News Tracker

Thu, 24 March 2022

  • 11:50 am Former Devolution Principal Secretary Irungu Nyakera defends decision to join Deputy President William Ruto's camp, says Farmers Party resonates with the economic policies of Kenya Kwanza.  
  • 11:20 am Nandi Senator, Samson Cherargei, terms the move by Narc Kenya's Martha Karua to join Azimio La Umoja as ill-timed, says she will lose her Kirinyaga gubernatorial bid.
  • 10:45 am Machakos County Assembly speaker Florence Mwangangi says she will join hands with former State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita in the gubernatorial race.
  • 10:25 am Chama Cha Kazi party leader Moses Kuria now claims Janet Mbugua turned down his offer to be Kiambu Deputy Governor
  • 9:40 am Kenya Kwanza Principals, Deputy President William Ruto, ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi and Ford Kenya's Moses Wetangula head to Tana River County for a series of campaign rallies.  
  • 9:00 am Prof. Peter Kagwanja declares bid for the Murang'a County senatorial seat on a Jubilee ticket.
  • 8:20 am Jubilee Party says it will not field a candidate for the governor's seat in Mombasa since no one had applied to vie for the position.
  • 8:00 am Former State House Chief of Staff Nzioka Waita who has expressed interest in the Machakos gubernatorial seat expected to make a major announcement today.
  • 7:25 am Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei says NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua doesn’t have an upper hand in Kirinyaga county because Mt. Kenya is leaning towards Deputy President William Ruto.  
  • 6:54 am Ford Kenya Party Leader Moses Wetangula tells his Wiper counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka that he cannot join him in Azimio since he's comfortable in Kenya Kwanza alliance. 
  • 12:00 am Nzioka Waita picks Machakos County speaker Florence Mwangangi as his deputy in August 9 governorship race.

Wed, 23 March 2022

  • 7:49 pm National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) conducts conflict mapping exercise in Nyanza region to help residents analyse existing risk factors and inform authorities.
  • 7:30 pm Facebook to require identity of political advertisers in Kenya as the country gears up for August 9 elections.
  • 6:41 pm Narc Kenya party leader, Martha Karua, commits to popularise Azimio La Umoja's Raila Odinga 10-point agenda in his bid to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta when he retires in August.
  • 6:01 pm Kakamega Senator, Cleophas Malala, says decision by Boni Khalwale to drop his gubernatorial bid was after prolonged consultations with stakeholders including Deputy President William Ruto.
  • 5:25 pm The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) calls on ODPP to take action against ODM leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto over 'illegal early campaigns' and use of public resources.  
  • 5:00 pm KADU-Asili joins Deputy President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
  • 4:30 pm Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria says he respects Martha Karua's decision to endorse ODM leader Raila Odinga's presidential bid.  
  • 4:00 pm National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi says seats of MPs supporting rival political parties will not be declared vacant.
  • 3:50 pm Deputy President William Ruto's United Democracy Alliance holds talks with the European Union Exploratory Mission for Election monitoring at the Hustler Centre, Nairobi.
  • 3:15 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga welcomes NARC Kenya's Martha Karua to Azimio, says her position in the movement will soon be known.
  • 3:00 pm NARC Kenya's Martha Karua joins Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja.
  • 2:25 pm ODM leader Raila Odinga meets with NARC Kenya's Martha Karua at Serena Hotel ahead of joint media briefing.
  • 2:00 pm Former PS Irungu Nyakera's Farmers party  joins Deputy President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza Alliance.  
  • 1:25 pm Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka promises to convince his Ford Kenya counterpart Moses Wetangula to join Azimio la Umoja brigade steered by Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
  • 1:09 pm Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula says Kenya Kwanza Alliance is strategic on how it will select its candidates and that everyone in the team is ready to sacrifice to win the August 9 polls.
  • 12:30 pm Former Senator Boni Khalwale drops out of the Kakamega gubernatorial race in favour of Cleophas Malala; he will now vie for the senate seat.
  • 12:10 pm NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua set to hold a joint press conference with Azimio la Umoja leadership.
  • 11:33 am United Party of Independent Alliance (UPIA) holds its National Delegates Conference (NDC) in Nairobi, endorses Raila Odinga's presidential bid.
  • 11:20 am Nairobi Governor, Anne Kananu, wants the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to bar aspirants with integrity issues from contesting in the August polls.