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"The situation in Nairobi has escalated to extreme levels. The County Government for all its efforts is clearly overwhelmed. We need all national emergency services mobilised to save lives," he said.
Kenya floods: Nairobi homes demolished as Cyclone Hidaya approaches. Twisted scraps of metal, large splinters of wood and misplaced mattresses are all that remains of what were once people's homes ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said on Wednesday, as ...
The attack occurred at the 14 Riverside Drive complex in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. [12] This is an upscale hotel and office complex which hosts the DusitD2 Hotel and the Commission on Revenue Allocation. [7] [8] Other clients of the complex, amongst others, include: Adam Smith International, Amadeus IT Group, LG Electronics, I & M bank, JHPiego, SAP East Africa and Cellulant Kenya Ltd. [13]
List of slums in Kenya. There are many slums in Kenya, for example in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. According to UN DESA ( United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ), 55 per cent of Kenya's urban population were slum inhabitants in 2007. [1] In 2019, around two million inhabitants of Nairobi lived in informal settlements.
On 21 September 2013, four masked gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall, an upmarket mall in Nairobi, [4] 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. [5] The attack resulted in 71 total deaths, [6] including 62 civilians, five Kenyan soldiers, and all four gunmen. Approximately ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -A gas truck exploded in Kenya's capital Nairobi, sending a huge fireball into the night sky and causing a blaze that killed at least three people and injured 300, authorities ...
The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral manipulation. This position was widely confirmed ...