The memorable events of 2013

January 2: A 14-seater matatu veers off the road at Moto-quarry area in Molo, Nakuru County, killing 20 people and injuring seven others.

Mr Musalia Mudavadi’s United Democratic Forum party withdraws from the Jubilee Coalition.

January 3: Mr Joshua Karianjahi Waiganjo, who was said to have been posing as the deputy Rift Valley Provincial Police Officer, is charged before a Naivasha court with various crimes that include robbery with violence, impersonation of a senior police officer and being in possession of police uniform.

Chandulal Shah, one of the six pioneer brokers at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), and also founder of the brokerage firm, Shah Munge Partners, dies aged 79 in India while undergoing treatment.

January 4: Prof James ole Kiyiapi is endorsed as the Restore and Build Kenya party’s presidential candidate for the March 4 General Election.

January 8: The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), drops academic qualification requirements for senate and parliamentary aspirants, implying that, only presidential candidates and their running mates, and governor aspirants are required to have a university degree.

Nurses call off their five-week strike to pave way for the court to determine the fate of their unregistered union.

Three senior police officers, Rift Valley PPO John Mbijiwe, Gilgil-based Anti-Stock Theft Unit commandant Remi Ngungi and Njoro police division commander Peter Njeru Nthiga, are suspended in connection with the police impostor Joshua Waiganjo saga as the National Police Service Commission orders a head count of all officers countrywide.

January 9: Eleven people are killed in clashes between the Pokomo and Orma at the Tana Delta District.

January 12: President Kibaki declines to assent to the Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Bill but remains silent on the fate of the Presidential Retirement Benefits (Amendment) Bill 2012 that touches on his benefits.

January 13: More than 3,000 people flee their homes and several schools remain closed due to raids in Baringo North District.

January 14: The term of the Tenth Parliament expires.

January 15: President Kibaki awards a charter to the Technical University of Kenya, formerly the Kenya Polytechnic, Nairobi.

January 22: Businesswoman Mary Wambui storms the TNA secretariat after the party reportedly withdrew her nomination and issued a certificate to Mr Gichuki Mugambi. Ms Wambui accuses powerful forces in government of blocking her from succeeding President Kibaki as MP for Othaya.

January 23: President Kibaki launches Konza Technology City at Malili in Makueni County. The Law Society of Kenya releases a strict dress code for lawyers.

Police impostor Joshua Waiganjo claims that senior members of a political party and a top police officer in Rift Valley met him on several occasions where sensitive issues regarding Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his campaign in the region were discussed.

The Jubilee Alliance promises to replace slums in Nairobi with low cost houses once in power.

January 29: Deputy PM Musalia Mudavadi, Narc Kenya’s Martha Karua, Eagle coalition’s Peter Kenneth and Restore and Build Kenya’s James ole Kiyiapi are cleared by IEBC to vie for the presidency in the March 4 General Election.

January 30: Prime Minister Raila Odinga of Cord, Deputy PM Uhuru Kenyatta, veteran politician Paul Muite and newcomer Mohammed Abduba Dida, a former teacher at Nairobi’s Lenana School, are cleared by IEBC to vie for the presidency in the March 4 poll.

The Mombasa Polytechnic is granted a charter and becomes the Technical University of Mombasa.

January 31: President Kibaki grants a charter to Pwani University College in Kilifi to become Pwani University.

February 11: Presidential candidates James ole Kiyiapi, Martha Karua, Mohammed Abduba Dida, Paul Muite, Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Peter Kenneth and Musalia Mudavadi face off in a historic televised debate watched by millions of Kenyans

Pope Benedict XVI stuns the Roman Catholic world by saying he would resign on February 28, less than eight years after he took office.

February 12: President Kibaki grants a charter to Maasai Mara University in Narok County.
February 13: President Kibaki grants a charter to the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology in Bondo, Siaya County.

February 16: An explosion occurs in Garissa town followed by random gunshots.

February 18: The government presents Mrs Mukami Kimathi, the widow of freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi, with a vehicle during a function in Nyeri town to mark the freedom fighter’s death.

