Aliko Dangote, Africa's wealthiest person, has selected Lamu Island on Kenya's northern coast as the location for a planned US$17 billion oil refinery that would eliminate East Africa's dependence on imported fuel; no construction timeline or financing arrangement was disclosed

Three more teams, Cameroon, Morocco, and Algeria, qualified for the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2026 quarterfinals on August 3-4 in Morocco; Algeria sealed Kenya's elimination with a draw in Rabat; Senegal finished third in the group with four points; the quarterfinal line-up is now set

Morocco defeated Algeria 1-0 and Senegal beat Kenya 1-0 in Group A of the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations on July 31, with both results leaving the group's qualification places undecided ahead of the final matchday; Morocco missed seven clear chances, including hitting the woodwork, while the Algeria match was played at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat

Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo alleged on July 30 that he was offered KSh 10 million (roughly US$77,000) to vote in favour of former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's 2024 Senate impeachment; Gachagua asked the court handling his impeachment challenge to take the bribery claim seriously, citing earlier public admissions by MPs Junet Mohamed and Jalang'o; a Rift Valley governor also defected from President William Ruto's UDA party to Gachagua's Democratic Change Party ahead of the 2027 elections

Kenya's National Cohesion and Integration Commission opened a probe into former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his 'kill the snake and its eggs' political remarks, which critics said amounted to ethnic profiling; Gachagua dismissed the investigation and dared NCIC to summon him; Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna said he would work with Gachagua to unseat President William Ruto, citing the Ol Kalou by-election as evidence Ruto is losing his Mt Kenya stronghold, and a governor from Ruto's UDA reportedly defected to Gachagua's Democratic Change Party

Kenya's High Court found former Migori County Governor Okoth Obado, his former personal assistant Michael Oyamo, and a third accused Caspal Obiero guilty of the 2018 murder of Rongo University student Sharon Otieno on July 23, 2026; the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt; the court immediately cancelled Obado's bond and remanded all three in police custody pending sentencing

The Law Society of Kenya led a nationwide boycott of court proceedings starting July 22, 2026, protesting court orders that halted the Judicial Service Commission from investigating misconduct complaints against judges; a day later, the Kenya Judges Welfare Association urged the LSK to end the action, after some judges were accused of penalising advocates who joined the boycott

Justice Bahati Mwamuye of Kenya's High Court dismissed a Rastafarian petition to legalise cannabis for religious use on July 15, finding Kenya's drug laws do not violate the community's constitutional rights, but separately urged the state to hold a national debate on drug policy; Rastafarians say they will appeal

Kenya's National Assembly and Speaker Moses Wetangula filed a Notice of Appeal on July 10 against a June 30 High Court judgment that declared President William Ruto's Cabinet composition unconstitutional for failing to meet the constitution's two-thirds gender principle; Parliament also contests whether the gender requirement is immediately enforceable in appointive positions

H1 crossed US$1bn for a third straight year but fell from US$1.45bn; June's US$415m was 65% Spiro; capital concentrated in about 15 cities

KHRC says six activists arrested at the June 25 commemoration were tortured in police custody and abandoned across Nairobi; Davis Lichuma, the last missing, was found on June 29 in critical condition at Kenyatta National Hospital, later transferred to Nairobi Women's Hospital

Families of the 60-plus victims who died when security forces fired on Parliament crowds in June 2024 were met with razor wire, roadblocks and teargas as they marched to demand accountability and full reparations

A coalition of armed gangs controls most of Haiti's capital and has expanded into three departments, displacing 1.4 million Haitians and collapsing state authority since 2024.

Kenya's capital, East Africa's leading startup hub known as Silicon Savannah, that topped Africa in tech funding for 2025 with US$1.04 billion raised, underpinned by M-Pesa's mobile-money infrastructure.

Kenya's fifth president since 2022, facing recurring Gen Z protests over fiscal austerity, an open ICC crimes-against-humanity case, and a debt crisis central to East African politics.

A new finance law with bread VAT and phone-activation duty revives the 2024 grievance; for the first time Ruto signs before June 25, the date that has met him with protests every year

A blogger died in a Nairobi police cell in June 2025; a year on, the murder trial of six officers halts because the station's CCTV was deliberately formatted hours after his death

Guterres visits Port-au-Prince as the renamed mission fields ~1,000 of 5,500 authorised troops against gangs holding ~70% of the capital

A KNCHR reparations framework verifies over 1,000 victims of 2017-2025 state violence, but bars looting and 'ordinary criminal' victims and withholds the names, drawing daily picketing