MPs asked a Kenyan principal on 14 October under what law her school paid KSh 992,950 to CAPSA and KSh 383,525 to KESSHA, The Star reported on 19 October 2026.
Central Bank of Kenya data show remittances of US$3.769 billion in January–September 2026, level with the same period of 2025, as North American inflows fell 11.19%, Business Daily reported on 18 October 2026.
Kenya's Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority raised the Nairobi cap on super petrol by KSh 12.93 to KSh 226.96 a litre from 15 October; a commuter group gave it 14 days to revoke the increases, Kenyans.co.ke reported on 18 October.
Kenyan processors received 75 million litres of milk from formal channels in August, Kenya Dairy Board data show; President William Ruto said on 18 October that the eight New KCC plants will supply their surrounding markets directly, Kenyans.co.ke reported.
About 500 Rwandans and friends of Rwanda attended the second Rwanda Cultural Gala & Exhibition at Utalii Sports Club in Nairobi, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation reported on 18 October 2026.
Phase 2 of the 140th Canton Fair runs 23–27 October and phase 3 runs 31 October–4 November, the Ministry of Commerce schedule shows; Kenya is not on China's visa-free list, the Chinese Embassy in Kenya's page of 9 July 2026 shows.
Madagascar's Ministry of Public Health announced four confirmed and five suspected plague cases on 13 October, Xinhua reported on 14 October; WHO says the bacterium is usually found in small mammals and their fleas, and the US CDC says antibiotics cure plague if given promptly.
Kenya's Ebola total rose to eight on Sunday 18 October when one of 38 people tested that day was positive for the Bundibugyo strain, Director General for Health Patrick Amoth said on Citizen TV, as quoted by Capital FM.
Afriart Gallery in Kampala opened Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja's solo show 'They Too Are the Earth' on 19 September; it runs until 21 November 2026. In the 1970s Gateja ran a gallery in Mombasa.
The Bagamoyo Arts and Culture Institute's 44th Bagamoyo International Arts and Culture Festival runs from 28 to 31 October 2026, and 146 groups have applied to take part, Tanzania's Daily News reported on 2 September 2026.
Kenya's Ministry of Health said on 17 October that 128 of the 130 people listed as Ebola contacts had been traced and quarantined and that two were still being sought, Reuters reported; in a statement on 17 October, Africa CDC called for infection prevention and protective equipment for frontline health workers.
Kenya's Agnes Ngetich (1:04:23) and Alexander Mutiso (59:51) won the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon in Japan on 18 October 2026, both in course-record times, Athletics Kenya said.
