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  2. Kenya's military chief among 10 people killed in helicopter crash

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    NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's military chief, General Francis Ogolla, was among 10 people killed when their military helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday, President William Ruto ...

  3. LGBT rights in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    LGBT individuals and same-sex couples are not allowed to adopt. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Kenya face significant challenges not experienced by non- LGBT residents. [4] [5] Sodomy is a felony per Section 162 of the Kenyan Penal Code, punishable by 21 years' imprisonment, and any sexual practices (termed "gross ...

  4. 2019–2022 locust infestation - Wikipedia

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    2019–2022 locust infestation. Between June 2019 and February 2022, a major outbreak of desert locusts began developing, threatening food supplies in East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. The outbreak was the worst to hit Kenya in 70 years, and the worst in 25 years for Ethiopia, Somalia, and India. [3] [4]

  5. Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack - Wikipedia

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    200m. 220yds. Attack location. OpenStreetMap view of attack location. The 2019 DusitD2 complex attack was a terrorist attack that occurred from 15 to 16 January 2019 in the Westlands area of Nairobi, Kenya, which left 22 civilians and all five terrorists dead. [7] [8] [9] [10]

  6. Western Province (Kenya) - Wikipedia

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    Western Province ( Swahili: Magharibi) was one of Kenya's seven administrative provinces outside Nairobi. It is inhabited mainly by the Luhya people. Quakerism is widely practised here. Kenya's second highest mountain, Mount Elgon is located in Bungoma District. The Kakamega Forest rainforest is part of the area. The province capital was Kakamega.

  7. History of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    A part of Eastern Africa, the territory of what is known as Kenya has seen human habitation since the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic. The Bantu expansion from a West African centre of dispersal reached the area by the 1st millennium AD. With the borders of the modern state at the crossroads of the Bantu, Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic ethno ...

  8. Ministries of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Kenyatta National Hospital. Moi Teaching Referral Hospital. Kenyatta University Research and Teaching Hospital. Mathare Mental Hospital. Spinal Injury Hospital. Physiotherapy Council of Kenya. Clinical Officers Council. Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board. Nursing Council of Kenya.

  9. Climate change in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Livestock trends in ASALs between 1977 and 2016 show cattle declined by 26.5%, while sheep and goats increase by 76% and camels by 13.3%. Climate change could result in the loss of 52% of the ASAL cattle population (or 1.7 million cattle) at a cost of US$340–680 million to the economy.