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Events relating to kenya
A Homo erectus boy, aged about ten, lives near Lake Turkana in Kenya and dies at Nariokotome
Islam reaches Shanga, off the east coast of Africa, with the building of a tiny wooden mosque
Islam replaces Christianity as the religion of the kings of Dongola, in present-day Sudan
Germany and Britain define neighbouring spheres of interest in east Africa
The German and British agreement in east Africa creates the present-day boundary between Tanzania and Kenya
The Imperial British East Africa Company is given a charter to adminster Kenya and Uganda
The British government takes responsibility for Kenya, as the East Africa Protectorate
The Young Kikuyu Association is formed in Kenya, to fight for African rights and the restoration of Kikuyu land
Jomo Kenyatta becomes the editor of Muigwithania, the newspaper of the Kikuyu Central Association
Danish author Karen Blixen publishes her autobiographical novel Out of Africa
An outbreak of terrorism in Kenya is orchestrated by a secret Kikuyu organization, the Mau Mau
Jomo Kenyatta, charged with having organized the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, is sentenced to seven years in prison
In the Hola camp, in Kenya, eleven Mau Mau prisoners die from their treatment at the hand of British forces
Kenyatta, still in prison, is elected leader of KANU, a new political party in Kenya
Kenya becomes independent, with Jomo Kenyatta as prime minister
Jomo Kenyatta dies in office as Kenya's president and is succeeded by his deputy, Daniel arap Moi
The Turkana Boy, the most complete known skeleton of Homo erectus, is found near Lake Turkana by Kamoya Kimeu in Richard Leakey's team
224 deaths in simultaneous attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania are linked to al-Qaeda
Incumbent president Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of Kenya's election - a doubtful result rejected by his opponent Raila Odinga
Tribal violence against Kikuyu supporters of Kibaki follows his insistence, against independent evidence, that he has won Kenya's presidential election
Kibaki and Odinga sign an agreement, brokered by Kofi Annan, to share power in a Kenyan coalition government
The United Nations declares southern Somalia to be in a state of famine, with the disastrous lack of rain driving thousands of refugees into Ethiopia and Kenya