January 8 - Kenya gazetted the new media law, despite being criticised by the media for limiting the freedom of press.[1]
January 21 - Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal was deported from Kenya.[2] Earlier two demonstrators died when a group of youth protesting his arrest clashed with the police [3]
January 26 - Five people died and seven injured when two lorries collided on Waiyaki Way, Westlands, Nairobi.[4] Another accident occurred in Ndengelwa, Bungoma District, where a matatu and a diesel tanker collided leaving five dead and several injured. In addition, one person at the scene died of police gunshot wounds. The police tried to prevent people from siphoning fuel from the tanker [5]
February 2 - The Kenyan Appellate Court orders 2007 parliamentary election votes of the Starehe Constituency to be recounted. The recounting is for irregularities in the original counting, when Margaret Wanjiru won the seat beating narrowly the then incumbent MP Maina Kamanda[7]
February 5 - The minister of transport Chirau Ali Mwakwere of PNU loses his Matuga Constituency parliamentary seat after the High Court ruled the election not being free, fair and transparent. A by-election is to be held on a later date [8]
February 13 - Number of permanent secretaries and other government officials are suspended by the president Mwai Kibaki due to corruption allegations on them.[9] Among them is the Education PS Karega Mutahi, who had earlier admitted diverting money single-handedly from a project to another.[10]
February 14 - Prime Minister Raila Odinga suspends Minister of Agriculture William Ruto and Minister of Education Sam Ongeri alleging them on corruption. Ongeri has admitted diverting school infrastructure money to his constituency while Ruto is linked to the maize scandal. President Mwai Kibaki reversed the suspensions instantly, leading to a political debate on the powers between the president and PM [11][12]
February 24 - 11 people died and nearly 30 injured when a bus and a lorry collided at Ndala between Maungu and Voi along the Nairobi - Mombasa Highway[14]
April 16 - George Thuo (PNU) loses his parliamentary seat after a court nullified the 2007 election results of Juja Constituency citing irregularities.[22]Margaret Wanjiru (ODM) also risk losing her seat after a Starehe Constituency vote recount indicates that Maina Kamanda (PNU) won the election with a clear margin [23]
April 23 - 12 people died when a bus collided with a trailer along the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu Road [24]
April 30 - Dick Wathika (PNU) is set to lose his parliamentary seat after a court nullified the 2007 election results of Makadara Constituency citing irregularities.[25]
July 12 - Chirau Ali Mwakwere (PNU) retained Matuga Constituency parliamentary seat in a by-election. His election in 2007 had been nullified by high court in February 2010 [28]
August
August 4 – A referendum is held on the Proposed Constitution of Kenya, which was then ratified by a 68.55% majority, paving way for promulgation on 27 August 2010
October 19 - Higher education minister William Ruto was suspended due to ongoing investigations on his alleged involvement in a forest land corruption case [30]
October 26 - Nairobi Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa steps aside after being charged for his alleged involvement in a cemetery land corruption scandal [32]
October 27 - Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula resigned due to allegations of him being involved in an Embassy corruption scandal. His Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwangi resigned also. George Saitoti was subsequently named the foreign minister on an acting capacity[33][34]
November
November 2 - The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission chairman Bethuel Kiplagat steps aside to allow a tribunal to investigate his conduct [35]
28 July - August 1 - Kenya hosts the 2010 African Championships in Athletics at Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi, emerging with her largest medal total (10 gold, 7 silver, 8 bronze, 25 medals in total) at the African Senior Athletics Championships
August - October
14–26 August - Kenya participates in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, winning 3 gold and 3 bronze in various athletics disciplines
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