Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi,which translates to "place of cool waters",a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census,while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as The Green City in the Sun.
Kenya,officially the Republic of Kenya,is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census,Kenya is the 27th most populous country in the world and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi,while its oldest,currently second largest city,and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third-largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria. As of 2020,Kenya is the third-largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and South Africa. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest,Ethiopia to the north,Somalia to the east,Uganda to the west,Tanzania to the south,and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. Its geography,climate and population vary widely,ranging from cold snow-capped mountaintops with vast surrounding forests,wildlife and fertile agricultural regions to temperate climates in western and rift valley counties and dry less fertile arid and semi-arid areas and absolute deserts.
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.
H.E. Hon. William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto,Ph.D,;is a Kenyan politician who is serving as the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president,he served as the first deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Previously,holders of the position were referred to as Vice President. He previously served in several cabinet portfolio such as the Minister for Home Affairs,the Minister of Agriculture and as Minister for Higher Education.
The University of Nairobi is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi. It is the largest university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956,it did not become an independent university until 1970. During that year,the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities:Makerere University in Uganda,the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania,and the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi County,Kenya. It acquired the status of university in 1985,being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of October 2014,it was one of 23 public universities in the country.
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as the Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya. Until October 2022,he was also the party leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC),one of the founding political parties,of the Kenya Kwanza alliance. He served as the 7th Vice-President of Kenya in 2002 and Deputy Prime Minister (2008–2012),when he resigned to contest for the Presidency in the 2013 Kenyan general election and emerged third. He was the deputy party leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) (2005–2012) and Party Leader of the United Democratic Forum Party (UDF) from May 2012 to July 2015.
Corruption in the government of Kenya has a history which spans the era of the founding president Jomo Kenyatta,to Daniel arap Moi's KANU,Mwai Kibaki's PNU government and the current Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party government. In Transparency International's 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index,Kenya scored 32 on a scale from 0 to 100. When ranked by score,Kenya ranked 123rd among the 180 countries in the Index,where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. For comparison,the best score was 90,and the worst score was 12.
Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC),also Kenya Railways (KR) is the national railway of Kenya. Established in 1977,KR is a state corporation.
Mbuvi Gideon Kioko, commonly known as Mike Sonko or simply Sonko,is a Kenyan politician. He served as the second Governor of Nairobi. He was removed from the office of the governor by a form of impeachement by the Senate of the Republic of Kenya on Abuse of Office,Gross Misconduct and Crimes under National Law on 17 December 2020.
Evans Odhiambo Kidero is a Kenyan politician and former Governor of Nairobi County. He served as CEO of Mumias Sugar Company for 8 years,resigning in 2012 to join elective politics.
The School of Art History and World Art Studies operates within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities department at the University of East Anglia in Norwich,England.
Tuskys,is a Kenyan supermarket chain. It was one of the large supermarket chains in the Great Lakes Area. It employed nearly 6,150 people,6,000+ in Kenya,and 150 in Uganda.
The following article is a summary of the 2015 football season in Kenya,which is the 52nd competitive season in its history.
The 2015 Kenyan Premier League was the twelfth season of the Kenyan Premier League since it began in 2003,and the 52nd season of top-division football in Kenya since 1963. It began on 21 February and ended on 1 November.
The Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway is a standard-gauge railway (SGR) in Kenya that connects the large Indian Ocean city of Mombasa with Nairobi,the country's capital and largest city. This SGR runs parallel to the narrow-gauge Uganda Railway that was completed in 1901 under British colonial rule. The East African Railway Master Plan provides for the Mombasa–Nairobi SGR to link with other SGRs being built in the East African Community.
Loiyangalani–Suswa High Voltage Power Line is a high voltage electricity power line in Kenya,connecting the high voltage substation at Loyangalani,in Marsabit County,to another high voltage substation at Suswa,in Narok County.
Peter Hildebrand Meienberg was a Swiss Benedictine missionary who spent more than 50 years in East Africa working on refugee aid,prison reform,education,and other social determinants of health. He is known for the establishment of Faraja Foundation in Nairobi,a humanitarian relief organization,as well as his prominent work on women's prison reform that has become the blueprint of prison reform across Kenya. Besides humanitarian work,Meienberg was also a published author of a Tanzanian Civics textbook and various hymnbooks.
Paul Ongili Owino,also known as Babu Owino,is a Kenyan politician and member of parliament for Embakasi East Constituency. He gained media recognition as the chairperson of Students Organisation of Nairobi University (SON) and abusing Uhuru Kenyatta during his presidency.
Azerbaijan–Kenya relations refer to bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Kenya.
