2024 in Kenya
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Events in the year 2024 in Kenya.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- 1 February – A gas truck explodes in a residential area of Nairobi, killing three people and injuring 297 others.[1]
- 1 March – Kenyan 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.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 25 March – Four people, including three police officers, are killed in a bomb attack on a hotel near a police station in Mandera.[4]
- 11 April – At least 13 people are reported killed from flooding caused by heavy rains since March.[5]
- 15 April – East Africa is experiencing torrential rains for two weeks. Over 125,000 people are affected in the coastal area by floods. Fifty-eight people have been killed in Tanzania and another 13 people in Kenya.[6]
- 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]
- 24 April – 2024 Kenya floods: Widespread floods hit Nairobi with tens of thousands affected.[8]
- 25 April – Dozens of people continue to be killed in floods in East Africa.[9]
Scheduled[edit]
- 26 July–11 August – Kenya at the 2024 Summer Olympics[10]
- 28 August–8 September – Kenya at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Art and entertainment[edit]
Holidays[edit]
Source:[11]
- 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
References[edit]
- ^ "Nairobi fire: Gas blast in Kenyan capital kills three and injures nearly 300". 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "At least 13 people are killed and an estimated 15,000 displaced by flooding in Kenya". Associated Press. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "58 killed by 2 weeks of floods in Tanzania". AP News. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Kenyan military chief dies in helicopter crash, says president". CNN. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Kenya: Floods cause widespread devastation in Nairobi". BBC News. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens". Reuters. 25 April 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.
External links[edit]
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