Kenya news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Kenya news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Kenya media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Kenya's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 5 titles tracked in Kenya sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 3 daily newspapers (Daily Nation, The Standard and The Star Kenya), 1 public broadcaster (KBC) and 1 television news channel (Citizen Digital). The public-service broadcaster is KBC — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.
Kenya sits in East Africa, on Crosswire's Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 1st of the 13 countries in East Africa and 7th of the 45 across Africa, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in East Africa with hubs of their own are Ethiopia (5), Tanzania (5), Uganda (5), Rwanda (4), Somalia (4), South Sudan (4), Comoros (4), Djibouti (3), Sudan (3), Mauritius (3), Seychelles (3) and Madagascar (2).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Kenya's main news outlets?
Across Kenya's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Daily Nation, The Standard, The Star Kenya, Citizen Digital and KBC. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
The Daily Nation is Kenya's leading daily newspaper, published in English by Nation Media Group, one of East Africa's largest media organizations. It covers Kenyan and regional politics, business, sport, and current affairs through its print and digital platforms. The Nation brand is among the most influential and widely read news sources in East Africa.
The Standard is one of Kenya's oldest daily newspapers, published in English by the Standard Group. It reports on national politics, business, sport, and general news, and operates an online news platform. As a long-established title, it is among Kenya's principal sources of daily news and commentary.
The Star is a Kenyan daily newspaper and news website published in English from Nairobi. It covers national and county-level politics, business, sport, and entertainment for a general audience. The Star is one of the country's established daily titles with a notable digital presence.
Citizen Digital is the online news platform of Citizen TV, Kenya's most-watched television station, operated by Royal Media Services. It carries breaking national news, county news, business and sport.
The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is Kenya's state-owned public broadcaster, tracing its origins to 1928. Its digital arm publishes national, county, business, sport and international news online.
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