 5:38 pm United Democratic Alliance's (UDA) National Election Board says the party primaries were 99 per cent successful.
  • 5:13 pm Kwale County Deputy Governor Fatuma Achan handed a direct ticket by United Democratic Alliance (UDA) to vie for the Governor seat in the August poll.
  • 5:00 pm Kirinyaga Senate aspirant Anthony Karimi removes Jubilee Party branding from his car after the party handed his rival a direct ticket. Karimi will run as an independent candidate.
  • 4:42 pm Speaker Justin Muturi rules out the possibility of resigning during a heated debate on MP Fatuma Gedi's Suitcase Full of Evidence Against Ruto, dares those questioning his impartiality in Parliament to table an impeachment motion. 
  • 4:33 pm Kajiado gubernatorial aspirant Peris Tobiko decries "bungled" UDA primaries. Says UDA has allowed the party’s "big boys" to bungle party primaries. 
  • 4:24 pm Rowdy youths storm Ntatua Primary School in Maara, Tharaka Nithi County, destroy nomination material belonging to United Democratic Alliance (UDA).