News Tracker

Sat, 19 March 2022

  • 5:00 pm Comedian Walter Mongare, alias Nyambane, endorsed by Umoja Summit party as its presidential candidate.
  • 4:36 pm West Pokot deputy governor, Nicholas Owon Atudonyang, who has been out of the country for four years, jets back to contest for the gubernatorial seat.
  • 3:56 pm Ida Odinga, the wife of Azimio la Umoja presidential hopeful, Raila Odinga, has cautioned politicians against inciting their supporters to cause violence ahead of the August 9 General Election.
  • 3:04 pm Wiper leader, Kalonzo Musyoka, hosts President Uhuru Kenyatta and Gideon Moi at his Karen home; discussions revolved around the current political situation in the country.
  • 2:11 pm Jubilee Party Turkana aspirants demand a meeting with party leader, President Uhuru Kenyatta, as differences emerge.
  • 1:16 pm Kisii youths allied to United Democratic Alliance (UDA) threaten to leave the party if Deputy President William Ruto gives direct ticket to deputy governor Joash Maangi.
  • 12:07 pm National Assembly Speaker, Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi, rules out possibility of working with Raila Odinga's Azimio La Umoja, adds Mt Kenya will not bow to pressure.
  • 11:22 am KANU's political affairs secretary, Fredrick Okango, insists the coalition name between OKA and Azimio La Umoja is Azimio-One Kenya and the ticket is Raila Odinga (presidential candidate) and Kalonzo Musyoka (running mate).
  • 10:21 am The National Council of Churches says enmity between President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto threatens national unity, calls for truce.  
  • 9:36 am Wiper's Kalonzo Musyoka says he will start planning for his 2027 presidential bid after the August 9 polls.
  • 8:00 am Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria questions agreement between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, says Mt Kenya cannot entrust them with the region without further consultations. 
  • 7:06 am Martha Karua says Azimio la Umoja and Kenya Kwanza alliances have selfish politicians, she will take her time to choose between the two and settle on a side that will prioritize service delivery.
  • 6:37 am Kalonzo Musyoka warns that the deal between him and Raila Odinga will break if the name of their coalition changes from Azimio-One Kenya Alliance to Azimio La Umoja. 

Fri, 18 March 2022

  • 8:01 pm Kalonzo Musyoka terms Raila Odinga's impeachment claims as a joke, blames the media for blowing it out of proportion.
  • 7:12 pm Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant and businessman, Richard Ngatia, submits his nomination papers to Jubilee Party. He will face off with Westlands MP Timothy Wanyonyi.
  • 6:24 pm Rarieda MP, Paul Otiende Amollo, contradicts Kalonzo Musyoka on the agreement signed at KICC, says the name of the coalition remains Azimio La Umoja and not Azimio One Kenya Alliance.
  • 6:08 pm Chief Justice Martha Karambu Koome appoints 13 ad hoc members of the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal for a period of one year.
  • 5:11 pm Mwangi Wa Iria's Usawa Kwa Wote party files a petition challenging the Political Parties Act for blocking aspirants who lose in primaries from decamping to other parties.
  • 4:54 pm Police arrest over 100 youth being ferried in buses to allegedly disrupt Deputy President William Ruto's rallies in Gatundu South, the home area of President Uhuru Kenyatta. 
  • 4:40 pm Kirinyaga Senator, Charles Kibiru, decamps from President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party; to contest for the gubernatorial seat on Deputy President William Ruto's UDA.
  • 3:43 pm High Court rules that Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) defecting from their sponsoring parties will not lose their seats before the August 9 elections.  
  • 3:13 pm Sirisia Member of Parliament, John Waluke, has defected from DP William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and joined Jubilee Party.  
  • 2:22 pm High Court dismisses case seeking to commit IEBC chairman, Wafula Chebukati, to civil jail for denying Raila Odinga access to 2017 presidential election servers.
  • 2:06 pm NCIC monitoring 36 social media accounts it says could be propagating hate speech ahead of the August General Election.
  • 1:50 pm Samson Cherargei, shelves gubernatorial bid, to defend his Nandi Senatorial seat. He will face off with Emgwen Member of Parliament Alex Kosgey.
  • 1:18 pm Former Kigumo MP, Jamleck Kamau, defects from Moses Kuria's Chama Cha Kazi, to contest for the Murang'a gubernatorial seat on a Jubilee Party ticket. 
  • 12:10 pm National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to publish and ban words deemed as hate speech and inciteful.
  • 11:30 am Jubilee Party unveils musician Kevin Mbuvi Kioko, better known as Bahati, as its Mathare parliamentary seat candidate.
  • 11:17 am Political analyst Herman Manyora says Deputy President William Ruto is setting the stage for rejecting the August 9 presidential election results.
  • 10:14 am Wiper's Kalonzo Musyoka says only President Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga and himself know the contents of the Azimio La Umoja - OKA deal signed last week.