The central theme of the present paper is that the use of Taifa Leo newspaper in instruction in Kenya helps in improving students' media literacy skills besides giving them knowledge on how the use of newspaper language can stand out as a register of its own. The main objective of the study was to investigate the extent to which Taifa Leo newspaper in Kenya is used for Kiswahili language instruction of high school students by focusing on the contents and texts of Taifa Leo newspaper. Besides reading and analysing the Taifa Leo newspaper, the research also used questionnaires as well as telephone interviews. The findings of the research bring out the fact that Taifa Leo newspaper is an important instructional tool in Kenya, but that that needs to be used with lots of care.