News Tracker

Sun, 27 March 2022

  • 2:50 pm Azimio la Umoja Presidential flag-bearer Raila Odinga pitches camp in Western Kenya for a third day as the scramble for the Mulembe vote intensifies. 
  • 1:50 pm Kandara MP Alice Wahome tells President Uhuru Kenyatta that impeachment claims against DP William Ruto will not help him to get support from Mt Kenya region.
  • 1:25 pm UDA leaders want President Uhuru Kenyatta to honour his pledge to support DP William Ruto after his tenure, insist that it remains a political debt.
  • 12:37 pm Kenya Kwanza Alliance led by ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi takes their campaigns to Vihiga county.
  • 12:00 pm Matungulu MP Stephen Mule and his Mavoko counterpart Patrick Makau call on politicians to embrace peace as the country gears up for elections.
  • 11:20 am Kirinyaga woman representative Wangui Ngirici says she regrets spending resources popularizing Deputy President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.
  • 10:55 am ODM Executive Director Oduor Ong'wen raises the alarm about people impersonating him and soliciting money from aspirants, says the party doesn't  lack resources to conduct its primaries.  
  • 10:20 am NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua condemns an incident in Meru where Ida Odinga was heckled, cautions women against being used during this electioneering period.
  • 9:43 am Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria defends DP William Ruto after President Uhuru Kenyatta accused his deputy of planning to impeach him.
  • 9:20 am Nairobi County Assembly Majority leader Abdi Guyo drops his bid for Embakasi Central parliamentary seat, joins Isiolo gubernatorial race.
  • 8:57 am Sabaot Elders endorse Hillary Chongwony to deputize Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka in his bid to recapture the Bungoma  gubernatorial seat.
  • 8:35 am Wajir senator Abdullahi Ali joins the county’s gubernatorial race on UDM party with eight aspirants having declared interest in the seat.  
  • 8:10 am Kadu Asili joins Deputy President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance, announces party chair Kombora Korokoro.  
  • 7:45 am Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i assures the country that there will be no mayhem during or after the August 9 elections.
  • 7:25 am Deputy President William Ruto claims President Uhuru Kenyatta's government is spending Ksh. 1 billion to buy politicians to join the Jubilee party.
  • 7:00 am Isiolo Governor, Mohammed Kuti, drops re-election bid on health grounds, endorses Nairobi County Assembly majority leader Abdi Guyo as his successor.

Sat, 26 March 2022

  • 7:21 pm Kilifi resident files a petition at the High Court in Mombasa seeking to bar governors who have served two terms in office from contesting in the senatorial and parliamentary races. 
  • 7:09 pm Azimio La Umoja presidential aspirant, Raila Odinga, expresses disappointment over low voter registration in Siaya County. 
  • 6:31 pm Khwisero Member of Parliament, Christopher Aseka Wangaya, defects from Amani National Congress (ANC) to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). 
  • 6:03 pm Kirinyaga Jubilee chairperson, Mureithi Kang'ara, projects that Azimio La Umoja presidential aspirant, Raila Odinga, will get 60 per cent of votes cast in Mount Kenya region.
  • 5:43 pm Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang'i, says the country will not experience unrest because of a few unruly politicians, government to take action against anyone spreading hate. 
  • 5:24 pm Matungu MP, Oscar Peter Nabulindo, joins ODM from ANC, presented with nomination certificate to fly the party flag in the August 9 General Election.
  • 4:49 pm Gatundu South MP, Moses Kuria, says Mount Kenya region will not bow to pressure or intimidations and that it will overwhelmingly vote for Deputy President William Ruto.
  • 4:20 pm Ida Odinga asks Kenyan voters to shun politicians spewing insults during campaigns, urges electorate to vote for leaders with high moral values.
  • 4:01 pm Former KBC news anchor, Boniface Mutisya Musambi, officially launches his Kitui Central parliamentary bid, he will be contesting on a UDA ticket.
  • 3:45 pm Narc Kenya party leader, Martha Karua, makes her debut as a member of Azimio La Umoja during a campaign trail in Western Kenya.
  • 3:16 pm IEBC summons Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria over vote-rigging remarks he made during the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) National Delegates Conference (NDC) at the Kasarani Gymnasium.
  • 3:12 pm President Uhuru Kenyatta meets elders from the vote-rich Mount Kenya at State House, Nairobi, urges them to unite the region ahead of the August 9 vote.
  • 3:05 pm Embu Governor Martin Wambora and his Samburu counterpart, Moses Lenolkulal Kasaine, join Kenya Kwanza alliance.
  • 2:20 pm Lurambi MP, Bishop Titus Khamala, defects to Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) from Amani National Congress (ANC).