List of events from the year

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Uhuru Kenyatta Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Kenyatta was chosen by Daniel Arap Moi as his preferred successor, but Kenyatta was defeated by opposition le ...

Events

* 5 January – War in

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

: Camp Simba attack. *13 March – First case of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. *March 15 – Cabinet Secretary for Health,

Mutahi Kagwe Hon. Mutahi Kagwe is the formecabinet secretary for Healthin the Republic of Kenya. He assumed office on 28 February 2020 after the docket was handed over to him by the previous cabinet secretary for Health, Sicily Kariuki. He hit the airwaves a ...

, announced that two people who had sat next to the initial patient on an aircraft in transit from the United States had also tested positive for the virus. *18 June – Kenya narrowly achieves a majority in the second day of voting, defeating

Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...

in the 2020 United Nations Security Council Elections. Kenya wins a two-year seat on the

United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admi ...

to begin January 1, 2021. *25 June – Police officers killed three people at a protest in Lesos, Nandi East Sub-County. *30 October – The

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

and the

World Food Programme The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен� ...

launch a major cash and nutrition relief project in conjunction with local and national authorities to provide aid for 400,000 urban poor in COVID-19 hotspots. *16 November – COVID-19 pandemic: Schools close and student pregnancies increase during lockdown. *10 December – A high court orders the government to compensate four victims of sexual attacks by security agents during post-election violence during violence following the

2007 Kenyan general election General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007. Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections. Incumbent Mwai Kibaki, running on a Party of National Unity (PN ...

. *15 December –

cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya after

Muse Bihi Abdi Musa Bihi Abdi ( so, Muuse Biixi Cabdi, ar, موسى بيحي عبدي) (born 1948 in Hargeisa, British Somaliland, now Somaliland) is a Somaliland politician and former military officer who has been President of Somaliland since December 2017. ...

from

Somalialand Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

visits Kenya. *16 December – Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 30, a Kenyan national, is transferred to United States custody after being arrested in the Philippines on terrorism charges in an alleged 9/11-type attack on behalf of Al-Shabaab. *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. *30 December – Al-Shabaab gunmen kill a man taking his pregnant wife to hospital.

Deaths

*6 September – Dickson Wamwiri, Olympic

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

practitioner (b. 1984). *12 September – Linus Okok Okwach, Roman Catholic prelate and former Bishop of

Homa Bay Homa Bay is a town (and eponymous bay) on the south shore of Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, in western Kenya. It lies near Mount Homa (in the Luo language ''Got Marahuma'' or ''God Uma'' famous mountain" and Ruma National Park, the latter noted ...

(b. 1952). *4 October – Rosemary Aluoch, 44, footballer (

Kampala Capital City Authority FC Kampala Capital City Authority Football Club (Abbreviated as KCCA FC) and also known as Kampala City , is a Ugandan football club based in Kampala, the largest city and capital of Uganda. Kampala City Council was rebranded to Kampala Capital Cit ...

, OC Bukavu Dawa,

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...

). *24 October –

Nzamba Kitonga Philip Nzamba Kitonga (1956 – 24 October 2020) was a Kenyan lawyer and politician. Career He held many positions in his career but he was best known for being on the Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review (CoE) that drafted the new Consti ...

, 64, lawyer and politician. *3 December – Kiptarus arap Kirior, Kenyan politician, MP (1983–1988, 1992–1997). *11 December **

Boniface Kabaka Boniface Mutinda Kabaka (January 1, 1966 – 11 December 2020) was a Kenyan politician who served as a Senator from Machakos County from 2017 until his death in 2020. He was a member of the Chama Cha Uzalendo party. Kabaka was born on January 1, ...

, politician,

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

(since 2017), stroke. **

Joseph Nyagah Joseph William Nthiga Nyagah (6 January 1948 – 11 December 2020) was a Kenyan politician and Minister of Cooperative Development and Marketing in Kenya's grand coalition government. Biography Nyagah was a member of the then governing Kenya Afri ...

, 72, politician, COVID-19. *18 December –

John Obiero Nyagarama Nyagarama (1946 – 18 December 2020), formally known as John Obiero Nyagarama, was a Kenyan politician. He was the first Governor of Nyamira County, deputised by Amos Nyaribo. He was a member of the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected i ...

, 74, politician, Governor of

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(since 2013); COVID-19. *26 December – Johnson Gicheru, 79, judge, Chief Justice (2003–2011). *December 27 – Gunga Mwinga, 45, politician, MP (2013–2017).Former Kaloleni MP Gunga Mwinga dies
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