2024 in Kenya
Kenya-related events during 2024
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Events in the year 2024 in Kenya.
Incumbents
- President: William Ruto
- Deputy President: Rigathi Gachagua
- Chief Justice: Martha Koome
Events
- 1 February – A gas truck explodes in a residential area of Nairobi, killing three people and injuring 297 others.[1]
- March–April – 2024 Kenya floods: At least 120 people are killed nationwide in floods since March.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- 25 March – Four people, including three police officers, are killed in a bomb attack on a hotel near a police station in Mandera.[5]
- 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.[6]
- 29 April:
- 2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood: At least 50 people are killed after a railway embankment collapses due to heavy rains near Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County.[7]
- Five people are killed in a bomb attack in El Wak, Mandera County.[8]
- 30 April – The death toll in the Kenyan floods rises to 169, with 91 reported missing.[9]
- 1 May – The death toll from ongoing flooding increases to 179, as more homes and roads are destroyed.[10]
Scheduled
- 26 July–11 August – Kenya at the 2024 Summer Olympics[11]
- 28 August–8 September – Kenya at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Art and entertainment
Holidays
Source:[12]
- 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
- ^ "Nairobi fire: Gas blast in Kenyan capital kills three and injures nearly 300". 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Burst dam in Kenya pushes flood death toll past 120". Al Jazeera. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 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.
- ^ "Kenyan military chief dies in helicopter crash, says president". CNN. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Kenya dam bursts: More than 40 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town". BBC. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "A bomb attack in northern Kenya kills 5 people near the border with Somalia". Associated Press. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Flash Floods in Kenya". 30 April 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed". 1 May 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "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
- Online calendar
2020s portal
Current events portal
Africa portal
Kenya portal