February 19: President Kibaki grants a charter to Laikipia University. 

February 20: Chief Justice Willy Mutunga says he fears for his life after receiving a letter warning him and judges not to make unfavourable rulings against Jubilee Coalition flag bearer Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate, William Ruto.

February 25:  Former Electoral Commission of Kenya chairman Samuel Mutua Kivuitu dies of throat cancer aged 74 years.

February 26: President Kibaki officially opens Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, a 121-bed capacity referral hospital in Embakasi Constituency, Nairobi, which was build as a donation by China to Kenya.

February 27: Foreign Affairs PS Thuita Mwangi is picked up from his office on Harambee Avenue, Nairobi, by detectives and taken to Integrity Centre for questioning over claims of abuse of office relating to the Tokyo Embassy scandal and other issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

March 4: Kenya holds its tenth General Election since Independence in 1963 and the first under the new Constitution.

March 5: The election results transmission system at the Bomas of Kenya collapses, causing anxiety after IEBC stops relaying presidential results for hours.

IEBC start releasing election results using the manual forms submitted by constituency returning officers. 

March 9: Jubilee presidential candidate Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is announced president –elect. Cord presidential candidate Raila Odinga reject the poll outcome and says he would move to court to challenge the results. 

March 11: The ICC drops charges against former Public Service head Francis Muthaura, saying that key witnesses had either been killed, died or bribed or were too afraid to testify.

March 13: Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected Pope Francis I replacing Pope Benedict who resigned abruptly and becoming the church’s first Latin American pontiff.

March 16: Cord presidential candidate Raila Odinga files a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner of the March 4 election.

March 22: Chinua Achebe, author of the novel Things Fall Apart which dealt with the impact of colonialism in Africa and one of Africa’s best known authors, dies in Boston, US aged 82.

President Mwai Kibaki who had been Commander-in-Chief for an uninterrupted 10 years and the first president to send the military into war in Operation Linda Nchi against Somalia’s Al-Shabaab receives his last military honours at a ceremonial farewell by the Kenya Defence Forces.

March 27: All governors across the country are sworn into office, taking on the task of setting up county governments.

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is readmitted to hospital with a recurrent lung infection.

March 28: Egerton University is closed indefinitely following riots that were triggered by the killing of one of the students.

March 30: Supreme Court upholds Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in March 4 elections. The six judges, in a unanimous judgment, say that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission conducted the elections in a free, fair, transparent and credible manner and that the elections were indeed conducted in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws. The judgment delivered within five minutes.

The judges dismissed calls for fresh elections by Mr. Raila Odinga and Africa Centre for Open Governance (AFRICOG).

Two youth members of Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Kinoo Parish, die while at an expedition at the Mt. Longonot.

President Mwai Kibaki sets up the Lamu Port Southern Sudan Ethiopia Transport Corridor (Lapsset) Development Authority to manage the project on behalf of the government.

March 31: 266 13-kilogramme gas cylinders and another 431 6-kilogrammecylinders from East AfricaSpectre Limited on Mombasa Road, a company owned by the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga family.

April 2: Mr David Okuta Osiany, the Kenya National Union of Teachers(Knut) secretary-general dies at Rongai Women’s Hospital.

April 4: A student is killed and two others seriously injured after gunmen hurled a grenade at a hotel in Garissa town.

April 5: President Kibaki is sent home with a basketful of goodies to enjoy in his retirement.

April 6: GorMahia fail to qualify for the second round of the Confederation Cup after a 0-0 draw at the Nyayo National Stadium (3-0 aggregate loss) to ENPPI of Egypt.

April 9: President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is sworn in as the fourth president of the republic of Kenya in a ceremony held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. William Samoei Ruto is sworn in as the Deputy President.

April 10: The wife of Mr Thomas Letangule of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission dies under unclear circumstances at Family Care Maternity, Langata Road, while attending an antenatal clinic.

