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British Colonialism. Makhan Singh Jabbal (27 December 1913 – 18 May 1973) was a Kenyan labour union leader who is credited with establishing the foundations of trade unionism in Kenya. [1] He is credited to have played a vital role in the Kenyan Freedom Struggle. He was detained by the British colonialists for 11 years from 1950 to 1961 - the ...
This high rate is mainly because Kenya is home to M-Pesa, which is a mobile wallet provider and the offered secure payment system encourages internet access. As of October 2020, the majority of web traffic in leading digital markets in Africa originated from mobile devices in Nigeria , one of the countries with the biggest number of internet ...
Fernandes was born in September 1943 into a Goan family in Nairobi, Kenya, which was still a British colony. He was raised, along with five siblings, by a single mother, after his alcoholic father had left the family. [1] He left school at 13 years old after the headmaster falsely accused him of stealing altar wine, but continued to read widely ...
On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket mall in Nairobi, Kenya. There are conflicting reports about the number killed in the attack, since part of the mall collapsed due to a fire that started during the siege.
The Ganda Boys are a UK-based, African fusion band. Its members include Ugandan singers Denis Mugagga and Dan Sewagudde (formerly of DaTwins [1] ), along with UK musician, arranger, record producer, and film composer Craig Pruess. The Ganda Boys began the Ganda Foundation, [2] which operates in Uganda as a registered charity organization that ...
April 25, 2024 at 6:54 AM. NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa over the past month ...
Early life and education. Kearns is the daughter of George and Jean Crawford, née Kinloch. George Crawford was a teacher. In 1973 Barbara Crawford began studying occupational therapy in Dumfries at the Astley Ainslie College of Occupational Therapy.
The Makonde are an ethnic group in southeast Tanzania, northern Mozambique, and Kenya. The Makonde developed their culture on the Mueda Plateau in Mozambique. At present they live throughout Tanzania and Mozambique, and have a small presence in Kenya. [7] The Makonde population in Tanzania was estimated in 2001 to be 1,140,000, and the 1997 ...