Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan says his vocational programme has trained more than 1,500 young people, with 1,000 earning B2 driving certificates. He has promised a job fair, and a second group of 400 is due to start training.

The Nuclear Power and Energy Agency is in talks with universities on a master's degree and a postgraduate diploma in nuclear engineering. The government is targeting a March 2027 groundbreaking for the Siaya plant.

KenGen will own and run the plant, which is meant to supply steady baseload electricity to the national grid. The project will need local engineers and technicians.

Dar es Salaam police say they are tracking reports that groups plan to cause chaos on Friday, November 6. That is the day the High Court is due to rule in the treason case against Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu.

Safaricom has brought its Family Share plan to Home Fibre customers in Lolwe Estate, Kisumu County, days after launching it in Nairobi. The plan lets customers connect up to five family members.

Business Today reported that Kisumu is the first stop in a nationwide rollout, so Home Fibre users in other towns could get the plan later.

Tanzanian forward Clara Luvanga came off the bench to set up Trinity Rodman's late goal in Washington Spirit's NWSL win at Audi Field. Spirit finished the regular season with 15 wins and face Portland Thorns in the playoffs on November 8.

Luvanga is the first Tanzanian to score in the NWSL, one of the world's most competitive women's leagues. Mwananchi says her experience there could strengthen Tanzania's national team attack.

Kenya's domestic sugar output fell to 7.04 in 2025 from a peak of 9.33 in 2024, according to KNBS figures published by The Star. The 24.5 per cent drop reverses the previous year's strong gains.

Kenya has spent KSh 147.1 million on a KSh 600 million project to rebuild its properties in Kinshasa, the Daily Nation reports. The work includes the embassy office that protesters vandalised in January 2025.

The spending comes as DR Congo grows as a market for Kenyan goods. Kenyan exports to the country rose to KSh 37.08 billion in 2025.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has opened ministry offices, asphalt roads and other infrastructure at the Government City in Mtumba, Dodoma. The Citizen reports she said Tanzania spent Sh700 billion of its own money on the project.

Douglas DePodesta filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against FBI director Kash Patel, Attorney General Todd Blanche and Chicago's US attorney. He says he was blamed for a failed case against six anti-ICE protesters and forced out.

A Congolese traders' association says two of its members have been missing since September 7 in Kamanyola, South Kivu. It accuses the FRN/M23 of arresting them while they carried $265,000 for more than 85 small traders.

Passengers from Lira, Apac, Aduku and other northern towns now pay more to reach Kampala after fares rose on November 1. An ordinary Lira-Kampala ticket went from Shs30,000 to Shs40,000, the Nile Post reported.

FIFA will let its Council members see documents on the abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise plan at its Zurich headquarters. The move came as a UEFA deadline for answers on the scheme passed on Monday without a direct reply.

Nearly 50 people held by ADF rebels for two to three months have been freed in Malembi forest, Mambasa territory, Radio Okapi reported. Twenty-nine of them were handed back to their families at a ceremony in Mambasa on Monday.

The Bill Clinton Foundation for Peace has urged DR Congo authorities to ease overcrowding at Ndolo military prison in Kinshasa. The group says its president was harassed during a visit there and wants two long-held detainees freed.

Tanzanian Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has told embassy staff in Moscow to find new markets in Russian cities for the country's surplus farm produce. He spoke during the Third Russia-Africa Summit, which drew 48 African countries.

Britain's National Cyber Security Centre says it is "highly likely" that AI-powered ransomware will be used against power stations, airports or hospitals by 2028. It also warns that Russia and China will start using AI "routinely" in cyber-attacks.

Only 700 of an expected 14,000 metric tonnes of raw macadamia nuts were exported before the window closed on October 10, The Star reports. More than 30,000 tonnes reportedly remain unsold, and growers want the deadline extended.

Macadamia is grown in counties including Murang'a, Nyeri, Embu, Meru and Kirinyaga. A glut means lower farm-gate prices and less income for thousands of growers.

On Monday, the World Health Organization published a draft model to identify packaged foods that could face marketing limits, labelling rules or taxes. It will take public comments until November 27.

Kenya recorded 92 press freedom violations in 2025, and physical assaults made up 67 per cent of them, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said on Monday. It called for prompt investigations and action against those who plan attacks on journalists.

The Media Council of Kenya warns that attacks on journalists are rising as the country heads towards the 2027 General Election.

Northampton's Alex Mitchell will miss England's Nations Championship opener against Australia on Sunday. Head coach Steve Borthwick has called up Bristol's Harry Randall and Bath's Ben Spencer in his place.

The main written papers of the 2026 KCSE started on Monday. Knec says the final KCSE will be held in 2027, and the first CBE learners will sit the new Kenya Certificate of Basic Education in 2028.

The switch changes how secondary school learners are assessed and placed. Learners now in Grade 10 already follow the new system.

Democratic Party leader Justin Muturi on Monday rejected Rigathi Gachagua's plan for a three-way opposition alliance. He said no community owns the presidency, after Fred Matiang'i made similar criticism on Sunday.

The United Opposition has not yet named a joint candidate to face President William Ruto. The IEBC operations plan sets the election for August 10, 2027.

UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told MPs on Monday that care workers earning at least £25,000 who arrived before May 2025 can still settle after five years. Most other migrants earning under £50,000 will now wait 10 years.

Nurse Naom Monari's mobile dialysis clinic and Dr Alice Muhuhu's AI heart device each won KSh 1.7 million (£10,000) from the Royal Academy of Engineering. Niger's Mamane Kabirou Ousseini took the top prize of KSh 8.5 million (£50,000).

Both inventions target gaps in Kenya's health system. Rural kidney patients travel up to 200 kilometres for dialysis, and the country has about 35 cardiologists for more than 50 million people.

An audit by Nancy Gathungu found that 812 of 2,120 registered TVET institutions had expired licences by November 2025. Another 2,424 of 10,893 licensed trainers were also working with expired licences.

TVET graduates make up much of Kenya's skilled workforce in masonry, carpentry, electrical works and plumbing. The audit warns that lapsed licences could lower the quality of that training.

South Africa faces a hotter, drier summer as one of the most intense El Niño periods takes hold. A record 17.7-million-tonne maize harvest should protect consumers into 2027, Agriculture Envoy Wandile Sihlobo wrote.

Congolese NGO Justicia Asbl says about 5,000 soldiers and police remain at mining sites in Haut-Katanga and Lualaba. It says this defies a presidential ban announced in July and puts human rights at risk.

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane said on Monday that team trophies matter more to him than his new Ballon d'Or. He spoke in Madrid before Bayern play Atletico and said a new Bayern contract is "more days than weeks" away.

US President Donald Trump told Congress on Monday that he plans to end South Africa's AGOA benefits from January 1, 2027. Rwanda received the same notice, and Pretoria says it will keep negotiating with Washington.

Rwanda, an East African Community member, will also lose duty-free access to the US market under AGOA from January 1, 2027, AllAfrica reported.

Russian aerial bombs hit a school used for aid in Komyshuvakha, in Zaporizhzhia region, on Monday, then struck the shelter where people had gathered. Zelensky said the attack showed Russia does not want de-escalation.

The Asian Football Confederation said on Tuesday that the tournament will now start on December 23, 2027, with the final on January 21, 2028. The delay follows an attack on Riyadh's airport, and Fifa must still approve the new dates.

Kenya had 78.4 million mobile subscriptions in 2025, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Kenyans also bought more than a million 5G subscriptions, up 71.7% on the year before.

Kenya has about 60 million people. The subscriber numbers point to wider use of digital services, including mobile money and faster 5G connections.

Washington said on Monday it would remove South Africa and Rwanda from the African Growth and Opportunity Act from January 1. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer cited trade barriers and threats to US security interests.

AGOA gives eligible sub-Saharan African countries duty-free access to the US market for more than 1,800 products. The US reviews each country's eligibility every year.

Snapchat owner Snap Inc reached a settlement with two teenagers during a trial in Los Angeles, their lawyers said on Monday. The teens say the app was built to be addictive and caused their depression, anxiety and eating disorders.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that fighting and drone strikes are pushing Ethiopia's fragile health system towards collapse. At least 15 people, several of them children, died in drone strikes on a displacement camp in Amhara, Reuters reported.

Eighty-seven people from the Timau area want to join a court petition against the government and five agrochemical firms. Tests done for the petitioners found high levels of paraquat and glyphosate in all of them, the Guardian reports.

Thousands of people around Timau work on export flower and horticulture farms, and the Guardian says pesticide use in Kenya has hit record levels. The case could shape how highly hazardous pesticides are sold in the country.

Exercise Koalicja will run in Poland from November 9 to 22 and test how a European force could deploy to Ukraine after a peace deal. Officials say the troops would stay away from the front line but could fire back if attacked.

Two suspected Ebola cases in north-eastern Nigeria tested negative after two rounds of testing, health officials said on Monday. A Swiss traveller who visited Uganda remains Nigeria's only confirmed case of the Bundibugyo strain.

The outbreak has spread beyond DR Congo. According to RFI, Kenya has recorded nine cases and two deaths, and most of those infected had recently travelled to DR Congo.

KenGen appointed engineer and professor John Kipngetich Mosonik as chairman of its board at a meeting on Monday. He already sits on the board and chairs its Strategy Committee.

KenGen generates power for Kenya. Its new chairman will steer the board as the company carries out its G2G 2034 strategy and its geothermal plans.

Kenya Railways has launched a vehicle-haulage service on the SGR. The first train carried 21 cars from Mombasa Port to the Nairobi ICD in about eight hours, Pulse Live Kenya reports, and the target is 700 vehicles a month.

Imported cars from the Port of Mombasa have mostly reached Nairobi by road. A rail option could cut wear on the vehicles and ease congestion on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.

Brent crude fell more than 6.5% on Monday to as low as $105.55 a barrel, The Guardian reported. It was the lowest level since October 16, as hopes grew for a US-Iran breakthrough.

Manchester United boss Michael Carrick denied on Monday that he has only two games left in charge. His side, winless in nine games, host Roma in the Champions League at Old Trafford on Tuesday.