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Authorities have ended the search at the collapsed building in Eastleigh after 15 days: eight bodies were recovered, four people were rescued alive and three remain unaccounted for, Citizen Digital and The Eastleigh Voice reported on 6 November.
KITFest runs to 15 November in Nairobi, the Luo Festival is at Uhuru Gardens on 14 November and Nyege Nyege opens near Jinja on 19 November: 11 events with dates, venues and ticket prices where published.
Nairobi and Mombasa are among counties set for above-average November rain, with highs up to 38°C in the north, the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority said on 30 October 2026.
The 11th Kenya International Theatre Festival (KITFest) runs 4–15 November at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi, with single tickets from KSh 500, three free shows and a concert by the Beijing Golden Bell Star Art Troupe on 14 November.
Three Chinese nationals were held hostage and robbed at a construction site in Kilimani, Nairobi, on the night of 25 October, and police are investigating, Nairobi News 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.
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.
China Wu Yi Co., Ltd. is selling 103 retired and scrapped machines in Kenya, with inspection from 26 October to 30 November and written bids due by 5 p.m. on 7 December, the Kenyan news site The Kenya Times reported on 23 October.
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.
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.