April 12: A play, Shackles of Doom, by Butere Girls, scripted by playwright-politician Cleopas Malala is banned from the National Drama Festival for being ‘tribal’ and failing topromote the theme of national healing and reconciliation

April 15: Rita Jeptoo reclaims the Boston Marathon crown she first won in 2006. The marathon was later rocked by twin terrorists’ blasts near the finishing line which killed three people and injured at least 140.

April 16: United Nations relaxes rules on ICC suspects saying UN officials may interact “without restrictions” with individuals summoned to appear before the ICC as long they cooperate with the court.

April 17: Fatuma Binti Baraka, a.k.a. Bi Kidude, The Grand Old Lady of Taarab from Mfagimaringo village of Zanzibar dies aged over a hundred years.

April 18: President Kenyatta releases a list of the ministries of his lean government, but without names of Cabinet secretaries to take up the dockets.

April 19: President Uhuru Kenyatta visit Nyanza for the first time after March 4th elections for the burial of Knut Secretary-general David Okuta, meeting up with former Prime Minister and political competitor Raila Odinga and strike a conciliatory note.

April 21: Priscah Jeptoo wins gold in the elite women’s race 2013 London Marathon.

April 23: President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, names Mr James Macharia, Dr Fred Matiang’i, Mr Henry Rotich and Mrs Amina Abdalla, the first four nominees for Cabinet Secretaries in-charge of Health, Information & Communication, Treasury and Foreign Affairs respectively. Parliament forms vetting committee.

April 25: President and Deputy name 12 more Cabinet nominees including CharityNgilu and NajibBalala, despite pledgenot to include politicians,but leave Interior and Labour dockets unfilled.

April 26: Five studentsNambale Boys High in Busia County are killed in road accident at Kinamoi in Koibatek District while on school trip to Lake Baringo.

April 27: Makueni Senator and former Cabinet minister MutulaKilonzo is found dead at his ranch in Maanzoni, Machakos County.

A five-man gang suspected to be from Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) attack and seriously injure a police officer in at Frere Town Police Patrol Base booth in Mombasa

April 29: Four people are killed and one injured in a raid on a Turkana village by bandits suspected to be Toposas from South Sudan.

April 30: Netherlands’ Willem-Alexander, a former KWS pilot and alsoa patron of Amref, is crowned King and  Europe’s youngest monarch at 46 after his mother, Queen Beatrix, 75, abdicated.

May 1: During Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park, PresidentUhuru Kenyatta raises minimum pay for lowest job group and pledges to support industry.

Daniel Owira, a Form Two student at Highway Secondary School, who moved an audience that included President Uhuru Kenyatta with the narrative Otonglo Time at the Mombasa State House concert, is hosted by the President at State House in Nairobi where the Head of State said he would pay his school fees up to university.

May 5: Woman is killed and at least 60 injured, three of them critically in church blast Arusha, Tanzania after a grenade attack as the Vatican ambassador to Tanzania,Francisco Padilla was about to officially inaugurate a Catholic church at Olasiti in the outskirts of the city.

At least 15 persons died when a suicide attacker rammed a car laden with explosives into a government convoy at a busy junction in the Somali capital

May 6: Schools reopen across the country for the Second Termas new rules meant to enhancediscipline in the institutions are set to come into force

The parliamentary committee tasked with vetting 16 nominees to the Cabinet is set to begin its work

The ICC trial of Deputy President William Ruto and broadcaster Joshua arap Sang at the International Criminal Court is put off till a later date.

27-year-old Ms Evelyn Omodho successfully delivers conjoined twins born sharing abdomen at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital in Nakuru. [The twins died five days later]

Two Iranians, Ahmad Abolfathi Mohammed, 51, and Sayed Monsour Mousavi, 52, are jailed for life for possessing of 15 kilogrammes of bomb-making material, with additional penalties for being in the country illegally and planning a major terror attack.
May 7: President Uhuru Kenyatta holds talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron at Lancaster House before the start of the Somalia conference in London.

Cord withdraws its MPs from all parliamentary committees and stages a walkout from the House to cripple legislative business through lack of quorum and to force Jubilee to cede PIC and PAC majority in what is a noisy and disruptive conflict over just one slot per team.

