News Tracker

Thu, 10 March 2022

  • 9:50 am The United Green Movement co-party leader Agostinho Neto says he supports Raila Odinga's presidential bid on Azimio la Umoja ticket.
  • 8:30 am Chama Cha Kazi (CCK) party leader Moses Kuria faults ODM leader Raila Odinga’s decision to join forces with the Jubilee Party ahead of August polls.
  • 7:10 am Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni says the party will write to Speakers of the National and County Assemblies, directing their members who have defected to other political parties to resign.

Wed, 09 March 2022

  • 6:10 pm Amani National Congress (ANC) holds a consultative meeting with all the aspirants from Westlands at the Party Headquarters ahead of the primaries.
  • 5:33 pm Bungoma Deputy Governor Ngome Kibanani defects from Kenya Kwanza Alliance, joins Azimio
  • 4:35 pm ODM Nominated Senator Naomi Shiyonga resigns from the orange party - joins DAP-K
  • 4:30 pm Kakamega Deputy Governor Philip Kutima quits ODM joins Democratic Alliance of Kenya part (DAP-K) which is also in the Azimio La Umoja coalition
  • 3:46 pm ODM advises gubernatorial hopefuls to start selecting their running mates from Sunday, March 13. Those picked as running mates to pay a nomination fee of Ksh250,000.
  • 2:40 pm Jimi Wanjigi ditches Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), joins Paul Muite's Safina party as a life member.
  • 2:03 pm DP William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) receives over 5,000 nomination applications; 4,000 eyeing Member of County Assembly seats.
  • 1:15 pm KANU Secretary General, Nick Salat, urges party leader Gideon Moi to lead the party in joining Azimio La Umoja leaving behind Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka.
  • 1:05 pm Kakamega, Busia and Bungoma deputy governors join Eugene Wamalwa's Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K); to lead Raila Odinga's State House campaigns in Western Kenya.
  • 12:10 pm Former Mukurweini MP and Nyeri Senatorial aspirant, Kabando wa Kabando, ditches Safina Party, says it is not fit for his dreams, to announce party of choice Friday.
  • 11:47 am IEBC appoints Marjan Hussein as Commission Secretary and CEO.
  • 10:57 am Activist Okiya Omtata files a case at the Constitutional Court seeking to block persons with ongoing corruption cases from contesting in August elections.
  • 9:30 am Former Governor Mike Sonko's spokesperson Ben Mulwa joins Nairobi gubernatorial race on Wiper party.
  • 8:16 am Chief Justice (Rtd), Willy Mutunga, asks Supreme Court to follow the law in determining election disputes, says he foresees a presidential election petition.
  • 7:11 am Gatundu South MP, Moses Kuria, invites applications for his running mate in the Kiambu gubernatorial race, outlines qualifications.
  • 6:55 am Deputy President William Ruto's ally and Bahati Member of Parliament, Onesmus Kimani Ngunjiri, denounces his Gatundu South counterpart, Moses Kuria, says no ongoing talks between Kenya Kwanza and other parties.
  • 6:27 am Baringo Senator, Gideon Moi, announces that KANU will support Azimio La Umoja political faction in the August 9 polls. 

Tue, 08 March 2022

  • 8:14 pm Meru Governor, Kiraitu Murungi, officially joins the Azimio La Umoja political coalition, to defend his seat on a Devolution Empowerment Party.
  • 7:57 pm Deputy President William Ruto meets UK Minister for Armed Forces James Heappey in London
  • 7:54 pm Former Transport PS and Farmers Party leader, Irungu Nyakera, names Catherine Wairimu Mugo as his running mate in the Murang'a County gubernatorial race.
  • 7:00 pm The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) holds consultative talks with aspirants, says Kiambu County has the highest number of paid up and verified aspirants in Mt Kenya region at  327.
  • 6:09 pm ODM Women League officially launches Young Captains Kilifi Chapter, a lobby group of young women, to popularise Raila Odinga's presidential bid. 
  • 5:02 pm Samburu West MP, Naisula Lesuuda, launches her re-election campaign, to defend seat on a KANU ticket.
  • 4:10 pm Kenya Kwanza politicians led by Kiharu Member of Parliament, Ndindi Nyoro, caution Interior CS Fred Matiang'i and his PS Karanja Kibicho against getting involved in the affairs of IEBC.
  • 3:24 pm Businesswoman Agnes Kagure submits papers and application for nomination as Jubilee Party's Nairobi County Gubernatorial candidate.
  • 2:53 pm ODM Party secures funding for women seeking to contest for positions of Members of National Assembly in any of the 290 constituencies. 
  • 1:37 pm President Uhuru Kenyatta warns against politicising the Boda Boda sector and propagating claims that the government is targeting small businesses.