From 15 to 25 October 2026, the seventh NBO Film Festival will show 54 films, 33 features and 21 shorts, at four Nairobi venues, opening with Rwanda's Cannes prize-winner Ben'Imana, according to the line-up Sinema Focus published on 6 October.
On 5 October 2026, President William Ruto said after talks with WADA President Witold Bańka at State House, Nairobi, that Kenya is aligning its anti-doping law with the WADA Code, to take effect in January 2027, The Star reported. KBC reported that doping offences will be criminalised from that date.
On 6 October 2026, President William Ruto presided over the signing at State House, Nairobi, of an MoU between the government and Endelevu Enterprise Corporation for a proposed US$3 billion electric-vehicle project, Citizen Digital and KBC reported. The Standard, KBC and Uzalendo News named China's Geely as a partner.
On 6 October 2026, Health CS Aden Duale confirmed Kenya's first Ebola Bundibugyo case. The patient flew from Entebbe to Nairobi on 3 October and died on 5 October, and 28 contacts are listed.
The 16th Magical Kenya Travel Expo runs from 6 to 8 October at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi. In July the organiser, the Kenya Tourism Board, expected more than 10,000 delegates and more than 400 exhibitors, The Star reported.
The Competition Authority of Kenya has approved First Chartered Securities' KSh 8.5 billion purchase of LeapFrog's 24.1% of ICEA Lion, Business Daily reported on 5 October 2026; the gazette notice was signed on 21 August, according to Khusoko.
On 5 October 2026, the S&P Global Stanbic Bank Kenya PMI showed Kenya's private sector growing in September, at 51.3 against 49.7 in August; new orders rose for a fourth month but output fell for a seventh, Business Daily reported.
On 5 October 2026, a government technical committee began reviewing Tata Chemicals Magadi's compliance, KBC reported. Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Ali Joho suspended the company's mining operations on 28 July.
On 5 October 2026, Health CS Aden Duale and the Council of Governors ruled out any further extension of SHA contracts for county health facilities beyond 14 October.
On 5 October 2026, a site for contractors and engineers was ready and a concrete batching plant was being prepared at the new Nithi Bridge in Tharaka Nithi County, KBC reported. China Wu Yi Company Limited won the KSh 7.5 billion contract, Business Daily reported on 5 May.
On 3 October 2026 the 366-metre container ship MV Hamouna called at Lamu Port with about 14,500 TEU on board, about 5,200 of them to be unloaded there, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and Capital FM reported. Kenya Ports Authority's managing director said it was the first vessel to discharge more than 5,000 TEU at once, a figure Mombasa port has not surpassed.
On 5 October 2026, Quickmart's existing shareholder Sokoni Retail Kenya opened an offer of 2 billion shares at KSh 7.50 each, worth KSh 15 billion, ahead of Quickmart's listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The offer closes on 30 October.
