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President William Ruto withdraws the controversial Kenya Finance Bill 2024 following an assault on the parliament that killed multiple people.
2024-06-26

U.S. President Joe Biden announces during a state visit by Kenyan President William Ruto that he will designate Kenya a major non-NATO ally as it is expected to lead the international intervention in Haiti.
2024-05-23

International Criminal Court Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem terminates all further investigations into crimes related to the 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis, following the collapse of cases against six suspects, including former and current Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, due to insufficient evidence and witness tampering.
2023-11-27

Kenya's government debt surges to a record KSh 10.1 trillion (US$70.75 billion), surpassing its KSh 10 trillion debt limit, attributed to external debt and currency fluctuations. President William Ruto's response to the country's financial crisis has been met with months of civil disorder.
2023-08-15

President Uhuru Kenyatta announces a lockdown and curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. local time in Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Kajiado and Nakuru counties beginning tomorrow due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-03-26

The Somali Minister of Information Osman Abubakar Dubbe announces that the Government of Somalia is recalling its diplomatic staff from Kenya and is giving Kenyan diplomats seven days to leave Somalia. This comes after Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi's visit to Nairobi where he was received by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
2020-12-15

Kenyan police arrest "Daily Nation" senior reporter John Ngirachu who wrote about corruption at the Interior Ministry. Reports alleging outrageous spending by civil servants has raised pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta.
2015-11-10

Former Kenyan presidential candidate Quincy Timberlake is charged with murder in the Australian city of Brisbane.
2014-09-2

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki undoes the suspensions for fraud of the agriculture and education ministers handed out by his Prime Minister.
2010-02-14

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki demands eight senior officials to resign due to corruption scandals in the education ministry and a maize scandal.
2010-02-13