2020 in Kenya

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List of events from the year 2020 in Kenya.

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  7. "Three people shot dead by Kenyan police at protest". Al Jazeera English. June 26, 2020. Kenyan police killed three people when they fired at a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers protesting against the arrest of a colleague for flouting coronavirus restrictions. Police shot at the crowd in the western city of Lesos after clashes on Thursday, a police statement said.
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  16. Decorated Kenyan taekwondo star collapses and dies in Nairobi
  17. Retired Homa Bay Catholic Diocese Bishop Linus Okok Okwach dies at 68
  18. Shock as former Harambee Starlets ace dies
  19. Mourning Nzamba Kitonga, Kenya's finest lawyer
  20. Former Belgut MP dies 2 months after another area legislator passed away
  21. Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka is dead
  22. Former minister Joe Nyaga is dead
  23. "Kenya: Nyamira County Governor John Nyagarama Dies in Nairobi". Archived from the original on 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  24. Former Chief Justice Evan Gicheru is dead
  25. Former Kaloleni MP Gunga Mwinga dies