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Kenya Television Network (KTN) is a Kenyan free-to-air television network that was launched in March 1990 by Jared Kangwana. It is headquartered at Standard Group Centre, Nairobi . [2] It was the first free-to-air privately owned television network in Africa , and the first to break KBC's monopoly in Kenya.
Background. Established in 1996 shortly after the liberalisation of Kenyan airwaves, it was the second FM station to be opened after 101.9 Metro FM, however several other FM stations have continued to crop up, catering to all tastes, 98.4 Capital FM continues to be a popular station especially among the middle-class and upper-class markets.
On 17 March 2014, the channel name was changed to Nation TV ( Thai: เนชั่นทีวี) and updated the logo to be more modern. On 1 April 2014, Nation TV started broadcast on digital terrestrial television via TV5 MUX5. On 1 January 2015, Nation TV has changed its identity again. It's the letter N in a circle, floating above the ...
Kenya is the first African nation since 2008 to be honored by the U.S. with a state visit. Ruto, who also met with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at the Capitol, said he would look to use the ...
The Sabaot are one of the nine sub-tribes of the Kalenjin of Kenya and Uganda. The Sabaot in turn are divided into six communities largely identified by their dialects. These dialects of the Sabaot language are the Pok, Somek, Mosop, Kony, Bong'omek and Sabiny ( Sebei Uganda). Being resident around Mount Elgon, the original homeland of most ...
The Kenya national football team is known as The Harambee Stars. [4] [5] Harambee is a Kenyan tradition of community self-help events, e.g. fundraising or development activities. The word means "all pull together" in Swahili , and is the official motto of Kenya, appearing on its coat of arms .
Kenya's incumbent president, Dr. William Samoei Araap Ruto, is also Kalenjin, coming from the Nandi ethnicity. In 2007 a disputed election in Kenya erupted into a two-month political crisis that led to the deaths of more than a thousand people and the displacement of almost seven hundred thousand.
A Jewish cemetery was consecrated in 1907, and the first synagogue in 1913. [4] During the period of World War II and following the Holocaust, Jewish immigration increased and as many as 1,200 Jews were living in the country. [4] Prior to the establishment of the State of Israel, members of the Kenyan Jewish community helped Irgun and Lehi ...