The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Kenya.
Incumbents
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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 ...
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President
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, 2013-current
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William Ruto
William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto (born 21 December 1966) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the 11th deputy president of Ken ...
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Deputy President, 2013-current
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Willy Mutunga
Willy Munyoki Mutunga (born 16 June 1946) is a Kenyan lawyer, intellectual, reform activist, and was the Commonwealth Special Envoy to the Maldives. He is also an active member of thJustice Leadership Group He is the retired Chief Justice of Ke ...
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Chief Justice, 2011-2016
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David Maraga,
Chief Justice, 2016-current
Events
*A court in Mombasa sentences a primary schoolteacher and imam,
Salim Mohamed Wabwire, to 20 years in prison for instructing his pupils to kill Christians. Wabwire, who taught at Jihad Mosque in Mombasa, was acquitted on charges of Al Shabaab membership and terrorist recruitment.
Kenya jails radical Muslim teacher Salim Mohamed Wabwire
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*63 athletes from Kenya will compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil
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from 5-21 August
Public holidays
See also
* Timeline of Kenyan history
References
{{Africa topic, 2016 in
2010s in Kenya
Years of the 21st century in Kenya