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2018 in Kenya
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Events in the year 2018 in Kenya.
Incumbents
Events
- March–June - 2018 East Africa floods
- 9 March – 2018 Kenya handshake
- 19 March – Sudan, last known male northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya.[1]
- 26 March – A giant crack in the ground, measuring 50 feet deep and 65 feet across, opens in or near Nairobi. [2]
- 9 May – The Patel Dam near the township of Solai, Nakuru County, in the Rift Valley burst amid heavy rains, killing at least 45 people.[3][4]
- 10 October - At least 51 people are killed when a bus traveling from the Kenyan capital Nairobi to Kisumu veers off the road and overturns.[5]
Sports
- 9 to 25 February – Kenya participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea
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Deaths
- 1 March – Louis Onguto, judge, member of the High Court.[6]
- 3 September – Paul Koech, long distance runner, half marathon world champion (b. 1969).[7]
- 3 October – Joseph Kamaru, benga musician and political activist (b. 1939).[8]
References
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