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Pamella Makotsi-Sittani. Pamella Makotsi-Sittoni (born 1969) is a Kenyan journalist and an author who currently serves the Executive Editor and Managing Editor of the Daily Nation at the Nation Media Group (NMG). She was named the position in 2019, making her the first woman to hold such position in the publishing house’s history.
Religion in Kenya. Christianity is the dominant religion in Kenya, adhered to by an estimated 85.5% of the total population. Islam is the second largest religion in Kenya, practiced by 10.9 percent [1] of Kenyans. Other faiths practiced in Kenya are BaháΚΌí, Buddhism, Hinduism and traditional religions. Kenya is a secular state and freedom of ...
Islam portal. v. t. e. Kenya has a Christian majority, with Islam being the second largest faith representing 11% of the Kenyan population, or approximately 5.2 million people as of the 2019 census. [1] The Kenyan coast is mostly populated by Muslims. Nairobi has several mosques and a notable Muslim population.
May 22, 2024 at 4:38 PM. By Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Andrea Shalal. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to designate Kenya as a major non-NATO ally during a three ...
e. On 2 April 2015, gunmen stormed the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, killing 148 people, [1][2] and injuring at least 79. The militant groups Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab, which the gunmen claimed to belong to, took responsibility for the attack. [3] The gunmen took over 700 students hostage, freeing Muslims and killing those who ...
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [20] [21] [22] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation founded in 1969 has 57 members, 56 of which are also member states of the United Nations, with 48 countries being Muslim majority countries. Some member countries, especially in West Africa and South America, such as Ivory Coast, Guyana, Gabon, Mozambique, Nigeria, Suriname, Togo and Uganda – though ...
The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...