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He vowed "full accountability for the mindless destruction, deaths, pain, loss and suffering we have all undergone." The Kenyan Red Cross said that 63 people were still missing. In Nairobi, daily business returned to normal; appeals replenished blood banks, and over US$650,000 was raised to support the affected families. Israeli involvement
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He became the youngest gold medallist in the marathon since 1932. He set the current (as of 2020) 10,000m ...
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 .
Kiptum was one of the most exciting prospects to emerge in road running in years. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s world marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum was given a state funeral Friday ...
e. Corruption in the government of Kenya has a history which spans the era of the founding president Jomo Kenyatta, to Daniel arap Moi 's KANU, Mwai Kibaki 's PNU governments. President Uhuru Kenyatta 's Jubilee Party government, and the current William Ruto 's Kenya Kwanza administration has also been riddled with massive cases of graft.
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.”.
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 ...
The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...