May 8: The requiem mass for late Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo is held at the Baptist Church in Nairobi.
County representatives join their National Assembly counterparts in the clamour for higher perks, with several assemblies suspending their sessions over salaries wrangles.

The Jubilee Alliance kicks out United Democratic Forum member Boni Khalwale from two House committees, Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs committee and Implementation committee, for not toeing the alliance’s line in the Senate.

May 9: The late Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo is buried in Mbooni, Makueni County.

An individual, Ms. Audrey Mbugua (formerly Andrew Ithibu) , who underwent sex change, goes to court demanding the national examinations council be compelled to have his documents altered to reflect he is now a woman.

Hundreds of travelers between Kenya and Tanzania are stranded at Ramisi in Kwale County when the highway was cut off by floods.

May 11: A policeman and a Kenya Revenue Authority official are killed and three other police officers are seriously injured when gunmen fire into a police canteen in Mandera on Saturday night.

May 12: Manchester United wins the English premier league title as long serving manager Sir Alex Ferguson retires and David Moyes, former Everton manager takes over in the new season

More than 8 people are killed and 35 injured in fighting as feud between Degodia and Garre clans draws in militia from Ethiopia and as government sends in troops

75 patients escape from Mathari hospital, the country’s largest hospital that cares for the mentally ill.

May 13: 21-year-old Celtic’s Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama adds the Clydesdale Bank Young Player of the Season award to his ever growing list of accolades.

May 14: Civil society activists use pigs feasting on blood outside Parliament Buildings in Nairobi in a symbolic protest to castigate the demand for higher pay by Members of the 11th Parliament.
The National Assembly clears President Kenyatta’s 16-member Cabinet for appointment

A Swiss, Mr Christoph Clement Weissenerider and 11 women are charged with prostitution-related offences.

May 17: Justice Joseph Mutava is suspended as Judicial Service Commission caves in to public pressure and asks President Kenyatta to form tribunal to investigate him over accusations of bias and favouring Goldenberg scandal architect Kamlesh Pattni in his judgments.
May 19: A wanted terror suspect, Felix Nyangaga Otuko,the main suspect in the 2011terror attack at Mwaura’s Pub, off Tom Mboya Street in Nairobi is shot dead together with his wife in a 12-hour confrontation  with the police in Nairobi’s Githurai Kimbo.

May 20: Uganda Police close down the Daily Monitor and its two sister radio stations, KFM and Dembe FM.

Former Medical Services assistant minister Kazungu Kambi is nominated as Cabinet Secretary for Labour, Social Security and Services as and Utalii Hotel general manager Joseph ole Lenku nominated to the crucial docket of Interior and Coordination of National Government

The late literary giant Chinua Achebe who died in March 21, is laid to rest at Ogidi Village in Anambra Statein southeast Nigeria

May 25: African Union celebrates 50th anniversary during the African Union Heads of State Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Six people, including two police officers, are killed and scores injured in yet another attack on two.

May 27: Ten capital offence suspects escape from Kamukunji police station in unclear circumstances.

May 28: A major power failure hit the entire country yesterday, leaving hospitals, airports, banks, Mombasa port and businesses without electricity for hours.

May 30: Five people are killed Lorumor village of Loruth Sub-location, Turkana North District after the village was attacked by bandits believed to be Toposa militia from South Sudan.

June 1: President Uhuru Kenyatta leads Kenyan in celebrating the 50th Madaraka Day.

Gospel artistes Gloria Muliro and Willy Paul win the coveted female artiste of the year male artiste of the year respectively at the eighth annual Groove Awards with Safaricom, which was graced by President Uhuru Kenyatta and First lady Margaret Kenyatta.

June 3: Seven government officials and five airline crew are detained in Nigeria after travelling to the country to deport Nigerian businessman Anthony Chinedu and two of his compatriots

June 6: British Foreign Secretary William Hague apologises at the House of Commons in London for the atrocities committed by the colonial forces on more than5,000 Kenyan claimants.

