Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen inaugurated the National Cybersecurity Agency board, chaired by Martin Koyabe, at Harambee House on Monday. He told the board to build Kenyan talent and local cyber defence tools and to have top management in place before January 2027.
Crown Paints' Tom Oyier told quantity surveyors in Mombasa that cheap materials leave property owners with repeated repair bills. His warning comes after construction grew 6.8 per cent in 2025, according to KNBS.
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe says Kenya wants to raise potato production from three million to six million metric tonnes within three years. The sector already contributes $400 million (KSh 52 billion) to the economy, The Standard reported.
Most of Kenya should get more rain than usual this November, Tuko and Ghafla report, citing the Kenya Meteorological Department. Rwanda's weather agency also expects a wetter month, with up to 350mm in some areas.
Glamorgan opener Asa Tribe could not join the England Lions tour of the Caribbean after playing for Jersey in Nairobi. St Kitts and Nevis bars non-nationals for 21 days after a stay in Kenya because of Ebola.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says his August-October US trip cost about KSh 150 million, all paid by Kenyans living there. He told a vernacular TV station on Sunday that he did not spend a single shilling.
Land in Nairobi's satellite towns averaged KSh 33 million per acre in March 2026, up from KSh 16 million a decade earlier, HassConsult data show. Many buyers spend years building in stages, the Star reports.
Nairobi County has started checking whether its departments met their 2025/2026 performance targets, Capital FM reported. Fourteen core sectors, including Health and Mobility and Works, have already been evaluated.
KCSE candidates can no longer wear any kind of watch in the exam room, including ordinary analogue ones. KNEC says centres must put a wall clock in every room as the 2026 exams enter their third week.
Money sent home by Kenyans in Saudi Arabia has fallen by KSh 16.8 billion, Business Today Kenya reports. CBK Governor Kamau Thugge blames Saudi labour reforms that favour skilled foreign workers.
DCI detectives have arrested Sammy Angwegwe, 36, in Esirulo, Emuhaya, over the October 19 gunpoint robbery of two women. Four men stole KSh 1 million meant for building materials on the Shamakhokho-Serem road.
A Milimani court on Monday sentenced former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi, 76, to three years in prison. He was convicted on five counts over the fraudulent acquisition of land in Nairobi.
Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan has accused Nairobi county enforcement officers of arbitrary arrests and of seizing and destroying traders' goods. Speaking in Eastleigh on Sunday, he called for the operations to stop immediately and for abusive officers to be held to account.
Tenants fled a 10-storey apartment block in Riruta, Nairobi, after a loud bang and a large wall crack, and The Star reports 156 were evacuated. The county calls the building dangerous and has ordered its removal.
Harambee Stars coach Benni McCarthy has named a provisional squad for two 2027 AFCON qualifiers against South Africa. Kenya play in Johannesburg on November 13 and host Bafana Bafana at Nyayo on November 17.
The family of former MP Kirima has been handed a KSh 3.3 billion lawyers' bill, the Daily Nation reported on Sunday. The bill follows a dispute over the family's wealth.
Riyadh has stopped issuing all visas to Kenyans and suspended its citizens' travel to Kenya. Health CS Aden Duale has questioned the basis for the measures, which Kenya calls excessive and wants reviewed.
Irrigation PS Ephantus Kimotho inspected emergency drainage works in Baringo County on Saturday. The gap between the two lakes has narrowed from about 22 kilometres a decade ago to seven kilometres.
Uhuru and Gachagua are holding unity talks that the Daily Nation describes as cat-and-mouse. The paper published the account in its Weekly Review on Sunday.
Heavy rain on Saturday morning flooded roads in Githurai, Parklands and Westlands, Pulse Live Kenya reported. Vehicles were partly submerged, and residents asked what billions spent on El Niño preparedness had achieved.
Pessl Instruments plans to install up to 100,000 weather stations across Africa, starting with 15,000 in Kenya. The UpYield4Africa programme launched in Nairobi on Friday and will give smallholder farmers field-level weather and soil data.
A BBC Swahili investigation found armed gangs in Haiti, Kenya and Peru calling themselves "Taliban". In Haiti, a UN report says more than 5,700 people were killed or injured over nine months in gang-related violence.
Interior PS Raymond Omollo says ending banditry in the North Rift needs reconciliation, services and jobs as well as security operations. He says two operations have recovered more than 2,600 illegal firearms and over 17,000 head of livestock.
Kenya's sugarcane growers will elect their representatives to the Kenya Sugar Board on November 24, 2026. A notice dated October 30 confirmed the date and said the final voters' register has been published.
The Communications Authority of Kenya detected 44.95 million brute-force attacks between July and September, up 85.41 per cent. Web application attacks rose 57.62 per cent to 27.44 million, the Daily Nation reported.
Nine public and private sector unions want the government to set a deadline for ratifying ILO Convention 190. They say the delay leaves Kenyan workers exposed to harassment, violence and intimidation, The Standard reported.
Kenya Airways passengers will be able to pre-order duty-free goods up to 40 days before departure and have them delivered to their seats. The digital service is part of a five-year partnership with Safari Duty Free, Business Daily reported.
Fighting between Oromia and Somali regional forces in Ethiopia's border town of Moyale has gone on for at least nine days, Addis Standard reports. Thousands have fled, many into Kenya, and the town is without power, transport or schools.
A matatu driver and five female passengers died around midnight on Saturday in a three-vehicle crash at Koriomat, Uasin Gishu County. Police say a truck swerved to avoid another vehicle and hit a car and a North Rift Sacco matatu.
CAF's Executive Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to keep the Africa Cup of Nations every two years, reversing last December's switch to a four-year cycle. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will still host the 2027 edition.
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