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Kenyan African Union formed to campaign for African independence. First African appointment to legislative council.
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Jomo Kenyatta becomes Kenyan African Union leader
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Secret Kikuyu guerrilla group known as Mau Mau begins violent campaign against white settlers.
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Mau mau rebellion gets put down
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Kenya gains independence, with Mr Kenyatta as prime minister.
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Republic of Kenya formed and Jomo Kenyatta becomes president
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Kenyatta dies in office, succeeded by Vice-President Daniel arap Moi.
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Kenya declared a one-party by National Assembly
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Around 2,000 people killed in tribal conflict
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President Moi re-elected in multi-party elections
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Al-Qaeda operatives bomb the U.S. embassy in Nairobi killing 224 people and injuring thousands.
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A simultaneous rocket attack on an Israeli airliner fails.
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Elections. Mwai Kibaki wins a landslide victory, ending Daniel arap Moi's 24-year rule and Kanu's four decades in power.
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Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
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new constitution in what is seen as a protest against President Kibaki.
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Disputed presidential elections lead to violence in which more than 1,500 die.
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Kenya joins its neighbours in forming a new East African Common Market
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Kenyan troops enter Somalia to attack rebels they accuse of being behind several kidnappings of foreigners on Kenyan soil. Kenya suffers several reprisal attacks.
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Oil discovered. President Kibaki hails it as a ''major breakthrough''
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More than 100 people are killed in communal clashes over land and resources Coast Province.
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the son of Kenya's first president, wins presidential election with just over 50% of the vote.
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Al-Shabab carry out a massacre at Garissa University College in northwest Kenya, killing 148 people.
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Government declares a drought affecting a large part of the country to be a national disaster.
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Al-Shabab Somali jihadists attack Camp Simba army base near Lamu, killing three Americans.