Kenya

AfroTalks Youth Assembly Calls on UN for Enforceable Reparatory Justice in Nairobi

The AfroTalks Youth Assembly has called for enforceable reparatory justice for Africa following a petition initiative at United Nations offices in Nairobi on October 22, 2026, urging concrete action on restitution, compensation, debt cancellation and institutional accountability.

Nairobi, Kenya27 October 20264 min read

24 killed in a bus crash on the Nairobi–Mombasa highway

Church members returning from a pastor's funeral died in Makueni County. President Ruto has ordered checks on all public service vehicles.

Makueni26 October 20261 min read

Faith Kipyegon: three Olympic golds and a string of world records

From racing barefoot as a teenager to becoming the first woman under 3:49 for 1500m, Kenya's Faith Kipyegon has redefined middle-distance running.

Nairobi26 October 20261 min read

Nairobi study: the bacteria around you shape antibiotic resistance

Research in a Nairobi settlement found that the local mix of gut microbes, not just antibiotic use, decided who carried resistant E. coli.

Nairobi25 October 20261 min read

Kenya's Sh14bn fish-farming drive has reached 9,000 farmers

The aquaculture programme covers 16 counties, while a separate coastal project has funded 1,263 community projects and planted 2.4 million mangrove seedlings.

Nairobi24 October 20261 min read

How Kenya traced all 135 of its Ebola contacts

Soldiers, intelligence officers and phone companies helped find everyone exposed. Seven patients are in treatment; a 65-year-old relative of the first patient has died.

Nairobi24 October 20261 min read

Rescuers search for seven missing after Eastleigh building collapse

All 67 construction workers on the Nairobi site are accounted for, but shops on the ground floor and basement were open when the building came down.

Nairobi24 October 20261 min read

What works for children's mental health in African schools

A review of 122 studies by the African Population and Health Research Center finds short skills programmes like Kenya's Shamiri work, but counselling rooms alone do not.

Nairobi22 October 20261 min read

Mombasa port adds berths and smart gates as cargo surges

Kenya Ports Authority is building new berths, including one at Dongo Kundu, to add about 300,000 containers a year, and digitising cargo handling.

Mombasa20 October 20261 min read

Technology

Eastern Africa's digital projects agree to stop working country by country

Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan met with the EAC, IGAD and the World Bank to link broadband, digital services and cybersecurity across borders.

Nairobi20 October 20261 min read

Dragon fruit: the cactus crop paying off where little else grows in Kenya

A Meru engineer once called "a mad man" by his neighbours harvests about five tonnes an acre and sells fruit for up to Sh1,000 each. Researchers say the crop needs little water or labour.

Meru19 October 20261 min read

From Nakuru's dumpsite to university: the school more than 1,000 children have passed through

Pastor Alex Maina started bringing bread and juice to children at the Gioto dumpsite in 2001. His school, The Walk, has since taught more than a thousand, and some now have degrees.

Nakuru19 October 20261 min read

Kenya writes its own research agenda on the health of migrants, refugees and their hosts

Government, universities, UN agencies and civil society met with WHO to agree which questions to answer first. "This agenda belongs to Kenya, and that is its strength."

Nairobi19 October 20261 min read

Champions Gor Mahia go top with a late winner in Homa Bay

An 84th-minute goal beat APS Bomet 1-0 and kept the Kenyan champions' perfect start to the season.

Homa Bay18 October 20261 min read

Kenya's Ebola cases rise to seven; the four new patients were already in quarantine

Three health workers who treated the first patient and a relative of his have tested positive. The ministry says there is no sign of spread in the community.

Nairobi18 October 20261 min read

Kenya confirms a third Ebola case, a relative already in quarantine

The 65-year-old woman had been isolated since 6 October. The health ministry says there is no sign of community spread and has traced 127 of 130 contacts.

Nairobi17 October 20261 min read

Kenya raises petrol prices by 6% as Middle East conflict lifts import costs

Diesel is up 4.5% and kerosene also costs more. Matatu operators warn fares will follow.

Nairobi16 October 20261 min read

Kenyan court lets Dangote's $16bn Lamu refinery go ahead while residents' case continues

A judge lifted an order that had frozen the site after finding the petitioners had cited the wrong plot of land. The case returns to court on 24 November.

Malindi15 October 20262 min read

Kenya confirms a second Ebola case, a relative already in quarantine

The 39-year-old developed symptoms while isolated as a close contact of Kenya's first case, who died in Nairobi on 5 October.

Nairobi15 October 20261 min read

Africa's payment systems are faster than its currencies

The pipes for instant cross-border transfers now exist, a payments executive argues. What is missing is enough local currency at the other end.