June 6: National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi upholds Clerk Justin Bundi’s directive to convert Parliament’s media centre into two committee rooms by ordering journalists out of the media centre and into the press gallery.

June 7: President Uhuru Kenyatta names 26 professionals as Principal Secretaries to guide his development retaining only three Kibaki PSs.

June 9: Sixteen people are injured when an explosive device is hurled at anopen-air crusade outside Earthquake Miracle Ministries at Mrima area in Likoni, Mombasa, while another three are injured in a grenade explosion near Nairobi’s Pumwani Maternity Hospital.

June 10: Dr Mukhisa Kituyi is formally appointed to head United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

June 13: Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich reads the first Jubilee government budget for the financial year 2013/2014 in the National Assembly.

June 17: Faith Wairimu Maina is charged with conspiracy to kill her husband of 16 years and father of their two children, John Muthee Guama, at Zimmerman Estate in Nairobi, by sending Sh40,000 via M-Pesa to Flying Squad police officers believing they were gangsters for hire.

June 19: Former NBK boss Reuben Mbaine Marambii  dies at the Aga Khan Hospital after battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

June 20: The ICC postpones the start of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s trial for crimes against humanity from July 9 to November 12.

June 20: President Kenyatta and Deputy William Ruto lead the country in the first National Prayer Breakfast under Jubilee government at Safari Park Hotel

June 23: 13 people are killed in the latest of deadly attacks in Mandera and Wajir counties after about 50 militiamen raided an Administration Police camp

June 25: Learning in public schools is paralysed as teachers go into a nationwide strike called by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) over salaries.

June 27: US President Barack Obama starts his three-nation tour of Africa in Senegal enroute to South Africa and then Tanzania.

June 28: Deputy President William Ruto is ordered to pay Sh5 million to a post-election violence victim, Mr Adrian Gilbert Muteshi, for illegally occupying his land.

June 30: The collections by the late Joseph Murumbi, Kenya’s second Vice President, and his wife Sheila go on display at the National Museums of Kenya to “encourage the tourism industry to tap into historical heritage”

July 1: The Federation of Women Lawyers (Fida) tells the government to take quick and decisive action against gangs terrorising and raping girls in Dandora. The government temporarily drops charges against deported Nigerian businessman Antony Chinedu charged with being in possession of equipment used in the narcotics business. 

July 2: The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (kuppet) suspends its strike and asks teachers  to report back to work as it proceeded with planned negotiations but  the giant knut says it would not call off the industrial action until all its demands are met.

Mr Tony Ogunda, a former General Service Unit (GSU) police officer and the lover of Raphael Tuju’s wife is found dead at a house in Nairobi’s Upper Hill area.

July 8: Ms Kethi Kilonzo is lock out of Makueni senatorial by-elections by  a three-member electoral commission dispute resolution tribunal since she is not a validly registered voter.

July 9: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) warns Kenya  and six other African countries to stop smuggling of ivory and other wildlife cargo over their ports or risk of being blacklisted.

Mr Richard Lesiyampe, the Principal Secretary in charge of the Environment  and a former Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)chief executive speaks of corruption at KNH and says that the hospital had a long way to go to achieve its objectives as corrupt doctors and administrators failed to buy medical equipment with the funds allocated for the purpose.

Transparency International (TI) ranks Kenya number four in the Global Corruption Barometer meaning that Kenya is among the most corrupt countries in the world.

July 10: The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet)  signs a Sh16 billion agreement with the government to increase allowances for teachers. Some  teachers mainly Kuppet members resume duty.

July 13: The death toll from the Kisii-Nyamache bus crash rises to 16 after a student succumbs to injuries in theatre at the Kenyatta National Hospital.

July 14: Strike enters fourth week as many teachers reject pay offer.

Ms Chelegat Mutai, the first Nandi woman MP is buried as top government officials skip the burial ceremony. 

Kenya 15s rugby team recaptures the Confederation of Africa Rugby (CAR) Division 1A Cup (Africa Cup) at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananaravivo, Madagascar edging out 2012 champions Zimbabwe 29-17.
The National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) disassociates itself from those questioning lawyer Kethi Kilonzo’s academic qualifications.

