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Free Online Radio Stations in Kenya

Stream live radio from Kenya for free — news, talk and music stations, playable instantly in your browser. Use the genre filter to narrow down by style, or search for a specific station by name.

Radio in Kenya at a glance

Kenya has 83 radio stations registered in the Radio-Browser directory, and 36 of them currently stream over a secure (HTTPS) connection, which is what this page lists. The most-played stations at the moment include Kameme FM, JESUS IS LORD radio and JESUS IS LORD Radio. Common genre tags include classical, news, pop, christian and hits. Where stations report a language, the most common are English, Swahili and Kiswahili. Stations are based in places such as Nairobi and Nakuru.

The figures below describe all 36 working stations that offer a secure stream, based on directory data refreshed on 9 October 2026. A station can carry more than one genre tag or language, so shares can add up to more than 100%. Language figures cover only the 14 stations that report a language.

Most common genre tags

Genre tagStationsShare
classical719%
news719%
pop514%
christian38%
hits38%
gospel26%
international26%
pepea show la kijanja 1-4pm26%

Broadcast languages

LanguageStationsShare
English643%
Swahili536%
Kiswahili321%
French214%
Portuguese214%
Spanish214%

Where stations are based

RegionStationsShare
Nairobi514%
Nakuru13%

Stream quality

Stream quality: the median bitrate is 128 kbps, from the 32 stations that report one. Of the stations that report a codec, 76% use MP3 and 24% use AAC.

Frequently asked questions about radio in Kenya

How many radio stations are there in Kenya?

Kenya has 83 radio stations registered in the Radio-Browser directory. 36 of them currently stream over a secure (HTTPS) connection and are listed on this page.

What are the most popular radio stations in Kenya?

Ranked by how often listeners have played them through the directory, the most-played stations include Kameme FM, JESUS IS LORD radio, JESUS IS LORD Radio, ghetto kenya and NRG Radio. Rankings change as listening changes.

What kinds of radio can I listen to in Kenya?

Among the stations we sampled, the most common genre tags are classical, news, pop, christian and hits. Use the Genre filter at the top of this page to narrow the list.

What languages do radio stations in Kenya broadcast in?

Where stations report a language, the most common are English, Swahili and Kiswahili.

Do I need an account or an app to listen to radio from Kenya?

No. Open a station and press Play; it streams directly in your web browser. There is nothing to install and no account to create.

Why won't a station from Kenya play?

Stations occasionally go offline, and some only allow listeners inside their own country. Try another station, or work through our guide to fixing radio streams that will not play.

More English-language radio from other countries

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New to online radio?

Read our beginner's guide, see what each radio genre sounds like, or learn what to do if a station will not play. You can also browse radio by country, by language or by genre.

Station counts, genre tags, languages and regions come from the community-maintained Radio-Browser directory and were last refreshed on 9 October 2026. Summaries on this page are generated automatically from that data; see how we list stations.