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]
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]
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18-21 and 23-26 March — Kenya Open and Kenya Savannah Classic (golf) at Karen Country Club in Nairobi[9]
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]
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^Ondieki, Geoffrey (8 January 2021). "Kenya: UN Releases Sh164 Million for Fight On Locust Upsurge". allAfrica.com. Daily Nation. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^"Man charged in rhino horns, elephant ivory trafficking case". AP NEWS. 25 January 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
^Bekdil, Burak Ege (January 27, 2021). "Kenya orders 118 armored vehicles from Turkey". news.yahoo.com. Defense News. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
^"US missionary gets 15 years for sex abuse at Kenya orphanage". news.yahoo.com. AP. February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
^"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.
^"Kenya orders closure of two refugee camps, gives ultimatum to UN agency". news.yahoo.com. Reuters. March 24, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
^"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.
^"European Tour adds new golf tournament in Kenya". AP NEWS. 12 February 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
^"Matano: Tusker FC coach switches attention to Caf Champions League after domestic triumph". Archived from the original on 2021-08-25.
^Former President Moi’s aide Hosea Kiplagat dies in Nairobi