Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui said that some Kenyan commercial banks have cut lending rates to as low as 12 per cent. Two to three years ago, rates stood at 18 to 19 per cent, Business Today Kenya reported.
Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch will not travel to Istanbul for the Fenerbahce game because of a heel injury, the BBC reported. He will stay behind for treatment while a 22-man squad makes the trip.
A multi-agency team recovered the body of a woman from the collapsed Eastleigh building in Nairobi on Tuesday, police said. Four people have been rescued alive, and 16 were still unaccounted for as of November 1.
Democrats won both the US Senate and the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterms, taking control of Congress for the rest of Trump's presidency, the BBC reported. Trump accepted the results and said Democrats did a "good job".
A London jury began deliberating on Tuesday in the trial of comedian Russell Brand, 51, at Southwark Crown Court. He faces seven charges involving six women, including rape and sexual assault, and denies them all.
Russian bombs hit people queuing for aid in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia region, on Monday night, killing at least 33. Zelensky said more than 50 could be trapped under rubble, days before US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi.
Inter Milan scored three times at Stadion Feijenoord on Tuesday to win their Champions League match. Goals from Bisseck, Esposito and Zielinski lifted the Italian champions to six points and 14th place in the league phase.
KPC teams found an illegal connection on the line between Pumping Station 14 and Pumping Station 15 in Mombasa on Monday. The company says no fuel was lost, and Chaani police are investigating.
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia's governor's race in Tuesday's US midterms, according to media projections. Democrats were also projected to win a South Carolina Senate seat for the first time in 28 years.
The share of girls aged 15 to 19 who have ever been pregnant fell from 14.8 per cent in 2022, a KNBS survey released on Tuesday shows. County gaps remain wide, from 25 per cent in West Pokot to 2 per cent in Nyeri.
The AU Commission and the Federation of African Journalists want member states to investigate attacks on media workers and prosecute those responsible. Their joint statement on Monday warned that killings, arrests and online abuse of journalists often go unpunished.
US forces hit Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz late on Monday in what officials called a defensive strike. It came hours after Vice President JD Vance said he and Trump felt good about the chances of a deal with Iran.
An adviser to the EU's top court said on Tuesday that Google's Gemini may infringe press publishers' rights when it reuses their articles to answer queries. Hungarian publisher Like Company brought the case, and a ruling is due in the coming months.
Social Protection PS Joseph Motari says the Older Persons Bill is finished and now before Cabinet, ahead of going to Parliament. He spoke at a population ageing conference in Hangzhou, China.
South Africa has confirmed 26 mpox cases this year, 20 of them since August, the NICD said. The health department says it has 3,865 donated vaccine doses left and is reviewing options to buy more.
Veteran journalist Yvonne Okwara has said she has no plans to relocate to London. She was responding to speculation that followed her recent exit from Royal Media Services, Business Today Kenya reported on Tuesday.
The Media Council of Kenya recorded 47 press freedom violations between July and September 2026, up from 17 in the same period of 2025. Gangs, political activists and police officers were behind most of the cases.
The Ministry of Education has moved two KCSE exam centres in Moyale Sub-County, Marsabit County, because of clan clashes on the Kenya-Ethiopia border. The 2026 exams have 1,048,355 candidates in 10,693 centres.
President Donald Trump told Fox News on Tuesday that the US will stop giving Israel about $4 billion a year after this year. He said Israel can buy US weapons instead, while Israeli opposition leaders blamed Prime Minister Netanyahu.
UNHCR, IOM and UNICEF are seeking KSh 1.16 billion ($8.9 million) to support people fleeing clashes in Ethiopia over the next three months. The fighting has also sent grenades and stray bullets into Moyale, forcing KCSE candidates to move to safer schools.
The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that five Ebola Bundibugyo patients had tested negative and gone home from KNH and The Nairobi Hospital. Kenya has recorded no new infection since October 19, and confirmed cases remain at nine.
The Kenya Tea Development Agency named James Githinji Mwangi its new chairman on Tuesday. Enos Njeru leaves less than eight months after he returned to the post, and KTDA has not explained why.
NCBA Group now expects Kenya's economy to grow 4.8 per cent in 2026, down from 5.1 per cent. The lender cited global shocks, fiscal strain and the coming election, and expects a recovery in 2027.
The heads of Kenya Pipeline Company and NEMA failed to attend a Senate Energy Committee hearing on Tuesday. Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr told senators that 61 per cent of 229 residents tested had organ or blood abnormalities.
Kenyan judge Phoebe Okowa was one of nine candidates for five International Court of Justice seats in a UN vote on Tuesday. She faced Sierra Leone's Charles Jalloh again, in a rematch of the race she won in 2025.
BP chief executive Meg O'Neill said the oil major will stay focused on oil and gas and leave solar power to specialists. Her comments follow a third quarter in which BP's profits nearly quadrupled on high oil and gas prices.
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.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc won the most support in Israel's election but has not secured enough Knesset seats to govern, Al Jazeera reported. Palestinian-led parties took 15% of the vote.
Arno Yafunga Botay fled DR Congo as a child and grew up in Kenya. He is fighting in the under-55kg judo category for the Refugee Olympic Team, which is making its Youth Olympics debut in Dakar.
Tanzanian Bongo Fleva star Nandy says her new look comes from exercise, a disciplined diet and body shapers, not surgery. She told Mwananchi she has never taken even two weeks off, while recovery from surgery takes weeks or months.
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