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The death toll from ongoing flooding in Kenya increases to 181, as more homes and roads are destroyed.
2024-05-1

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

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lifts the nationwide curfew that had been in place since March 2020 and allows places of worship to be filled to two-thirds of their capacity as the number of COVID-19 cases decreases.
2021-10-20

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lifts the lockdown imposed in Nairobi and surrounding counties, allowing bars, restaurants, schools, and religious services to reopen and revising the evening curfew to 10:00 p.m.
2021-05-1

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

Voters in Kenya go to the polls following the annulment of the results in the Kenyan general election. The President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta wins with a 98% majority following an opposition boycott.
2017-10-26

The Supreme Court of Kenya annuls the results of the recent presidential election, that indicated President Uhuru Kenyatta was reelected, due to irregularities, and orders a new election.
2017-09-1

The Kenyan electoral commission announces that President Uhuru Kenyatta has won re-election. Kenyatta leads ODM candidate Raila Odinga by more than 1.4 million votes. The opposition National Super Alliance rejects this finding as fraudulent.
2017-08-11

Kenya officially swears in their new president, Uhuru Kenyatta.
2013-04-9

Results of the 2013 Kenyan presidential election indicate that Uhuru Kenyatta has won a victory in the first round with just over 50% of the vote. His leading opponent Raila Odinga says that he will challenge the results.
2013-03-9