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Kenya's SHA hospital-contract deadline expires Wednesday, risking care for millions

Hospitals without a signed 2026–2029 contract will be locked out of Kenya's Social Health Authority from Thursday, and thousands have yet to sign.

Kenya halts trader deportations, shifts to registration after xenophobia backlash

Turkana museum project pushes to repatriate 32,000 Kenyan artefacts

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Kenya revives China-financed SGR extension to Malaba, converts railway debt to yuan

Kenya restarted its stalled Nairobi–Malaba railway with Chinese contractors and separately swapped $3.5 billion of dollar SGR debt into yuan, saving an estimated $215 million a year.

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Zero tariffs open China's door to Kenyan camel milk — but shipments haven't started

China scrapped tariffs on Kenyan exports on 1 May 2026, but Kenya's camel-milk sector still lacks the China market-access approvals needed to fill the demand it has publicised.

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Restored Nairobi public libraries become civic hubs, reach global prize shortlist

Book Bunk's restoration of Nairobi's McMillan library and two branches has driven a surge in visitors and made it a finalist for a global cities prize.

Kigali's Umurage book festival asks whether AI and local languages can coexist

Bagamoyo braces for 44th International Arts and Culture Festival in October

Nairobi gallery holds first retrospective of overlooked East African modernist Msangi

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Pan-African indie film festival AAIFF Africa returns to Kigali with Kenyan, Ugandan works

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