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Westlands Constituency 1969-2012 (Kenya) Dagoretti North Constituency is one of 17 electoral constituency of Nairobi County. It was created by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission before the 2013 general election. The constituency has an area of 29 km 2 (11.2 sq mi). Most of the area that forms Dagoretti North constituency was ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020, [3] with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa .
Kibera ( Kinubi: Forest or Jungle [1]) is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) from the city centre. [2] Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the largest urban slum in Africa. [3] [4] [5] The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census reports Kibera's population as 170,070, contrary to previous estimates ...
Many terrorist attacks have occurred in Kenya during the 20th and 21st centuries. [1] In 1980, the Jewish -owned Norfolk hotel was attacked by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In 1998, the US embassy was bombed in Nairobi, as was the Israeli -owned Paradise hotel in 2002 in Mombasa.
Embakasi. Pipeline is a slum-like neighbourhood in Embakasi in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger Eastlands area of Nairobi, it is approximately 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) east of the central business district. It has earned a reputation for its poor infrastructure, coupled with overcrowded flats, narrow streets, littering, as well as ...
Criminal Investigation Department (Kenya) The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), previously referred to as Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is a department of the National Police Service mainly responsible for investigation. The current Director is Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim Amin [1] [2] The Director reports to the Inspector General ...
Alfajiri Street Kids Art (Alfajiri) is a non-profit organization working to support and rehabilitate street children in Kenya. It is headquartered in Nairobi. It was founded in 2012 by Lenore Ann Boyd, an Australian artist and daughter of Guy Martin à Beckett Boyd, a member of the Boyd family. [1] Its focus is using creative outlets as art and ...
Mayor of Nairobi. The Mayor of Nairobi was the non-executive head of Nairobi City Council in Nairobi, Kenya until the new constitution of 2010 which devolved government was enacted. The Mayor's office, officially the Mayor’s Palour, was located at City Hall Nairobi. The last mayor of Nairobi was George Aladwa of ODM, elected on 10 August 2011.