Nairobi13 October 20262 min read

Kenya's university lecturers dig in as pay talks collapse

The union says the government returned with almost the same offer it rejected on 1 October, and that the Treasury did not come to the meeting.

Nairobi13 October 20261 min read

Kenya declares Ebola a formidable epidemic disease

New rules cover screening, quarantine, contact tracing and burials. The WHO says 94 of 127 listed contacts are in quarantine, and advises against travel bans.

Nairobi13 October 20262 min read

Climate

East Africa agrees one voice for the climate summit

The bloc will ask for adaptation money to be tripled by 2035 and for countries to draw directly on the loss and damage fund.

Machakos12 October 20261 min read

'Leave them to me': Ruto renews attack on Kenyatta

Kenya's president told a church service that he will deal with those he says are paying for his opponents, as the 2027 election draws nearer.

Nairobi12 October 20261 min read

How Kenya's first Ebola case got past two airport checks

The man was screened in Entebbe and again in Nairobi and was not flagged. Health officials say fever checks alone were never going to be enough.

Nairobi12 October 20262 min read

African Union takes debt and tax demands to Bangkok

The AU will run four side events at this week's IMF and World Bank meetings, on tax rules, cross-border payments, its own financial institutions and debt.

Nairobi12 October 20261 min read

Kipchoge, 41, wins in Melbourne with a course record

It is the Kenyan's first marathon victory since Berlin in 2023, and the high point so far of his attempt to run one on every continent.

Nairobi12 October 20261 min read

In Kibera, children play chess on boards made from waste

A community project has turned 200kg of discarded plastic into nearly 2,000 chess sets for children who could not otherwise afford one.

Nairobi11 October 20261 min read

Kenya has 108 Ebola contacts in quarantine, none ill

No new infection has been found since the first case was confirmed on 6 October. Borders and airports remain open.

Nairobi11 October 20261 min read

Kipruto wins Chicago Marathon in 2:01:09

The Kenyan broke clear with seven kilometres to go for a personal best. Ethiopia's Hawi Feysa kept the women's title.

Chicago11 October 20261 min read

US report says Kenyan officials linked to human trafficking are going unpunished

Convictions fell from 21 to six in a year. The report also cites claims that some embassy staff in Saudi Arabia demanded sex or cash from women seeking help.

Nairobi11 October 20261 min read

Diaspora

Kenya says 84 citizens are dead or missing in Ukraine war

The foreign ministry has traced 354 Kenyans drawn into the conflict. Sixty-two have come home and five are prisoners of war.

Nairobi10 October 20261 min read

Kenya's suspected second Ebola case turns out to be malaria

A patient isolated in Wajir tested negative for the virus, the health minister says. Screening and contact tracing continue after the country's first confirmed death on Tuesday.

Nairobi9 October 20261 min read

Diaspora

Kenya says 354 of its citizens were drawn into the Russia-Ukraine war

Figures given to Parliament show 84 killed or missing in action, 77 still on the front lines and 62 brought home. Nairobi wants them treated as victims of human trafficking.

Nairobi9 October 20261 min read

Kenya's Harambee Starlets beat Seychelles 11-0 in Olympic qualifier

Valary Nekesa scored twice before half-time and Kenya added eight more after the break in Nairobi. The second leg is on Monday.

Nairobi9 October 20261 min read

Technology

Four Kenyan women win hackathon with an AI fare-payment system for matatus

The team behind Naulisako beat 40 other young developers in a 30-hour contest at Konza Technopolis and will now compete against winners from five other African countries.

Konza9 October 20261 min read

Climate

El Niño could be the strongest since 1950 and will peak in December, UN weather agency warns

The World Meteorological Organization expects wetter conditions across the Greater Horn of Africa and says the event is almost certain to last until February.

Nairobi8 October 20261 min read

Technology

Second-life batteries and solar cold rooms: ten clean-power projects win UK backing in eight African countries

More than £2 million will help companies in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and elsewhere replace diesel generators at clinics, phone masts, farms and fishing harbours.

PANM8 October 20261 min read

Why Raila Odinga's mausoleum has five sides

The pentagon at the family home in Bondo recalls the raised fist that became his signature, and the five-member team that carried his 2007 campaign.

Bondo8 October 20261 min read

Kenya must prove it is clean before hosting the world, anti-doping chief says

Nairobi will stage the 2029 World Athletics Championships, the first African city chosen to do so. The head of Wada says promises on doping now have to become results.

Nairobi8 October 20261 min read