2017 in Kenya From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2017 Timeline of Kenyan history ← 2016 2015 2014 2017 in Kenya → 2018 2019 2020 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: Other events of 2017 Timeline of Kenyan history Events in the year 2017 in Kenya. President: Uhuru Kenyatta Deputy President: William Ruto Chief Justice: David Maraga Events 27 January – Battle of Kulbiyow 30 May – Inaugural Kenya Standard Gauge Railway freight train launches.[1] 31 May – Inaugural Kenya Standard Gauge Railway passenger train, the Madaraka Express, begins travel from Mombasa to Nairobi [1] 8 August – Kenyan general election, 2017 1 September – the Supreme Court nullified Kenyatta's election victory and ordered that a new presidential election take place within 60 days Deaths 8 January – Colin Cameron Davies, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1924).[2] References 1 2 "Kenya inaugurates Standard Gauge Railway". International Railway Journal. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2026. ↑ "Kenya: Bishop Emeritus of Ngong is Dead". cisanewsafrica.com. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017. vte Years in Kenya (1963–present) 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Pre-1963 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 vte2017 in AfricaSovereign states Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe States with limitedrecognition Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland Dependencies, coloniesand other territories Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara Related Articles
