The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Kenya.
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Incumbents
edit- Uhuru Kenyatta, President, 2013-current
- William Ruto, Deputy President, 2013-current
- Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice, 2011-2016
- David Maraga, Chief Justice, 2016-current
Events
edit- 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.[1]
- 63 athletes from Kenya will compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 5-21 August
Public holidays
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References
edit- ^ "Kenya jails radical Muslim teacher Salim Mohamed Wabwire". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08.