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21 December – COVID-19 pandemic: Thousands of members of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union go on strike, demanding more PPE and better health insurance. Kenya reports 94,500 COVID-19 cases and 1,639 deaths. [14] 30 December – Al-Shabaab gunmen kill a man taking his pregnant wife to hospital. [15] Deaths [ edit]
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Kenya a "hybrid regime" in 2019. [1] The Political terror scale gave the country a rating of a 4 meaning that civil and political rights violations had expanded to large numbers of the population. Murders, disappearances, and torture were a common part of life.
October 10. Utamaduni Day formerly Moi Day, formerly Huduma Day. October 20. Mashujaa Day (Formerly Kenyatta Day) December 12. Jamhuri Day, marks the date of Kenya's establishment as a republic on December 12, 1964. December 25. Christmas Day.
Around 0.1% of the population of Kenya is white. There is currently a minor but relatively prominent white community in Kenya, mainly descended from British, but also to a lesser extent Italian and Greek, migrants dating from the colonial period. Contents 1 History 1.1 East Africa Protectorate 1.2 Kenya Colony 1.3 Republic of Kenya 2 Socioeconomics
General elections are scheduled to be held in Kenya on 9 August 2022. Voters will elect the President, members of the National Assembly and Senate, county governors and members of the 47 county assemblies. Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral system 3 Presidential candidates 3.1 Independent candidates 3.2 Declined 4 Campaign 5 Opinion polls
NTV, KTN, Citizen TV, TV47 Kenya are the biggest TV stations in Kenya in terms of coverage and viewers. Recently entertainment TV ventured in the Kenyan airspace with the inclusion of Kiss TV, a 24-hour Music TV Station, and Classic TV which airs African content in terms of movies, programs, and music. But recently they joined together.
January 1 - Riots in Kenya escalated following the tension after disputed presidential elections. On January 1, 2008, a mob attacked and set fire to a church in the town of Eldoret, where hundreds of people had taken refuge. As a result, at least 30 people, mostly Kikuyus, were burned to death. [1] [2]
The "Building Bridges Initiative" (BBI) was a proposed set of amendments to the Constitution of Kenya initially proposed in October 2019.In the wake of the 2017 general election annulment and subsequent re-run, incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta mandated the formation of the Presidential Taskforce on Building Bridges to Unity Advisory on 31 May 2018.