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Under President Mwai Kibaki, in the midst of a rise of hostile anti-LGBT rhetoric, a number of pro-LGBT organizations were established, with the largest group being the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya in 2006. On 26 June 2012, the United States embassy in Nairobi held what was believed to be the first ever LGBT pride event in Kenya. A public ...
Corruption in the government of Kenya has a history which spans the era of the founding president Jomo Kenyatta, to Daniel arap Moi's KANU, Mwai Kibaki's PNU governments. . President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party government, and the current William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza administration has also been riddled with massive cases of graft, topping in the list of corrupt Presidents in Africa ...
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta CGH (/ ʊ. h uː. r uː k ɛ n. j ɑː. t ɑː / ⓘ born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. [1] [2] The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, [3] he previously served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013.
The Kenya Finance Bill 2024 was a piece of legislation that proposed changes to the tax system of Kenya, [1] which involves tax increases. [2] The proposed bill aims to raise 346 billion Kenyan shillings (KSh) to pay off debt and fund development projects.
Indians in Kenya predominantly live in the major urban areas of Nairobi and Mombasa, with a minority living in rural areas. According to the World Economic Forum, the population of Indians in Kenya numbered around 100,000 in 2015. [2] In 2017, Indians were recognised by the Government of Kenya as the nation's 44th tribe. [3]
General elections were held in Kenya on 4 March 2013. [2] Voters elected the President, members of the National Assembly and newly formed Senate.They were the first elections held under the new constitution, which was approved in a 2010 referendum, and were also the first run by the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
In 2011, Kenya imported about 33,000 bbl (5,200 m 3) per day of crude oil entirely from the United Arab Emirates, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). Kenya imported 51,000 bbl (8,100 m 3) per day of refined oil products in 2011, according to KNBS. Kenya has a product pipeline system that transports petroleum products ...
There are two independent national daily newspapers, the Daily Nation, The Standard, and two daily free newspapers, X News, and The People Daily. There are also two specialised daily papers, Business Daily and The Star, and one weekly paper, The East African, which is published in Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Kampala. [6]