Rwanda's Cabinet approved a new structure on 26 October that lets the Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board operate as an independent institution, Rwanda's The New Times newspaper and the Rwandan news site KT Press reported.
Affordable Housing Board CEO Joe Mutugu says 13,012 units are complete and 7,050 occupied, with 45,000 targeted by the end of 2026, The Star reported on 27 October 2026.
SBM Bank Kenya and Jetour distributor Global Motors Centre signed an MoU on 26 October for up to 95% financing on four Jetour SUVs, The Star reported.
Kenya's Treasury puts the maximum cost of terminating the two Rironi–Mau Summit toll road contracts at KSh 93.38 billion and KSh 87.35 billion in 2027/28, in its draft 2027 Budget Policy Statement, Business Daily reported on 26 October 2026.
The Kenya Defence Forces said on 26 October that six survivors have been recovered from the Eastleigh building that collapsed on 23 October, and Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan said a Chinese team, Blue Sky Rescue, had detected two people alive in the basement, the Kenyan news site Kenyans.co.ke reported on 27 October.
Kenya's National Environment Management Authority on 23 October invited public comment on the impact reports for the five-lot, 7,128-unit Southlands housing project in Nairobi. Kibra Lot 5 accounts for 1,386 of the units, and the reports say some residents could be displaced.
Kenya released the first 20 contacts of its first Ebola case from quarantine after 21 symptom-free days; 98 contacts remain, the Ministry of Health and WHO said on 26 October.
Water supply to Westlands, Kilimani, Karen and other parts of Nairobi will be cut from 23:59 on 26 October to 23:59 on 29 October while the Athi Water Works Development Agency makes emergency repairs on the NCT-Kigoro-Gigiri-Kabete pipeline, Nairobi Water said in a notice reported by Kenyans.co.ke, The Star and Capital FM on 26 October.
DStv's top package falls from KSh 11,700 to KSh 7,300 a month and GOtv gets four tiers starting at KSh 300, MultiChoice Kenya announced on 26 October.
Uganda's Nyege Nyege Festival, the 11th edition, runs 19–22 November 2026 at Kalagala Falls near Jinja with 300+ artists on seven stages; the full festival pass costs UGX 133,000 on MTN MoMo Ticketing in the current sale phase, and buyers in Kenya can use Tag Ticketing Kenya (M-Pesa or card).
Tanzania's 44th Bagamoyo International Arts and Culture Festival runs 28–31 October, with a pre-festival gala on 27 October, and 146 groups have applied to perform, the state-owned Daily News reported on 2 September.
Kenya's Peter Kwemoi Ndorobo won the Venice Marathon in a course record 2:07:31 and Jackline Jerono took the women's title on 25 October 2026, the organisers said. In Frankfurt on the same day, Kenya's Benard Biwott was third in the men's race.
