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The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020, [3] with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa .
After eight buildings collapsed and killed 15 people in Kenya in 2015, the presidency ordered an audit of all the country’s buildings to see if they were up to code.
Politics of Kenya. General elections were held in Kenya on Tuesday, 9 August 2022. Voters elected the president, governors, senators, members of the National Assembly, and members of county assemblies. This was the third general election and the fourth presidential one since the promulgation of the 2010 constitution.
The World Bank began financing the Kenya Forest Service’s Natural Resources Management Project in 2007. It promised to cover $68.5 million of the project’s $78 million budget in an effort to help the KFS “improve the livelihoods of communities participating in the co-management of water and forests.”.
Events. 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]
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya has said its police officers will soon be in Haiti to confront armed groups vying for control of the capital, but worsening insecurity and uncertainty about financing are ...
A member of the African Union [12] with a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, [13] Kenya is the 28th most populous country in the world [7] and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest and second largest city, is the major port city of Mombasa, situated on Mombasa Island in ...
The announcement from the Bahamas' foreign ministry follows a request on Monday from U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Haiti's neighbors join forces with Kenya, which last week said it ...