News Tracker

Thu, 14 April 2022

  • 9:48 am UDA moves Makunga Secondary School polling station to nearby market after failing to reach the school's principal to open the station.
  • 9:29 am UDA postpones nominations in Turkana county to April 19 due to insufficient poll materials.   
  • 9:21 am Former Bomet Governor, Isaac Ruto, says his Chama Cha Mashinani party did not sign the Kenya Kwanza coalition pact as it backs DP William Ruto's presidential bid unconditionally.
  • 9:03 am Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) maintains the decision by ICT CS, Joe Mucheru, to constitute a team to steer gubernatorial, senatorial and woman rep debates is illegal.
  • 8:39 am All incumbent Siaya legislators, Elisha Odhiambo (Gem), Samuel Atandi (Alego Usonga), Gideon Ochanda (Bondo) and Christine Ombaka (Woman Rep), win in ODM primaries.
  • 8:27 am Bomet parliamentary aspirants, Joyce Korir and lawyer Hillary Sigei, in a near fist-fight over claims of pre-marked ballot papers, residents call for postponement of primaries.
  • 8:05 am Senior Counsel Tom Ojienda says Returning Officers should postpone party primaries and address rigging reports in areas where aspirants raise such claims.
  • 7:48 am UDA nominations in Emgwen Constituency delayed after vehicles that were supposed to deliver ballot materials get late, party says it will extend polling time.
  • 7:32 am The Commission on Administrative Justice Chairperson, Florence Kajuju, says they will issue advisories to IEBC and EACC if they find any aspirant unfit to hold a public office.
  • 7:18 am Nominated MP Wilson Sossion calls for cancellation of UDA primaries in Bomet County, claims some pre-marked ballot papers were confiscated on Wednesday night.
  • 7:07 am United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party primaries kick off in earnest in 36 counties, party says most polling stations opened on time.
  • 6:57 am Edward Muriu, UDA's Legal Affairs Secretary, says nominations cannot be without a few hitches but party doing everything possible to ensure the primaries run smoothly.
  • 6:37 am UDA says all ballot papers have security features that cannot be destroyed, scanned or photocopied, and special serialization.
  • 6:27 am UDA summons politicians Norman Nyaga, John Muchiri and Margaret Kariuki over chaos that saw nomination materials destined for Mt Kenya destroyed in Embu.

Wed, 13 April 2022

  • 8:09 pm UDA gubernatorial aspirant in Embu Cecily Mbarire wants her rivals punished for burning ballot materials 
  • 7:51 pm Mombasa gubernatorial aspirant Mike Sonko  clears fine for Nairobi father sentenced to a year in prison for stealing food items at a local supermarket
  • 7:32 pm Laikipia Woman Representative Cate Waruguru says Kenya Kwanza has enough MPs to protect its latest partner Justin Muturi
  • 7:01 pm UDA National Elections Board says nominations in Embu will go on despite ballot burning incident, aspirants involved in the incident will be disqualified
  • 6:40 pm High Court rules degree requirement for parliamentary candidates is unlawful
  • 6:09 pm ODM Leader Raila Odinga demands unconditional release of a Nairobi father sentenced to a year in prison for stealing food items from a local supermarket.
  • 5:51 pm Meru Woman Representative Aspirant Edith Mwirigi withdrawals from tomorrow's UDA nominations, cites rigging fears
  • 5:24 pm A lorry ferrying UDA nominations materials ransacked by angry party supporters in Embu, they have expressed fears that the primaries will not be free and fair.
  • 5:02 pm UDA unveils Hassan Omar as its gubernatorial candidate, Khamisi Mwaguya as senatorial flagbearer, and Fatma Bakari Barayan as Woman Rep candidate in Mombasa county.
  • 4:47 pm Westlands MP, Tim Wanyonyi, says he will not settle for anything less than the post of a governor, to contest for the ODM ticket in the party primaries.
  • 4:28 pm Nairobi governor, Anne Kananu, challenges more women to go for elective seats, asks men to stop using the gender card to frustrate women.
  • 4:09 pm East African Legislative Assembly MP, Oburu Oginga, handed direct nomination by ODM in the Siaya senatorial race.
  • 3:53 pm UDA says international observers have expressed interests to follow its nominations, party primaries to take place in 36 counties.
  • 3:34 pm DP William Ruto urges aspirants in the Thursday, April 14, UDA nominations to maintain peace during the process, reiterates his commitment to ensure the exercise if free and fair.    
  • 3:08 pm Deputy President William Ruto's UDA acquires a new office block, party headquarters to move to the new Ngong Road-based block.
  • 2:48 pm CS Peter Munya says the omission of PNU on the list of parties in the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party was erroneous, insists his party supports Raila Odinga.