Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, is an international airport in Nairobi, the capital of and largest city in Kenya. Located in the Embakasi suburb 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Nairobi's central business district, the airport has scheduled flights to destinations in over 50 countries. Originally named Embakasi Airport, the airport's name was changed in 1978 to honor Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president and prime minister. The airport served over 7 million passengers in 2016, making it the seventh busiest airport in passenger traffic on the continent.
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was a Kenyan statesman and politician who was the second and longest-serving President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. He previously served as the third Vice President of Kenya from 1967 to 1978, and succeeded President Jomo Kenyatta following the latter's death.
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral loss in 2002. It was known as Kenya African Union (KAU) from 1944 to 1952. The KAU was banned by the colonial government from 1952 to 1960. It was re-established by James Gichuru in 1960 and renamed to KANU on 14 May 1960 after a merger with Tom Mboya's Kenya Independence Movement.
Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He was the country's first indigenous head of government and played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and conservative, he led the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party from 1961 until his death.
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Eastern Africa. At 580,367 square kilometres (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 47.6 million people, Kenya is the 29th most populous country. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest 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. Other important urban centres include Nakuru and Eldoret. 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.
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is a Kenyan politician, businessman, and the fourth and current President of the Republic of Kenya. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gatundu South from 2002 to 2013. Currently, he is a member and the party leader of the Jubilee Party of Kenya. Uhuru was previously associated with the Kenya Africa National Union before joining The National Alliance, one of the allied parties that campaigned for his reelection during the 2017 general elections.
Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya was a Kenyan trade unionist, educationist, Pan-Africanist, author, independence activist, and statesman who was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Kenya. He spearheaded the negotiations for Independence at the Lancaster House Conferences and was instrumental in the formation of Kenya's independence party, the Kenya African National Union (KANU), which he served as its first Secretary General. He laid the foundation for Kenya's capitalist and mixed economy policies at the height of the Cold War and set up several of the country's key labour institutions.
Jamhuri Day is a national holiday in Kenya, celebrated on 12 December each year. Jamhuri is the Swahili word for "republic" and the holiday is meant to officially mark the date when Kenya became a republic on 12 December 1964. The country became a republic after gaining full self-governance from the United Kingdom, after gaining Internal Self-rule (Madaraka) on 1 June 1963 and Independence (Uhuru) on 12 December 1963. Jamhuri Day is regarded as Kenya's most important day, marked by numerous festivities which celebrate the country's cultural heritage and looks back at her journey to independence and self-governance. During the period between 12 December 1963 and 12 December 1964, Kenya was an Independent country but a "Dominion" within the British Monarchy, hence they had a Kenyan as Prime Minister and head of government, but the Queen of United Kingdom remained Head of state of Kenya. During the Jamhuri event of 1964, Jomo Kenyatta assumed Presidency of the Republic of Kenya, and the Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom ceased to be Head of State of Kenya. Sir Everlyn Barring also ceased his role asGovernor-General and representative of the British Monarch in Kenya.
Ngina Kenyatta, popularly known as "Mama Ngina", is the former First Lady of Kenya. She is the widow of the country's first president, Jomo Kenyatta (~1889–1978), and also the mother of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Charity Kaluki Ngilu is a Kenyan politician and the second governor elected for Kitui County. She unsuccessfully vied to be President of the Republic of Kenya in 1997. She served as Minister for Health from 2003 until 2007 and Minister of Water and Irrigation from April 2008 to 2013. She also served as Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development from 2013 until 2015.
Johnson Nduya Muthama is a Kenyan businessman and politician. He has for long belonged to the Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya party. During the 2017 general elections, he declined to defend his seat as Machakos Senator as a matter of principle protesting what he considered malpractices in the Wiper party's primaries. Muthama was the last MP of larger Kangundo Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya from 2007 to 2013. He is the immediate past Senator of Machakos County. He is among the national leaders of the Coalition for Restoration of Democracy (CORD) and the National Super Alliance (NASA) which served as Kenya's political opposition movements in the periods 2013-2017 and 2017-2022 respectively.
Sofapaka Football Club is a football club, based in Nairobi. They play their home games at the Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos, Kenya.
Ida Betty Odinga is a Kenyan businesswoman, activist and educator. She is the wife of Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya. In 2010, The Standard named Odinga, who was one of the first women to head a major Kenyan company, as one of the top the most powerful women in Kenya in 2010.
Enock Ondego is a prominent Kenyan songwriter, singer, author nationalist, founder of The Mwakigwena Choir Group and most notable for his biography, The Life Of Mzee Ondego, published by the Kwani trust, and his two songs: Wimbo huu ni wimbo wa historia and Kenya ni nchi ya ajabu. Mwakigwena Choir used to perform for the then president Jomo Kenyatta in the late 1970s
The Kenyatta family is the family of Jomo Kenyatta, the first President of Kenya and a prominent independence leader. Born into the dominant Kikuyu culture, Kenyatta became its most famous interpreter of Kikuyu traditions through his book Facing Mount Kenya.
Moses Kuria is a Kenyan politician and the current member of Parliament for Gatundu South from 2013. He was re-elected as an MP during the 2017 general elections to serve for a 5-year parliamentary term, running until 2022 He is a member of the Jubilee Party. He was first elected unopposed to the position after it was announced vacant following the death of Hon. Jossy Ngugi, who was elected to represent the people of Gatundu South on TNA party.
The Jubilee Party of Kenya is the ruling political party of the Republic of Kenya. The party was founded on 8 September 2016, following the merger of 11 smaller parties. During the 2017 election, the Jubilee Party secured a plurality of seats in Parliament and the party leader, Uhuru Kenyatta, was re-elected president. Since January 2019, the party's stability has been threatened by growing infighting.
Anne Nyokabi Muhoho was married to Chief Muhoho in Kenya, and the mother-in-law of Jomo Kenyatta, the first prime minister (1963–1964) and the first president of Kenya (1964–1978). A girls' school in Nairobi bears her name.
Margaret Kobia is a Kenyan who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for the Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs, on 26 January 2018. Prior to her current position, she served as the Chairperson of the Kenya Public Service Commission, from December 2012 until January 2018.
Nzioka Siwadie Waita is a Kenyan advocate who has served as the 2nd Chief of Staff of Kenya's State House and Head of Kenya's Presidential Delivery Unit since 5 January 2018. He succeeded Joseph Kinyua, who is Kenya's Head of Public Service, at the start of the 2nd term of President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya. Prior to this appointment, Waita served in the capacity of Deputy Chief of Staff and Deputy Head of the Public Service, deputising Joseph Kinyua in both capacities. And prior to this he served as Secretary, President’s Delivery Unit.
