title: 2018 in Kenya
text: # 2018 in Kenya
  
  Events in the year 2018 in Kenya.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Uhuru Kenyatta
  * Deputy President: William Ruto
  * Chief Justice: David Maraga
  
  ## Events
  
  * March–June - 2018 East Africa floods
  * 9 March – 2018 Kenya handshake
  * 19 March – Sudan, last known male northern white rhinoceros, died in Kenya.
  * 26 March – A giant crack in the ground, measuring 50 feet deep and 65 feet across, opens in or near Nairobi.
  * 9 May – The Patel Dam near the township of Solai, Nakuru County, in the Rift Valley burst amid heavy rains, killing at least 45 people.
  * 28 June - Gikomba fire
  * 10 October - At least 51 people are killed when a bus traveling from the Kenyan capital Nairobi to Kisumu veers off the road and overturns.
  
  ### Sports
  
  * 9 to 25 February – Kenya participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 1 March – Louis Onguto, judge, member of the High Court.
  * 3 September – Paul Koech, long distance runner, half marathon world champion (b. 1969).
  * 3 October – Joseph Kamaru, benga musician and political activist (b. 1939).
  