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12 stories from Kenya on One Turn, since October 6, 2026, newest first. Each links to its sources and to its place on the 3D globe.
An incomplete 12-storey building collapsed in Nairobi's Eastleigh area on Friday, and many people are feared trapped as rescuers and the Red Cross search the rubble. Officials said the building had no occupation certificate but its ground floor was in use. Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja called for tougher penalties for developers, and opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka urged a probe.
The UN Environment Programme said current commitments fall far short of the Paris goal and put the world on track for 2.6C of warming this century, with the 1.5C limit set to be breached. NPR reported the UN also found a major increase in US climate pollution.
France 24 reported that Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie was found guilty over the deaths of 190 children and one adult and will be sentenced on November 6. His son Dan told the BBC that relatives' children were still being starved and that he reported his own grandmother.
Day 3 of 3 · Earlier: Oct 19, Oct 20 · The story so far
A Kenyan court found preacher Paul Mackenzie, his wife and 29 others guilty of murdering 190 children and one adult linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest. Prosecutors said his church ordered followers to starve themselves and their children. His son Dan told the BBC that Mackenzie's younger children were still being starved weeks before the trial.
Day 2 of 3 · Earlier: Oct 19 · Later: Oct 21 · The story so far
Kenya's High Court found self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie and all 29 co-accused guilty of murdering 191 people, 190 of them children, linked to starvation in Shakahola Forest. Sentencing is set for 6 November.
Day 1 of 3 · Later: Oct 20, Oct 21 · The story so far
Kenya reported its eighth case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, its first-ever cluster, while the disease reached an eighth province of DR Congo. The regional outbreak, the second-largest on record, has killed more than 4,300 people.
Day 7 of 11 · Earlier: Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 17, Oct 18 · Later: Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 23 · The story so far
Kenya confirmed four more cases of Bundibugyo ebolavirus, including three health workers who treated the first patient and one relative, bringing its total to seven. All were already in quarantine.
Day 6 of 11 · Earlier: Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 17 · Later: Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 23 · The story so far
Kenya confirmed a third Ebola case, a relative of a man who died earlier this month after travelling from DR Congo. The cases have raised urgent questions about preparedness, border controls and Africa's domestic health funding.
Day 5 of 11 · Earlier: Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 11, Oct 12 · Later: Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 23 · The story so far
Kenya's health ministry said no further Ebola cases have been detected since a patient died of the disease on October 5, after 293 tests.
Day 4 of 11 · Earlier: Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 11 · Later: Oct 17, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 23 · The story so far
Kenya's health ministry said no new Ebola cases have been found since one patient died of the disease on October 5, after 293 tests.
Day 3 of 11 · Earlier: Oct 6, Oct 7 · Later: Oct 12, Oct 17, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 23 · The story so far
Kenya confirmed its first imported case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in a man who travelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and died in Nairobi. Nairobi Hospital tightened infection control, contact tracing and staff monitoring.
Day 2 of 11 · Earlier: Oct 6 · Later: Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 17, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 23 · The story so far
Kenya confirmed its first imported case of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in a man who had traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has since died. The Nairobi Hospital stepped up infection control, contact tracing and staff monitoring.
Day 1 of 11 · Later: Oct 7, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 17, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 23 · The story so far
Figures: Kenya on World Bank Open Data, latest available year.