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News Kenya » Nairobi: Kenya: Sama to Lay Off 1,108 Nairobi Staff After Meta Contract Exit

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202604160554.html
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

Nairobi — Outsourcing firm Sama will lay off 1,108 employees at its Nairobi office after Meta ended a major contract. In a redundancy notice issued on April 16, the company said the layoffs follow a ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: Nairobi- Based Data Firm Announces Lay Off of 1,108 Employees

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nairobi-based-data-firm-announces-lay-off-of-1108-employees/ar-AA212RPa
Published on: Thursday 16 April 2026

Samasource Impact Sourcing Inc. (Sama) has issued a redundancy notice affecting 1,108 employees at its Nairobi office following Meta’s termination of a major contract. The layoffs, announced on April ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: Chinese National Jailed in Kenya for Smuggling Over 2,000 Ants

News channel or source: https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/chinese-national-jailed-in-kenya-for-smuggling-over-2000-ants/
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

A Chinese national has been sentenced to one year in prison and fined 1 million Kenyan shillings (about $7,700) by a Nairobi court after ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: Chinese national given one year in prison for smuggling ants out of Kenya

News channel or source: https://www.aol.com/news/chinese-national-given-one-prison-153635664.html
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

A Chinese national has been sentenced to a year in prison for attempting to smuggle thousands of live queen garden ants out of Kenya. The court in Nairobi on Wednesday also fined Zhang Kequn 1m Kenyan ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: Caitlin Foord baffled by lost goal as Kerr lifts Matildas to Fifa Series final win over Kenya

News channel or source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/apr/16/australia-matildas-kenya-fifa-series-final-kerr-foord-report
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

Australia defeat hosts 2-0 as captain scores her 75th international goal before Clare Wheeler seals victory at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: New US$ 5.2 million initiative to advance sustainability solutions for Nairobi

News channel or source: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/new-us-52-million-initiative-advance-sustainability-solutions
Published on: Sunday 12 April 2026

The Government of Kenya, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN-Habitat have launched a US$5.2 million project to help transform Nairobi into a model for low-carbon, climate-resilient and ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda to unveil AFCON 2027 roadmap

News channel or source: https://dailynews.co.tz/tanzania-kenya-uganda-to-unveil-afcon-2027-roadmap/
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

NAIROBI: EAST African nations will meet next week to agree on a roadmap and key logistics for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, which will jointly host the tournament, are ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: Chinese man jailed after trying to smuggle 2,200 ants out of Kenya in his luggage

News channel or source: https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/04/15/chinese-man-jailed-after-trying-to-smuggle-2200-ants-out-of-kenya-in-his-luggage
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

NAIROBI: A Chinese national was sentenced Wednesday (April 15) to a year in prison and fined by a Nairobi court for attempting to smuggle thousands of ants out of Kenya, a lucrative trade exposed in e ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: At least 25 dead in Kenya after heavy rain brings flash floods and flight disruption to Nairobi

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/motorists-stranded-military-deployed-heavy-054840410.html
Published on: Saturday 07 March 2026

At least 25 people have died after flash flooding in the Kenyan capital caused flight disruption and left motorists stranded for hours. George Seda, the police chief in Nairobi, said some of the ...

News Kenya » Nairobi: Greetings from Nairobi, where taking a matatu is no ordinary bus ride

News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/g-s1-117275/nairobi-matatu-bus-kenya
Published on: Wednesday 15 April 2026

The moment you board, the music grabs you. These privately owned, brightly painted minibuses are moving canvases, mobile sound systems — rolling declarations of what young Nairobi finds cool.

News Kenya » Nairobi: Kenya: Why World Athletics Rejected Bid By Kenyan Athletes to Change Nationality to Turkey

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202604160518.html
Published on: Thursday 16 April 2026

World Athletics have rejected an appeal by five Kenyan athletes, including former world record holder Brigid Kosgei, to change their nationality to Turkey.