Nairobi will host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, the first edition of the meet on the African continent.
The World Athletics Council settled the hosts at its 242nd meeting in Budapest on 14-15 September.
Munich was given the 2031 edition at the same meeting, and World Athletics said four bids had come in for the two years.
The Nairobi competition will be held at Kasarani Stadium, which is being worked on ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.
Munich will use the Olympic Stadium in its Olympiapark.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said both cities would now work with the governing body on the two championships.
Beijing stages the next edition, on 10-19 September 2027.
Host city for 2029:Nairobi, in KenyaVenue:Kasarani Stadium, being readiedHost for 2031:Munich, in GermanyCouncil meeting:242nd, held in Budapest
Why it matters for exams: The durable fact: Nairobi becomes the first African host of the World Athletics Championships, at Kasarani Stadium, chosen by the World Athletics Council.
Agnes Ngetich of Kenya won the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen in 1:05:15.
The time is a women-only world record, subject to ratification, and it took one second off the previous mark.
That mark of 1:05:16 belonged to another Kenyan, Peres Jepchirchir, who set it while winning the world title in Gdynia in 2020.
Ngetich went to the front early and finished 50 seconds clear of the field.
Veronica Loleo of Kenya took silver in 1:06:05.
Florence Niyonkuru of Rwanda was third in 1:06:08, a national record.
Winning time:1:05:15Previous record:1:05:16Winning margin:50 secondsSilver medallist:Veronica Loleo, of Kenya
Why it matters for exams: The durable fact: the women-only half marathon world record now stands at 1:05:15, set by Agnes Ngetich, bettering Peres Jepchirchir's mark.
The First African Health Data Forum opened in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, bringing together health ministers and senior officials.
A World Health Organization (WHO) report launched there found serious gaps in Africa's health information systems.
Of the 40 countries assessed, only 19 said authorities are notified of at least eight in ten deaths.
Just 21 record a cause for at least eight in ten registered deaths, and only 18 per cent have a dedicated budget for health information systems.
On the positive side, 43 of the 47 countries in the WHO Africa Region use a digital platform for routine health data.
Dr Mohamed Janabi, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said missing data means the most needy people can be overlooked.
The forum also discussed how digital health and artificial intelligence can strengthen health data.
Countries assessed:40Countries in the WHO Africa Region:47Countries using a digital platform:43Countries with a dedicated budget:18 per cent
Why it matters for exams: Nairobi as Kenya's capital and host city, and the WHO Africa Region and its Regional Director, are standard questions.
Kenya's under-age women's rugby sevens team, the Rising Lionesses, won gold at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal.
They beat tournament favourites Australia 17-12 in the final, with Mitchelle Chemtai scoring the golden point in sudden-death extra time.
It is Kenya's first-ever Olympic gold medal in a team sport.
Madagascar took bronze, the first Olympic medal of any level for that country.
The fourth Youth Olympics are the first held on African soil.
Kenya's government announced a reward of KSh 250,000 for each player, and the team was led by captain Zain Mohamed.
Final score:17-12Edition:4th Youth OlympicsReward per player:KSh 250,000
Why it matters for exams: Dakar as the first African host of an Olympic event and Kenya's first team-sport Olympic gold are sports GK staples.
Kenya confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD), a form of Ebola, on 6 October 2026.
The patient was a Kenyan who caught the illness while living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, came by road to Kampala, then flew to Nairobi and died there.
Samples tested positive at the National Virology Reference Laboratory and the Kenya Medical Research Institute.
Kenya is the fourth country to confirm BVD; the Bundibugyo virus species was first detected in Uganda in 2007.
By 26 October, Kenya had reported nine confirmed cases and two deaths, all in one connected group.
Twenty contacts were released after the 21-day monitoring period, while 98 stayed in quarantine.
There is no licensed vaccine or specific treatment for BVD.
President William Ruto has nominated Lydia Sitienei Chelagat as Kenya's Data Commissioner.
The nomination followed a recommendation by the Public Service Commission and has gone to the National Assembly for approval.
