Entity

Kenya

A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 25 coverage verticals, including Africa, African Economy and AI Policy.

As of 24 Oct 2026Last evidence 24 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Nigeria Ebola case linked to virus found in Kenya index case, health minister says

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Kenya announces second Ebola death, says ‘no evidence’ of community spread

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Dozens feared trapped as high-rise collapses in Kenya’s Nairobi

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Gunfire and chaotic scenes in Kenyan border town as hundreds flee Ethiopia

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Nigeria’s Dangote group buys stake in Kenya’s oil pipeline network

    Reported claim · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 12 events and claims involving Kenya

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 84 mentions on 24 Oct 2026, against 53 on 3 Oct 2026 (+58%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from watch to flagged on 24 Oct 2026 (2 changes recorded since 13 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 3 claims first reported since 23 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

1,195 documents · 198 publishers · 9% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 24 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.087: about 91% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Kenya

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

AfricaNigeriaImmigrationUgandaCongoSouth AfricaWhatsAppEthiopia
  • Africa · 738 shared documents
  • Nairobi · 373 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Nigeria · 302 shared documents
  • Immigration · 267 shared documents
  • Uganda · 253 shared documents
  • Congo · 222 shared documents
  • South Africa · 220 shared documents
  • WhatsApp · 211 shared documents
  • East Africa · 180 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Ethiopia · 175 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 84 mentions on 24 Oct 2026 with 53 on 3 Oct 2026 (+58%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +121% from 9 Sept 2026 to 24 Oct 2026, between 3 and 84 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Kenya, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about Kenya yet. Ask about Kenya

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Kenya

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Nigeria Ebola case linked to virus found in Kenya index case, health minister says

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Kenya announces second Ebola death, says ‘no evidence’ of community spread

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Dozens feared trapped as high-rise collapses in Kenya’s Nairobi

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Gunfire and chaotic scenes in Kenyan border town as hundreds flee Ethiopia

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Nigeria’s Dangote group buys stake in Kenya’s oil pipeline network

    Reported claim · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Ebola spreads further in Congo, Kenya cases rise to 8 amid fear of regional spread

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Guilty as charged: Kenyan court finds cult leader responsible of 191 starvation deaths

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • East Africa: Ghana Set to Overtake Ethiopia As Africa's Eighth-Largest Economy After Kenya Takes East Africa Lead

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 1 separate publisher

    single source

  • Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    single source

  • Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult that left more than 400 followers dead convicted of 191 murders

    Reported claim · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Ebola: Kenya confirms eighth case as DRC outbreak reaches new province

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Kenya Ebola Cases Reach Eight as Three Health Workers and a Hospital Attendant Test Positive in Quarantine

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

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Kenya

Entity.

Evidence
1,195 documents · 198 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 23 Aug 2026, last seen 24 Oct 2026
Measured
9% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
24 Oct 2026
22 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.
  • Single source: Reported by one source so far.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

For machines: this record as JSON

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Kenya, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

1 more headline counted but not shown: no source link on file

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

  • 24 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 17 Aug 2026

  • 24 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 17 Aug 2026

2 changes recorded since 13 Oct 2026, newest first.

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Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 24 Oct 2026.