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A scrummage, commonly known simply as a scrum, is a method of restarting play in rugby football that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball. [1] Depending on whether it is in rugby union or rugby league, the scrum is used either after an accidental infringement or when the ...
Victoria Cup (rugby union) The Victoria Cup is a rugby union tournament contested by the four African nations of Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe as of 2019. After a seven-year hiatus, the competition was revived following Rugby Africa 's cancellation of the Africa Gold Cup in 2019 due to sponsorship loss. [1] [2]
The Ruck Family massacre took place during the Mau Mau Uprising. Farmer Roger Ruck, his wife Esme and six-year-old son Michael, along with one of their African servants, were killed by Mau Mau, [1] one of whom allegedly worked for the family. [2] The killing shocked the European community in Kenya and was widely reported in the Kenyan and ...
Kenya's terrain is composed of low plains that rise into central highlands that are, in turn, bisected by the Great Rift Valley. There is also a fertile plateau in the west of the country. Elevation extremes. The lowest point on Kenya is at sea level on the Indian Ocean. The highest point on Kenya is 5,199 meters above sea level at Mount Kenya.
The World Bank began financing the Kenya Forest Service’s Natural Resources Management Project in 2007. It promised to cover $68.5 million of the project’s $78 million budget in an effort to help the KFS “improve the livelihoods of communities participating in the co-management of water and forests.”.
Orders, decorations, and medals of Kenya are awarded by the President of Kenya "in recognition of outstanding or distinguished services rendered to the nation in various capacities and responsibilities". [1] Awards are made by the president upon the advice of a National Honours and Awards Committee in the president's office.
—Deputy Governor to Secretary of State for the Colonies, 19 March 1945 The armed rebellion of the Mau Mau was the culminating response to colonial rule. Although there had been previous instances of violent resistance to colonialism, the Mau Mau revolt was the most prolonged and violent anti-colonial warfare in the British Kenya colony. From the start, the land was the primary British ...
2012 Victoria Cup. The 2012 Victoria Cup was a cancelled rugby tournament, originally scheduled to be played in June and July 2012 as the third Victoria Cup involving the national teams from Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda. The tournament was cancelled after Uganda withdrew due to financial difficulties, [1] and was not revived until 2019.