January 16 - Kenya makes an international food appeal due to drought-induced famine in certain parts of the country [3]
January 23 - Amos Kimunya is appointed the Minister of Trade. Kimunya resigned from the post of Minister of Finance in July 2008 due to Grand Regency Scandal. Former minister of Trade Uhuru Kenyatta is now appointed for the vacant position of Minister of Finance.[4]
May 1 - A government official was forced to cut short his speech and abandon the May Day rally as angry workers hurled stones at dignitaries in protest over the government's refusal to deal with difficult living conditions [13]
June 12 - The Othaya Police Chief, John Nzau was shot dead. Fellow policemen were arrested as suspects.[15]
June 16 - An oil tanker fire kills at least four and injures nearly 50 people at Kapokyek village near Kericho. The victims were siphoning fuel from the tanker that had fallen off the road.[16]
July 21 - A collision of two buses in Siapei along the Narok - Mau Mahiu road causes 22 fatalities [18]
July 23 - The SEACOM cable becomes operational, raising hopes of higher speed and lower cost internet connections in Kenya.[19]
July 30 - Kenyan cabinet announced that no special tribunal will be formed to handle the 2009 post-election crisis, and that the cases will be dealt in local courts instead[20]
August 1 - A small airplane belonging to AIM-Air crashes into a flat in Nairobi's Highrise estate, while approaching the Wilson Airport, resulting in one fatality [21]
August 23 - A bus and a truck collide near Gilgil, resulting in 16 deaths [23]
August 24 - The Kenyan census in 2009 is initiated [24]
August 24- Long-distance buses and matatus are banned for entering the Nairobi CBD, in order to reduce traffic congestions [25]
August 27 - Parliamentary by-elections were held in the constituencies of Shinyalu and Bomachoge. ODM retained the Shinyalu seat, the new MP is Justus Kizito, replacing the deceased Charles Lugano. In Bomachoge, Simon Ogari of ODM narrowly beat the 2007 winner Joel Onyancha of PNU. The Bomachoge seat was vacated after the 2007 Elections at the constituency were nullified due to irregularities.[26] For the first time in Kenya, the ballot boxes were transparent.[27]
September 30 - Aaron Ringera resigns from the position of the director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) due to pressure.[28] He had been reappointed as the director of KACC on 31 August 2009, sparking mixed reactions [29]
April 3–5 - At the 2009 Adelaide Sevens Kenya reaches its first ever World Sevens Series main cup final, but is defeated by South Africa in the final 7-26. At the group stage, Kenya had beaten South Africa.
April 3–5 - Carl Tundo wins the 2009 Safari Rally. It was his second Safari title, the previous victory was in 2004.
^The Standard, April 25, 2009: A man who was always ahead of his time
^Article, "Human rights activist Bantu Mwaura found dead" May 4, 2009, The Standard of Nairobi, Kenya; also Kimani, Peter, "Brave struggle that gave way to bleak end", May 5, 2009, The Standard of Nairobi, Kenya retrieved May 4 (different time zone)
Years in Kenya (1963–present)