2024 in Kenya
Kenya-related events during 2024
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Events in the year 2024 in Kenya.
Incumbents
- President: William Ruto
- Deputy President: Rigathi Gachagua
- Chief Justice: Martha Koome
Events
February
- 1 February – A gas truck explodes in a residential area of Nairobi, killing three people and injuring 297 others.[1]
March
- March–May – 2024 Kenya floods: At least 238 people are killed nationwide in floods.[2]
- 1 March – President William Ruto announces an agreement with Haiti to deploy 1,000 police officers in a mission approved by the United Nations to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation.[3]
- 5 March – A Cessna 172 on a training flight crashes into the Nairobi National Park after figuring in a mid-air collision with a Dash 8 passenger aircraft operated by Safarilink Aviation, killing all two people aboard the Cessna.[4]
- 18 March – A bus carrying university students from Nairobi to Mombasa collides with a truck in Maungu, killing 11 and seriously injuring 42.[5]
- 25 March – Four people, including three police officers, are killed in a bomb attack on a hotel near a police station in Mandera.[6]
April
- 18 April – The Head of the Kenya Defence Forces, General Francis Omondi Ogolla, dies along with nine other military officers in a helicopter crash in Elgeyo Marakwet County.[7]
- 29 April:
- 2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood: At least 50 people are killed after a railway embankment collapses due to heavy rains near Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County.[8]
- Five people are killed in a bomb attack in El Wak, Mandera County.[9]
May
- 23 May – A U.S. official announces President Joe Biden's intent to designate Kenya a Major non-NATO ally during President William Ruto's visit.[10]
- 24 May – Five miners are killed after an illegal gold mine collapses in Dabel, Marsabit County.[11]
June
- 7 June – Four construction workers are killed in a gun attack on a hospital site near the Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa County.[12]
- 13 June – A judge is injured in a shooting inside a courtroom in Nairobi. The gunman, a disgruntled senior police commander, is shot dead by responding police.[13]
- 18 June–ongoing – One person is killed while at least 200 others are injured and more than 200 are arrested during nationwide protests against proposed tax increases.[14][15]
- 23 June – The Government of Kenya says it is ready for conversations with anti-finance bill protesters.[16]
- 25 June –
- 2024 Parliament of Kenya assault: The Parliament Buildings in Nairobi are set on fire during protests against the finance bill,[17] while 10 protesters are shot dead by police.[18]
- Kenyan police units arrive in Haiti for a United Nations-backed security mission to restore order.[19]
- 26 June – President Ruto declines to sign the controversial Kenya Finance Bill 2024 into law following the assault on parliament on 25 June.[20]
- 27 June – Thousands of people protest in cities across Kenya, calling for the removal of President Ruto.[21]
July
- 2 July – Protests against the controversial rejected Kenyan finance bill and President Ruto continue in major cities, with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reporting at least 39 people killed and 361 injured in the protests.[22]
- 8 July – A Kenyan court rules that the 2022 killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif by police in Nairobi was unlawful and orders the Kenyan government to pay 10 million Kenyan shillings ($78,000) as compensation to his family.[23]
- 11 July – President Ruto dismisses his cabinet, with only prime cabinet secretary and concurrent foreign minister Musalia Mudavadi and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua ordered to remain in place.[24]
- 12 July;
- Japheth Koome Nchebere resigns as Inspector-general of Police and is replaced by his deputy, Douglas Kanja.[25]
- The bodies of six females are found in a quarry near the Mukuru kwa Njenga slum of Nairobi.[25]
Scheduled
- 26 July–11 August – Kenya at the 2024 Summer Olympics[26]
- 28 August–8 September – Kenya at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Art and entertainment
Holidays
Source:[27]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 11 April – Eid al-Fitr
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 1 June - Madaraka Day
- 17 June – Eid al-Adha
- 10 October – Moi Day
- 20 October – Mashujaa Day
- 12 December – Jamhuri Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Deaths
- 11 February – Kelvin Kiptum, long-distance runner.[28]
References
- ^ "Nairobi fire: Gas blast in Kenyan capital kills three and injures nearly 300". 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Kenya declares public holiday to mourn flood victims". Associated Press. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Kenya Haiti Sign Agreement". Reuters. 1 March 2024.
- ^ "2 killed in midair plane collision above Nairobi National Park, Kenya police say". ABC News. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "11 Kenyan Varsity Students Die In Road Crash". Info Daily. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "An explosion near a police station in northern Kenya has killed 4 people, including 3 officers". Associated Press. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Kenyan military chief dies in helicopter crash, says president". CNN. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Kenya dam bursts: More than 40 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town". BBC. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "A bomb attack in northern Kenya kills 5 people near the border with Somalia". Associated Press. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Biden Kenya State Visit". NPR. 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Gold mine collapse in northern Kenya leaves 5 people dead". Associated Press. 25 May 2024.
- ^ "4 construction workers shot dead in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia". Associated Press. 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Kenyan policeman shoots magistrate in open court". BBC. 13 June 2024.
- ^ "More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill". Africanews. 19 June 2024.
- ^ "At least 200 injured, 100 arrested in Kenya tax protests: Rights groups". Al Jazeera. 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Kenya's Ruto ready for 'conversation' with protesters". RFI. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Kenya's parliament compound Stormed, building set ablaze, Reuters witness says". Reuters. 25 June 2024.
- ^ Burrell, Miriam (25 June 2024). "Fire erupts as protesters storm Kenya's parliament amid nationwide unrest". Evening Standard. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "'Much-needed relief': Kenyan police force arrives in Haiti for UN-backed security mission". France 24. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Kenya's Ruto rejects tax bill, returns it to parliament, local media reports". Reuters. 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Kenya protesters call for President Ruto's removal after tax bill dropped". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Kenya police clash with protesters as tax bill unrest continues". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "A Kenyan court says 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful". Associated Press. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Kenya's Ruto dismisses almost entire cabinet after deadly protests". France 24. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Kenya police boss resigns in latest fallout from deadly protests". Associated Press. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Kenya win Africa Men's Sevens to earn Paris 2024 rugby place". Inside The Games. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Kenya Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Hundreds of mourners attend funeral for marathon star Kiptum in Kenya". Al Jazeera. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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