Chelagat is the legal director of the Communications Authority.
She would succeed Immaculate Kassait, Kenya's first Data Commissioner, whose six-year term is ending.
The Data Commissioner heads the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC), set up under the Data Protection Act, 2019, and serves one non-renewable six-year term.
In the same announcement, Peninah Wangare Wahome was named Chief Executive Officer of the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK).
Nominee for Data Commissioner:Lydia Sitienei ChelagatTerm:six years, non-renewableGoverning law:Data Protection Act, 2019New CEO, ADAK:Peninah Wangare Wahome
Why it matters for exams: New office holders, Kenya's Data Protection Act, 2019 and the ODPC are exam-ready facts on data-privacy law.
Kenya won two athletics gold medals on the first day of track and field at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal.
Abigael Kosgei, 16, won the women's 2000m steeplechase in a personal best of 6:30.24.
Enoch Tuitoek, 17, won the men's 3000m in 8:07.69 with a late sprint finish.
Ethiopian runners took silver in both races.
The events were held at the Complex Iba Mar Diop in Dakar.
The two golds lifted Kenya's medal tally to three, after the Rising Lionesses' rugby sevens title.
China led the medal table at that stage.
Kosgei, women's 2000m steeplechase:6:30.24Tuitoek, men's 3000m:8:07.69Kenya's medal tally then:3
Why it matters for exams: Youth Olympic gold medallists and the Dakar 2026 host city are likely sports current-affairs questions.
Kenya's medicines regulator, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), has two experts on technical committees of the African Medicines Agency (AMA).
Kenya's two places were made public at Kigali, Rwanda, where the agency held its first week of meetings.
Dr Ali Abdulahi Arale joins the Technical Committee on Evaluation of Medicines, Vaccines and Biologicals.
Dr Edward Abwao joins the Technical Committee on Clinical Trials Oversight and Good Clinical Practice and was elected its chairperson.
The AMA was set up under the African Medicines Agency Treaty to strengthen regulation of medical products and promote cooperation among African countries.
Its technical committees give independent scientific advice and aim to bring national approval rules closer together.
Seats won by Kenya:2Venue of AMA inaugural week:Kigali, RwandaCommittee chaired by Kenya:Clinical Trials Oversight and Good Clinical Practice
Why it matters for exams: The African Medicines Agency, its founding treaty and Kenya's regulator (PPB) are new continental-institution facts for exams.
The Central Bank of Kenya publishes a table of key rates, and the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at its head is the rate its Monetary Policy Committee reviews.
The committee retained the CBR at 8.75 percent at its October 7, 2026 meeting.
Above the CBR sits the CBK Discount Window at 9.25%, the facility through which banks borrow from the central bank.
Money market lines on the same table show KESONIA at 8.7501% and the 91-Day T-Bill at 8.750%.
Bank pricing is given as a Lending Rate of 14.4%, a Savings Rate of 3.53% and a Deposit Rate of 6.94%.
The REPO line and the KBRR line carry older figures, the KBRR unchanged at 8.9% since 2016.
The Inflation Rate line on the table reads 7.3% for October, 2026.
Why it matters for exams: The standing fact: Kenya's central bank is the Central Bank of Kenya, and the rate ladder it publishes runs from the Central Bank Rate up to the CBK Discount Window.
Kenya's standing in athletics was part of the case for giving Nairobi the 2029 World Athletics Championships.
World Athletics says Kenya is the second most successful nation in the history of the championships.
At Tokyo 2025 Kenya finished second on the medal table with seven golds and 11 medals in all.
A survey put the share of Kenyans who rate their interest in athletics as high at 68%, against a global average of 39%.
The Nairobi venue is Kasarani Stadium, which is being readied ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations.
The 2029 championships in Nairobi and the 2031 edition in Munich will both be held in September.
Kenyans rating athletics interest as high:68Global average for the same question:39Kenya's golds at the last championships:sevenKenya's total medals there:11
Why it matters for exams: The standing fact: Kenya is the second most successful nation in World Athletics Championships history, and it finished second on the Tokyo medal table with seven golds.