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  2. Mount Longonot - Wikipedia

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    Mount Longonot. /  0.91528°S 36.45694°E  / -0.91528; 36.45694. Mount Longonot is a stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s. [1] Its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong'ot, meaning "mountains of many spurs" or "steep ridges".

  3. Mwatate - Wikipedia

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    Mwatate is located about 354 kilometres (220 mi) south-east of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. The coordinates of Mwatate are: 03°30'17.0"S, 38°22'40.0"E (Latitude:-3.504720; Longitude:38.377782). Overview

  4. Hazina Towers - Wikipedia

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    In December 2017, NSSF Kenya, the owners of the owners of the building, evicted Nakumatt from the development, for non-payment of rent, with arrears amounting to KSh73 million (approx. US$730,000). In January 2020, the high rise completion was valued at a total investment of KSh4,095,862,434 (approx. US$41 million), for the 15-storey structure.

  5. Nandi Hills, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Nandi County. Elevation. 6,716 ft (2,047 m) Population. (2009) • Total. 73,626. Nandi Hills is a town and also an electoral constituency in Kenya's Nandi County .The name also refers to the general area of Nandi County, where the urban settlement is located. Its current Member of Parliament is Hon. Bernard Kibor Kitur of United Democratic ...

  6. Taveta, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Location. Taveta town is wedged into a projection of Kenyan territory bordered on the north and west by Tanzania . The town lies at the border with Tanzania, directly across from the town of Holili. This is approximately 111 kilometres (69 mi), by road, west of Voi, the nearest large town, on the Arusha–Holili–Taveta–Voi Road. [2]

  7. McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    The McMillan Memorial Library is the only building in Kenya protected by a specific Act of Parliament, the McMillan Memorial Library Act Cap 217 of 1938 which provided that the library was for the exclusive use of Europeans in addition to the usual conditions for preservation of monuments. The library was bequeathed to the Nairobi City Council ...

  8. Olkaria VII Geothermal Power Station - Wikipedia

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    The Olkaria VII Geothermal Power Station, also known as the Olkaria VII Geothermal Power Plant, is a proposed geothermal power station in Kenya. The feasibility studies which will inform the design and generation capacity of this renewable energy infrastructure is ongoing, as of March 2022. The proposed generation capacity ranges from 83 ...

  9. 1998 United States embassy bombings - Wikipedia

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    Revenge for the extradition and alleged torture of Egyptian Islamic Jihad members. The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 220 people were killed in nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two Capital East African cities, one at the United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and ...