2021 in Kenya explained

List of events from the year 2021 in Kenya.

See also: 2021 in East Africa.

Incumbents

• President

Uhuru Kenyatta

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 190kg (420lb) of rhinoceros horns and 10short ton 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

• 18-21 and 23-26 March — Kenya Open and Kenya Savannah Classic (golf) at Karen Country Club in Nairobi^[9]
• 17–22 August — 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
• 23 August — Tusker FC wins The 2020–21 FKF Premier League.^[10]
• 24 August–5 September — Kenya at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Deaths

• 6 February – Hosea Kiplagat, 76, politician and philanthropist.^[11]
• 15 February – John Oyioka, politician, MP (20172021).^[12]
• 22 February – Two Rothschild's giraffes; electrocuted^[13]
• 22 March – Lorna Irungu, 50–51, television presenter and media relations executive; COVID-19.^[14]
• 29 March – Sarah Onyango Obama, 99, educator and philanthropist, grandmother of former U.S. President Barack Obama; complications from diabetes and a stroke.^[15]
• 8 September - Orie Rogo Manduli, 73, Politician.^[16]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• Al-Shabaab (militant group)
• African Continental Free Trade Area
• International Conference on the Great Lakes Region

External links

• allAfrica (Kenya), AllAfrica news website
• The Standard (newspaper)
• The Star (newspaper)
• UK-Africa trade: What will Brexit change? (by Kate Hairsine, DW, January 18, 2021)
• How the Nairobi Expressway is changing Kenya's capital (BBC News, 13 Feb 2021)

Notes and References

1. News: 365 recoveries as 221 new Covid-19 cases recorded . January 9, 2021 . The Star . January 9, 2021 . en-KE.
2. News: Ondieki . Geoffrey . Kenya: UN Releases Sh164 Million for Fight On Locust Upsurge . January 9, 2021 . allAfrica.com . Daily Nation . 8 January 2021 . en.
3. News: Man charged in rhino horns, elephant ivory trafficking case . January 27, 2021 . AP NEWS . 25 January 2021.
4. News: Bekdil . Burak Ege . Kenya orders 118 armored vehicles from Turkey . January 28, 2021 . news.yahoo.com . Defense News . January 27, 2021.
5. News: US missionary gets 15 years for sex abuse at Kenya orphanage . February 4, 2021 . news.yahoo.com . AP . February 4, 2021.
6. News: US Capitol riots: Suspect held after deportation from Kenya . March 9, 2021 . news.yahoo.com . BBC News . March 9, 2021 . March 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210310030934/https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-capitol-riots-suspect-held-112804545.html . dead .
7. News: Kenya orders closure of two refugee camps, gives ultimatum to UN agency . March 24, 2021 . news.yahoo.com . Reuters . March 24, 2021.
8. News: Kenyan DJs sacked after blaming woman for being pushed off building . March 28, 2021 . news.yahoo.com . BBC News . March 25, 2021 . March 29, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210329101648/https://www.yahoo.com/news/kenyan-djs-sacked-blaming-woman-150256582.html . dead .
9. News: European Tour adds new golf tournament in Kenya . February 13, 2021 . AP NEWS . 12 February 2021.
10. Web site: Matano: Tusker FC coach switches attention to Caf Champions League after domestic triumph. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825171232/https://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/matano-tusker-fc-coach-switches-attention-to-caf-champions/1a3jupb4wfs21lf4vtxlly7s8 . 2021-08-25 .
11. https://citizentv.co.ke/news/former-president-mois-aide-hosea-kiplagat-dies-in-nairobi-5743695/ Former President Moi’s aide Hosea Kiplagat dies in Nairobi
12. https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2021-02-15-bonchari-mp-john-oyioka-is-dead/ Bonchari MP John Oyioka dies after long illness
13. News: Kenya: Endangered giraffes killed by low power lines . February 22, 2021 . BBC News . 22 February 2021.
14. https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2021-03-22-former-nation-fm-presenter-lorna-irungu-succumbs-to-covid-19/ Former Nation FM presenter Lorna Irungu succumbs to Covid-19
15. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/amp/nyanza/article/2001407820/mama-sarah-obama-is-dead Mama Sarah Obama is dead
16. Web site: Orie Rogo Manduli dies in Nairobi. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210909002238/https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2021-09-08-orie-rogo-manduli-dies-in-nairobi/ . 2021-09-09 .