What's Happening in Nairobi Today: Friday, 28 August 2026
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Twende! Daily · Friday, 28 August 2026
The city never sits still. Today's proof, curated by the team.
No scripts, all crowd work. Sit in front at your own risk.
Artists from the Lake Victoria basin, on their way and worth yours.
Two closing-soon shows from Birhane Worede and Anita Kavochy at East Africa's sharpest gallery.
A Sudanese master digs into memory at the storied Banana Hill space.
A long-running group show about fixing what's broken: objects, cities, us.
Lions before breakfast, 30 minutes from your bed. We arrange private drives and park transfers, so ask the front desk.
Eye to eye with a Rothschild giraffe, ten minutes from the hotel. The classic Karen morning.
50km of running, riding and walking trails plus a waterfall. Nairobi's green lung.
The full, filterable list, with everything coming up, lives on Twende!, our what's-on hub, and the weekend digest on Nairobi This Weekend.
Karen puts you ten minutes from giraffes, twenty from the racecourse, thirty from Westlands, and a world away when you want quiet. Rooms at Karen Plains Hotel from the team that wrote this guide.
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