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The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) 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 .
Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti (born August 1, 1995) is a Kenyan environment and climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative, which nurtures young people to love nature and be environmentally conscious at a young age and has now planted 30,000 tree seedlings in Kenya. In 2019, she was awarded the Africa Green Person of the Year ...
Kenyan shilling. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as of June 2010. The shilling ( Swahili: shilingi; abbreviation: KSh; ISO code: KES) is the currency of Kenya. It is divided into 100 cents. The Central Bank of Kenya Act cap 491, mandated the printing and minting of the Kenyan shilling currency.
Events. January 15: 2019 Nairobi hotel attack: A terrorist attack in Nairobi kills 21 people and injures 28 more. [1] September 30: Kenyan police are put on high alert after recovering intelligence suggesting that several operatives had been sent into the country by al-Shabaab, a Somali jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda. [2]
The National Construction Authority found that 58% of the buildings in Nairobi were unfit for habitation. At least three people died when a building collapsed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi ...
2019 West Pokot landslide. On 30 November 2019, a landslide in Pokot, Northwest Kenya was triggered by heavy rainfall and killed at least 52 people. The landslide began around 2:30 a.m. on 30 November in West Pokot County near the border with Uganda. Flooded roads and bridges were swept away after the incident, hindering rescue operations.
www .standardmedia .co .ke /ktnnews /. KTN News is a news channel owned and operated by the Standard Group as a news and current affairs subsidiary of Kenya Television Network. KTN News associates with current events and affairs facing Kenya. It is mostly news, updates and stories coverage and is one of the fastest growing TV stations in Kenya.
18 June – Kenya narrowly achieves a majority in the second day of voting, defeating Djibouti in the 2020 United Nations Security Council Elections. Kenya wins a two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council to begin January 1, 2021. [5] [6] 25 June – Police officers killed three people at a protest in Lesos, Nandi East Sub-County. [7 ...