Four people have been rescued from a building under construction that collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi, on 23 October, The Star reported on 25 October; China's Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG) supplied an excavator and a 25-tonne crane to the rescue, Xinhua reported.
A passenger bus and a cement tipper truck collided head-on at Kanga near Mtito Andei, Makueni County, on the Nairobi–Mombasa Highway on 25 October, killing 24 people; President William Ruto ordered inspections of public service vehicles, The Star, Capital FM and the Daily Nation reported.
Online registration for overseas professional visitors to the 9th China International Import Expo closed on 20 October and payment on 23 October; the expo runs 5 to 10 November in Shanghai, and on-site registration is not allowed, the organisers say.
KITFest's ticketed shows run 4–15 November at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi; single tickets start at KSh 350, passes cost KSh 2,000 to KSh 13,000 and some sessions are free, according to the festival and the booking platform TheatreKE.
Berlin electronic music collective Keinemusik will play Uhuru Gardens Memorial Park in Nairobi on 21 November with its members &ME, Rampa and Adam Port; tickets start at KSh 6,500, according to the Quicket event page.
A bus and a tipper truck collided head-on at Kanga on the Nairobi–Mombasa highway on 25 October; Makueni County Commissioner Abdullahi Khalif put the dead at 22, Xinhua reported.
Kenya's public health officers' union has suspended its nationwide strike for 30 days and told members, including those at border points, to resume work within 24 hours after Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale agreed to facilitate talks, the Kenyan news site Kenyans.co.ke reported on 25 October.
The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has set out what Kenyan exporters of dried chillies to China must do, starting with registering processing and packing facilities with Chinese customs, the Eastleigh Voice reported on 23 October 2026.
The Export-Import Bank of China held a Belt and Road financing forum in Nairobi on 21 October, the Financial Street Forum's first satellite session in Africa, the Chinese Embassy said. Kenya Railways' managing director, Philip Mainga, said the first phase of the SGR extension to Kisumu is expected to be completed within two years, China Daily reported on 22 October.
None of the 60 people traced in Uganda developed symptoms or tested positive, Uganda's Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi said on 25 October; the country has no active Ebola cases.
The Kenya Meteorological Department's heavy rainfall advisory, issued on 24 October, warns that floodwater may reach areas where it has not rained heavily, particularly downstream: flash floods are fed by rain upstream, and steep slopes, saturated soil and paved ground send it to the channels faster.
Abraham Kiptum, 37, won the men's 42km and Mercy Kandie Rotich the women's race at the 23rd Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon on 25 October, K24 Digital and Eastleigh Voice reported.
