News Tracker

Fri, 18 March 2022

  • 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.
  • 9:13 am National Assembly Speaker, Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi, kick starts the process of streamlining operations at the Democratic Party to reclaim its status as a national party.
  • 8:47 am Kakamega Deputy Governor, Philip Kutima, accuses his boss Wycliffe Oparanya of betrayal, says he has sidelined him in succession politics.
  • 8:14 am Azimio La Umoja affiliate parties want the agreement signed at KICC where Raila Odinga was named the coalition's presidential flagbearer made public.
  • 7:18 am Chief Justice Martha Karambu Koome appoints a three-judge bench to hear and determine a case challenging amendments made to the Political Parties Act last year.
  • 6:36 am Former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth says Raila Odinga has never won more than 2% of Mount Kenya votes, projects he will bag 60% in the August poll.

Thu, 17 March 2022

  • 8:20 pm Deputy President William Ruto wants Raila Odinga to publicly commit to accept August 9 presidential election results.
  • 7:42 pm Degodia Community endorses former Cabinet Secretary, Adan Mohammed, for the Mandera gubernatorial seat.
  • 7:04 pm Kisii deputy governor, Joash Maangi, to contest for the senatorial seat on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket.
  • 6:37 pm Former Youth Affairs PS Lillian Omollo joins Jubilee Party, to contest for the Embu Woman Representative seat.
  • 6:29 pm Governor Alfred Mutua's Maendeleo Chap Chap party to issue direct nominations to aspirants in the August elections.
  • 5:01 pm KANU, Jubilee, ODM and PNU agree to back Ndiritu Muriithi for the Laikipia gubernatorial seat in the August polls.
  • 4:03 pm Interior PS Karanja Kibicho denies reports that the government is planning to use the Huduma Namba card to rig the August 9 elections.
  • 3:17 pm Kiambu County Assembly Speaker, Stephen Ndicho, drops his gubernatorial bid, joins senatorial race.
  • 2:50 pm National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi says the Democratic Party of Kenya is now ready to form a coalition.