News Tracker

Thu, 27 March 2025

  • 11:56 am The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has issued an update warning that the registration deadline for the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) is set for tomorrow.
  • 11:27 am The Presidential Transitional Council (PTC) of Haiti has identified the Kenyan police officer who was allegedly killed by the Caribbean gang as Benedict Kabiru.
  • 10:55 am The Judiciary has responded to former Jubilee Secretary General and Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju following his allegations of corruption involving senior judges handling a case linked to his company, Dari Limited. 
  • 10:32 am A Harambee Stars goalkeeper has been caught up in the centre of a match-fixing scam after a secretly recorded video was leaked, allegedly showing him negotiating a deal to manipulate the outcome of a match.
  • 9:55 am The Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ), on Wednesday, March 26, suspended the summons it had previously issued to the 10 Judiciary Commission Service (JSC) members.
  • 9:26 am The National Assembly has scheduled approval hearings for 14 nominees to the position of Principal Secretary (PS), calling on Kenyans to submit objections ahead of the vetting process.
  • 8:38 am Kenya has stirred diplomatic relations with Serbia, after President William Ruto recognised Kosovo as an independent state on Wednesday.
  • 8:11 am The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) and the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) have condemned the murder of Gaal Adan Abdi, a 17-year-old girl who was killed for refusing forced marriage to a 55-year-old man.
  • 7:56 am Hundreds of Kenyans raided the offices of a job agency in Nairobi to claim back millions they paid for jobs abroad. 

Wed, 26 March 2025

  • 6:30 pm Nakuru County Deputy Governor Davis Kones has defended the long absence of Governor Susan Kihika, affirming that she is on a mandated maternity leave and that there is no leadership vacuum in the county since he has been bestowed the powers to perform her duties.
  • 5:47 pm PS Julius Bitok has officially taken over as Basic Education Principal Secretary from Belio Kipsang, who was reassigned to the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services.
  • 5:24 pm The Central Bank of Kenya will be carrying out an inspection in all banks across the country to evaluate their compliance in the implementation of their Risk Based Credit Pricing models (RBCP), Governor Kamau Thugge announced.
  • 4:40 pm IEBC chairperson candidate Saul Simiyu has revealed that he will announce presidential election results on the election night, not after several days, blaming delays on current election technology.
  • 4:20 pm CS Aden Duale has been reassigned to the Ministry of Health, while Deborah Barasa has been transferred to the Ministry of Environment in the latest Cabinet reshuffle by President William Ruto.
  • 3:30 pm President William Ruto has announced Cabinet reshuffles, replacing Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi with Geofrey Ruku, while Hannah Wendot has been nominated to the Ministry of Gender and Culture.
  • 3:18 pm Traders were left counting losses after Nairobi City County Askaris demolished business structures along Athumani Kipanga Street in Eastleigh.
  • 2:52 pm Nairobi County boda boda operators have strongly opposed the appointment of former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko as the national patron of the bodaboda and tuktuk operators.
  • 2:22 pm President William Ruto on Wednesday met leaders from Western Kenya to assess progress on several key projects.
  • 1:55 pm Mandera South Member of Parliament, Abdul Haro, has expressed disappointment with the government’s lack of action over rising attacks by Al-Shabaab in the region.
  • 1:15 pm Komora Mabudi Jilo, one of the four candidates set to be interviewed for the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) chairperson job, has passed away.
  • 12:59 pm Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has hit out at journalists who constantly water down his ministry's efforts to curb insecurity saying he is willing to facilitate their transport to volatile areas for them to appreciate what police officers go through.
  • 12:27 pm Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu is set to remain in custody for one more month before the court rules on whether he can amend his appeal.
  • 11:55 am Kenya has endorsed a carbon tax on all shipping activities globally as part of the broader scheme to curb the perennial climate crisis.
  • 11:24 am The National Police Service (NPS) has said that a Kenyan officer in Haiti is still missing following an ambush by a local gang on the Multinational Security Support (MSS) team.
  • 10:55 am CS Justin Muturi has responded to President William Ruto, hours after the Head of State labelled him incompetent.
  • 10:28 am Eugene Wamalwa and Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka are among those in court for the bail hearing of former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu.
  • 9:45 am Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei on Wednesday, March 26, criticised Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen over rising insecurity, accusing him of incompetence in his role in the Cabinet.
  • 9:15 am The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has clarified that it has not suspended the implementation of new sea vessel and container inspection charges
  • 8:57 am A Kenyan, Stephen Munyakho, who was on death row in Saudi Arabia, is set to return home after the Muslim World League intervened and paid the necessary fines.
  • 8:19 am President William Ruto has taken a swipe at former Attorney General Justin Muturi, who is currently the Public Service Cabinet Secretary, terming him incompetent.