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- Kenya: Eastleigh building collapse search nearly 80% complete; spots where life was detected may be out of reach, official says
- Kenya to block imports without local marine cargo insurance from 1 November, KRA says
- China Mobile unit opens student tech challenge in Kenya; entries close 2 November
- Why Kenya's Lake Victoria region gets so much lightning, and what officials advise
- RTS,S malaria vaccine price to fall about 40% to EUR 5.50 a dose; Kenya is moving to R21
- Cricket Kenya sacks CEO Bukusi, removes three directors; women's team to get contracts
- Kenya's KCSE 2026: main papers 2–20 November, 1,048,355 candidates, phones banned
- Kenya's Affordable Housing Board says 13,012 homes are complete and 7,050 occupied; it targets 45,000 by year-end
- SBM Bank Kenya offers up to 95% financing on Chery Group's Jetour SUVs, repayable over up to 72 months
- Kenya releases first 20 Ebola contacts from quarantine; remaining 98 to be released from 3 November
- Nairobi estates and two Upper Hill hospitals face water cut from 26 to 29 October
- Kenya exams: KUPPET keeps boycott threat, seeks KSh 4,000 a day for exam officials; KPSEA and KJSEA began on 26 October
- Kenya begins Grade 6 and Grade 9 national assessments with 2,586,491 candidates registered
- Kenya's draft 2027 budget statement: KSh 1,917.6bn for debt, deficit KSh 1,352.9bn
- Four rescued from collapsed Eastleigh building in Nairobi; China's XCMG supplies excavator and crane
- 24 killed as bus and tipper collide head-on near Mtito Andei, Kenya
- 22 killed as bus and tipper truck collide on Nairobi–Mombasa road in Makueni, Kenya
- Kenya's public health officers suspend nationwide strike for 30 days to allow talks
- Kenya Met warns of heavy rain in 40 counties, including Narok and Mombasa, to 28 October
- Kenya's public day senior schools charge no fees; boarding capped at KSh 53,554
- Kenya names national task team on school unrest, fees and uniforms; former University of Nairobi head to chair
- China Gezhouba-built Thwake Dam in Kenya 94% complete; ministry targets water storage by end-January 2027
- Nigeria says its Ebola patient's virus is 'highly similar' to Kenya's first case
- Kenyan MPs pass election bill, keep IEBC's duty to livestream polling-station results
- Kenya's last 8-4-4 KCSE is in 2027: who can still sit it, and what it takes
- China's zero tariffs run to 2028: what Kenyan firms sell, what they buy, and how
- Kenya's Ol Pejeta Stables: full board from US$70 a night, conservancy entry fee extra
- One woman rescued from collapsed Eastleigh building in Nairobi; police seek owner
- Building under construction collapses in Nairobi's Eastleigh; one woman rescued, others feared trapped
- Kenya asks for 10,000 Ebola vaccine doses, but no vaccine is approved for the Bundibugyo strain
Latest headlines
- Vivo Energy speaks after man filmed spraying fuel on car
- Drug dealer jailed for 3D-printed gun murder Marcin Buryta, 32, found 45-year-old Piotr Pruszak at his home in Conifer Road, Southampton, in February and shot him four times, Hampshire Police said.
- Man nabbed after wife’s body exhumed from shallow grave DCI said a farmhand allegedly told investigators that his employer had killed the woman before instructing him to help bury her body.
- Court summons West Pokot county officials over Sh260m Sacco fraud Meanwhile, six other accused persons appeared in court, where they denied charges arising from the alleged loss of Sh260,008,100 from the sacco
- Ruku: No mercy for officers behind payroll fraud
- Sh1.16bn needed to aid Ethiopians fleeing war to Kenya Many of those fleeing the violence, it said, are women and children, raising concerns over the growing humanitarian needs in areas receiving the new arrivals.
- EACC urges surveyors to uphold integrity to curb land graft EACC Chairperson Dr David Oginde warned that land-related graft could have far-reaching consequences for communities and future generations.
- How long can the body survive without water or food? Imagine being trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building, unable to move, with no food or water and little room to breathe.
- Man nabbed after wife’s body is exhumed from shallow
- Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself 'leader of Brazil' after election loss Bolsonaro lost to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the run-off on Sunday by a difference of 4.4 million votes but has not conceded defeat.
- Mvurya unveils AFCON 2027 preparations team
- Omollo mourns Rachuonyo council of elders chair Ouko In a condolence message, Omollo said Ouko’s death had left a void in traditional leadership in Rachuonyo and among the people who benefited from his counsel.
- Police bosses meet in Nairobi to plan for 2027 polls
- Russia war: Recruiters made Sh6.5bn from Africans
- Rock collapse kills two in Turkey's Cappadocia, local media reports One of the formations, known as "fairy chimneys", reportedly collapsed at the popular Göreme Open Air Museum. Ambulances and rescue teams have been deployed.
- Court: Ruto can't reserve affordable houses for teachers, police
- Duale hands over newly equipped wards at KNH
- PSC: Beware of fake appointment letters
- Court strikes out petition challenging KRA boss Adan Mohamed’s appointment Court found that it raised a public law dispute brought by a citizen who had no direct or indirect employment relationship with the KRA.
- Gachagua tours Kajiado, addresses residents
- Tuju to politicians: Leave my children alone
- Russian drone attack on Ukrainian train station kills at least 13, officials say According to the Ukrainian railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, a train headed for Zaporizhzhia was at one of the platforms in Dnipro when the drone hit.
- Heavy debris hampers Eastleigh rescue mission
- Russian drone attack on Ukrainian train station kills at least 13 Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha said at least 10 others were wounded in the attack, including an 11-year-old boy
- Somali citizen fined Sh370K for being in Kenya illegally He faces imprisonment in default of the fines and repatriation to Somalia after paying the penalties imposed by the court.
- DPP seeks UK extradition of Kenyan wanted over alleged murder Prosecutors say British authorities have issued warrants against Brian Kiprop Kiplagat over eight counts, including murder, manslaughter and fraud.
- Campaign for Okowa’s ICJ election ends
- KNCHR presses authorities to trace missing Tanzanian activist The commission says Twaha Salim Mwaipaya was taken by unidentified individuals while travelling to Kamulu on October 25, 2026
- Mbadi inks Sh270m climate-smart agriculture deal Mbadi said the agreement reflected the State's commitment to working with development partners to strengthen agricultural resilience and improve productiviity.
- Wanga visits Oburu, says he's in high spirits