2021 in Kenya

List of events from the year 2021 in Kenya.

See also: 2021 in East Africa

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Monthly events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya

January to March
  • 8 January
    • COVID-19 pandemic: 97,954 positive cases, 80,671 recoveries to date.[1]
    • The United Nations releases Sh164 million (US$1.5 million) to fight locusts.[2]
  • 25 January – Mansur Mohamed Surur is extradited to the United States for smuggling 190 kilograms (420 lb) of rhinoceros horns and 10 short tons (9.1 metric tons) of elephant ivory were valued at more than USD $7 million.[3]
  • 28 January – Kenya orders 118 armored Katmerciler Hızır vehicles from Turkey at a price of €60 million (USD $73 million).[4]
  • 4 February – Gregory Dow, 61, a Christian missionary from Lancaster, Pennsylvania is sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing four underage girls at an orphanage he founded near Boito.[5]
  • 9 March – U.S. national Isaac Sturgeon, 32, is deported to JFK Airport in New York after being charged in crimes related to the January 2021 Washington riot.[6]
  • 24 March – The government orders the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to close the Dadaab and the Kakuma refugee camps, home to 410,000 refugees.[7]
  • 25 March – Three DJs on ″Homeboyz Radio Lift-Offare″ are suspended after blaming Eunice Wangari, 20, for getting pushed out of a 12-story window while resisting sexual advances.[8]

Sports

Deaths

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References
  1. "365 recoveries as 221 new Covid-19 cases recorded". The Star. January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. Ondieki, Geoffrey (8 January 2021). "Kenya: UN Releases Sh164 Million for Fight On Locust Upsurge". allAfrica.com. Daily Nation. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  3. "Man charged in rhino horns, elephant ivory trafficking case". AP NEWS. 25 January 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  4. Bekdil, Burak Ege (January 27, 2021). "Kenya orders 118 armored vehicles from Turkey". news.yahoo.com. Defense News. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  5. "US missionary gets 15 years for sex abuse at Kenya orphanage". news.yahoo.com. AP. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. "US Capitol riots: Suspect held after deportation from Kenya". news.yahoo.com. BBC News. March 9, 2021. Archived from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  7. "Kenya orders closure of two refugee camps, gives ultimatum to UN agency". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  8. "Kenyan DJs sacked after blaming woman for being pushed off building". news.yahoo.com. BBC News. March 25, 2021. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  9. "European Tour adds new golf tournament in Kenya". AP NEWS. 12 February 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  10. "Matano: Tusker FC coach switches attention to Caf Champions League after domestic triumph". Archived from the original on 2021-08-25.
  11. Former President Moi’s aide Hosea Kiplagat dies in Nairobi
  12. Bonchari MP John Oyioka dies after long illness
  13. "Kenya: Endangered giraffes killed by low power lines". BBC News. 22 February 2021. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  14. Former Nation FM presenter Lorna Irungu succumbs to Covid-19
  15. Mama Sarah Obama is dead
  16. "Orie Rogo Manduli dies in Nairobi". Archived from the original on 2021-09-09.
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