2007
- December 27, 2007: Kenyans turn out en masse to vote in an unprecedentedly close presidential election, between incumbent president Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga.
- December 29: Kibaki and Odinga are neck-and-neck as a delayed count leads to accusations of vote-rigging and widespread rioting.
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- December 30: Kibaki is announced the winner and is sworn in for a second term. Furious opposition supporters go on the rampage.
2008
- January 26: Former UN chief Kofi Annan, mediating on behalf of the African Union, says he has witnessed "gross and systematic human rights abuses" on a visit to western Kenya.
- February 28: The rival leaders sign a power-sharing deal, which creates the post of prime minister and two deputy prime ministers, in a bid to break the political deadlock created by the elections that triggered unrest, killing more than 1,100 people and displacing 600,000 others.
- April 13: Odinga is named prime minister. On the 17, the new government is sworn in.
- April 24: The rival leaders urge ethnic reconciliation during a joint tour of areas worst affected by the violence, notably the northwestern Rift Valley.
2010
- March 31: The International Criminal Court (ICC) says prosecutors will probe crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the violence.
- August 27: Kibaki signs into law a new constitution, overwhelmingly approved in a national referendum on August 4, aimed at making the country's institutions more democratic.
2011
- Mid-October: Kenyan troops enter Somalia to attack rebels they accuse of being behind several recent kidnappings of foreigners on Kenyan soil. Afterwards, several attacks take place in Kenya.
2012
- January 23: Leading politicians -- presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta and running mate William Ruto -- are among four officials the ICC rules should face trial over the post-election violence.
2013
- February 11: Kenya's eight presidential candidates hold the country's first ever face-to-face debate as tensions mount ahead of the March 4 election.
