title: 2019 in Kenya
text: # 2019 in Kenya
  
  Events of 2019 in Kenya.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Uhuru Kenyatta
  * Deputy President: William Ruto
  * Chief Justice: David Maraga
  
  ## Events
  
  * January 15: 2019 Nairobi hotel attack: A terrorist attack in Nairobi kills 21 people and injures 28 more.
  * September 30: Kenyan police are put on high alert after recovering intelligence suggesting that several operatives had been sent into the country by al-Shabaab, a Somali jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda.
  