The Kenyan team finish second overall with 11 medals at the World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.

July 18: Drama as Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) bosses release final poll results Election officials walked out of a meeting with MPs after the legislators asked them to table the results of the March 4 election under oath but later returned to give the figures without taking the oath.

July 22: Investigations by the Nation uncover a racket in which students buy ready answers for take-away exams, projects and thesis reports that are then presented for marking.

July 26: Mutula Kilonzo Junior captures the Makueni senatorial seat in a by-election with a landslide that left his opponents trailing way behind.
Ugandan security forces based in Migingo Island accost Kenyan fishermen in Lake Victoria and impound fish worth Sh500,000.

July 29: Mr Mule Yesse, a District Officer and Mr Fredrick Irungu Wainaina, who works with the office of the Registrar of Persons and abducted by Al-shabaab in wajir in January 2012  are freed from captivity.

August 15: Deputy President William Ruto complies with a High Court order and hands over a farm belonging to Mr Adrian Muteshi, in Turbo, Uasin Gishu county.

August 18: Eunice Jepkoech Sum  wins the women’s 800 metres final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Asbel Kiprop had earlier won another gold in the men’s 1,500m final.

August 19: Police in Nairobi detonate two bombs that had been planted at the entrance to the Soldiers of Faith Church at Kiamaiko, Nairobi.
The Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Mrs Gladys Boss Shollei  is sent on compulsory leave after the Judicial Service Commission initiated a two-week probe on various allegations against her.

President Kenyatta is accorded a formal welcome including a 21-gun salute in China. Kenya signed agreements worth $5 billion (Sh425 billion) with China.

August 20: Gary Bolton, 47, is sentenced to seven years in prisonin UK for selling  useless bomb detectors to countries including Kenya.  Kenya police says it has genuine gadgets.

August 22: Kenya commemorates the death of first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. President Uhuru Kenyatta skips the 35th memorial of his father Jomo Kenyatta as he was in China.

August 24: Detectives from the Flying Squad and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations raid the offices and residence of businessman Kamlesh Pattni and take away documents and computers.

Transport Principal Secretary Nduva Muli has orders private developers encroaching on Moi International Airport in Mombasa to immediately vacate the land and to voluntarily demolish the buildings or else they would be forcefully brought down.

August 25: Interpol Kenya writes to countries where about 20 Kenyans on a global wanted list are suspected to be hiding and ask them to issue international warrants of arrest.
Two men in Kisauni, Mombasa County agree to share a woman in a written contract. 

August 27: Mr John M’Mbijiwe, the former Rift Valley PPO and Mr Michael Remi Ngugi of the Anti-Stock Theft Unit are charged with abuse of office following investigations into Mr Joshua Waiganjo, alleged to have operated as a fake policeman.
August 28: Police warn the public of a new gang that is stealing from customers inside local banks and in broad daylight.

August 29: Forty one people die and forty four others are injured on the Nairobi-Narok road in one the deadliest road accident in Kenya.

September 6: Kidero you slapped me? cries Shebesh in an incident, captured on camera when Ms Shebesh, accompanied by aggrieved Nairobi City County workers, came face to face with Dr Kidero at his office.

September 9: The International Criminal Court (ICC) rules that the cases of President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto will alternate every four weeks.

September 10: Deputy President William Ruto goes on trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands.

September 12: Ms Faith Wairimu Maina walks to freedom after her husband, Mr John Muthee, withdrew the complaint. She had admitted that she had hired hitmen to eliminate him.

September 30: Former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya David Makuba Gitari dies at the Mater Hospital, Nairobi

Senate Minority Leader and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula becomes the senior-most politician to lose a seat in a petition when the High Court rules that the Bungoma senator’s election was marred by massive irregularities.

October 2: The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant against Eldoret-based journalist Mr Walter Osapiri Barasa , accusing him of tampering and seeking to influence three prosecution witnesses.

October 3: Sheikh Ibrahim Umar alias Rogo, is killed together with three other people shortly after giving lectures at the Musa Mosque in Majengo. A fourth person survives after pretending to be dead.

