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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
More than one million candidates began the main 2026 KCSE written papers on Monday. Interior PS Raymond Omollo warned that anyone caught trying to cheat will be arrested, and Education CS Julius Migos Ogamba cautioned against malpractice.
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 National Transport and Safety Authority is checking speed limiters, driver licences, manifests and load weights on public and commercial vehicles. Officers are also running breathalyser tests before peak December-January travel.
About 20 people from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe are in custody after raids on Chinese-run scam compounds in Madagascar. Police there say many were lured on Facebook, had their passports taken and were forced to scam.
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.
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 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.
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).
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.
A Kenyan domestic worker named Joy has died after collapsing while playing football with her employer's young son in Saudi Arabia, Pulse Live Kenya reports. Doctors reportedly found she had suffered a heart attack.
Kenya's largest power producer elected Prof John Kipngetich Mosonik as board chairman on Monday, replacing Alfred Agoi Masadia. He takes over as KenGen pushes its G2G 2034 growth strategy, with a new CEO due in February 2027.
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.
Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku has threatened stern action against government workers who abandon duty before the holidays. The warning followed his surprise visit to offices in Kajiado County on Monday, which found widespread absenteeism.
The anti-graft commission sent 50 files to the DPP between July and September 2026, its quarterly report shows. The cases include a magistrate accused of taking a bribe, a Kenya Power accountant and public servants with forged academic papers.
Former Harambee Stars goalkeeper Patrick Matasi wants to play when Kenya hosts Arsenal greats in the Legends Cup. The exhibition match is set for Friday, November 13, at Nyayo National Stadium.
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.
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.
Armed, masked men allegedly forced advocate Abshir Ahmedsadak Abdi into a black Prado off Ngong Road at about 4 am on Sunday. His brother has filed a habeas corpus case at Milimani asking that security agencies produce him within 24 hours.
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.
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.
The Kenya shilling held largely steady on Monday as global volatility hit other regional currencies. Business Today Kenya credits a government-to-government fuel deal and debt restructuring with easing pressure on dollar demand.
KRA Board Chairperson Ndiritu Muriithi has defended a 25% excise duty on phones, charged when they first connect to a Kenyan network. Parliament dropped the idea from the Finance Act 2026, so the current 10% duty still applies.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange has announced changes to two market indices, the NSE Banking Index and the NSE Bond Index. Family Bank joins the Banking Index after completing the required eligibility period.
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