October 4: Four people are killed and eight injured in sporadic chaos that swept through various parts of Mombasa County as youths engage police in running battles to protest the killing of Sheikh Ibrahim Umar alias Rogo  and three other Muslim preachers. Protesting youths also set ablaze the Salvation Army Worship Centre which is about 200 metres from the Musa Mosque.

October 7: The election of Mr Joel Onyancha (TNA) as Bomachoge Borabu MP is nullified due to irregularities in the March 4 poll.

ODM’s Mr Cornel Rasanga Amoth wins therace for Siaya governor beating his closest rival, Mr. William Oduol Ochol while TIP’s Kalembe Ndile is defeated by Dr. Patrick Mweu Musimba,an independent candidate In Kibwezi.
October 18: Judiciary Chief Registrar Gladys Shollei is sacked by her employer, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), over allegations that she misusedSh2.207 billion.

October 20: President Uhuru Kenyatta launches Kenya@50 fete during the Mashujaa Day celebrations.

Pastor Ibrahim Kithaka’s body is found in a thicket near Madamani trading centre in Vitengeni in Kilifi becoming the second clergyman to be killed under mysterious circumstances at the Coast within three days.

October 23, 2013: Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o bags the New Hollywood Award during the 17th Hollywood Film Awards ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California for her role in anew Hollywood movie, 12 Years A Slave.

October 30: Twelve passengers are killed after a train ploughs into their matatu at a level crossingat Mutindwa in Nairobi’s Eastlands area.

November 13: Former Budalang’i MP Raphael Wanjala, his lover Joyce Akinyi and three other suspects are  arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.

November 17: Former Juja MP and government Chief Whip George Thuo losses consciousness at a Thika pub and is pronounced dead on arrival at Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi.

November 20: Former Naivasha MP John Mututho takes over as chairman of Nacada after MPs rejected a National Security and Administration Committee report blocking him.

November 21: Mr Tom Howe, the Second Secretary in charge of Political Affairs, Mr C Sugden and another official only identified as Nancy were kicked out of Sirikwa Hotel after Uasin Gishu Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno accused them of violating diplomatic protocol.

November 23: 13 people killed as truck burns after truck which collides with a bus near Sultan Hamud in Makueni County on. The driver and loader burnt and died after they were trapped in the burning cabin.

November 26: The ICC trial chamber reverses earlier order allowing President Uhuru Kenyatta to be away from court and say that rule that he must attend ICC sessions.
December 3: Journalists across the country hold peaceful demonstrations to protest against a proposed law that limits media freedom. They were alarmed by additional changes President Uhuru Kenyatta has suggested to the controversial Media Bill that he sent back to Parliament last week for amendment before it becomes law.

December 5: Former South African President and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela dies at the age of 95 at home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton, 10 weeks after being allowed out of the Pretoria hospital where he had been treated for a persistent lung infection

President Kenyatta’s bid to stop his trial at The Hague suffered a blow yesterday after ICC judges rejected his request.

December 12: Jamhuri Day- Kenya marks 50 years of independence in a colourful event held at Safaricom Stadium in Kasarani, Nairobi that drew 14 presidents and heads of government from across Africa.

December 16: Soldiers attempt a coup South Sudan

December 17: Freedom fighter and long-time Nyeri MP Waruru Kanja dies aged 83

December 18: More than 450 soldiers and civilians have been killed in days of clashes between rival military forces in Juba during a coup attempt in South Sudan, military spokesman Col Philip Aguer says.

December 20: The government and Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) struck a deal that was supposed to end the 12-day job boycott that has claimed dozens of lives.

December 22: Nine people are injured when a cargo train derailed and ploughed into roadside shanties at Soweto area in Nairobi’s Kibera slums.

December 23: The High Court dismisses a petition by the Nation Media Group, the Standard Group and Citizen Media seeking to delay the switching off of the analogue TV signal. NTV, Citizen TV and KTN go off air.

Compiled by Maria Wambua & Augustine Nyagah, NMG Library