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  2. Kenya housing levy: President Ruto signs controversial law ...

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    Wycliffe Muia - BBC News, Nairobi. March 19, 2024 at 7:14 AM. President William Ruto is hoping to provide affordable houses to low income-earners through the new levy. Kenya's President William ...

  3. Westgate shopping mall attack - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. 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 ...

  4. Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, completed in 2017, was built as the first phase of the Kenya Standard Gauge Railway. It is a standard-gauge railway (SGR) in Kenya that connects the large Indian Ocean city of Mombasa with Nairobi, the country's capital and largest city. This SGR runs parallel to the narrow-gauge Uganda Railway that ...

  5. Nairobi Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Dam constructed in 1953 [2] holds back a reservoir with storage capacity of 98,000 m 3 (79 acre⋅ft) and surface area of 350,000 m 2 (86 acres). It is a shallow lake with an average depth on only 2.76 m (9.1 ft) [1] Inflow is from the Motoine River, from rainfall, and waste water from the un sewered Kibera settlement. [1]

  6. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ( IATA: NBO, ICAO: HKJK ), is an international airport serving Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. The other three important international airports in Kenya include Kisumu International Airport, Moi International Airport and Eldoret International Airport. JKIA is located in the Embakasi suburb 18 ...

  7. List of BBC properties - Wikipedia

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    BBC Radio Berkshire. Former home of BBC Monitoring and of the BBC Written Archive [39] South Western House. Southampton. BBC South (1961–1991) BBC Radio Solent (1970–1991) Former railway hotel occupied by BBC South until move into Broadcasting House (Southampton) in 1991. [40] Kingswood Warren.

  8. Outrage as traditional Ghanaian priest, 63, marries 12-year ...

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    Weather. Outrage as traditional Ghanaian priest, 63, marries 12-year-old girl. Gloria Aradi & Favour Nunoo - BBC News, Nairobi & Accra. April 1, 2024 at 4:59 AM.

  9. Barbara Plett Usher - Wikipedia

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    Spouse. Graham Usher (died 2013) [2] Barbara Plett Usher is a Canadian-born UK journalist with experience in the Middle East and the UN. She has worked for the BBC in Jerusalem, Islamabad and the United Nations. [3] Since 2021 she has been the BBC's State Department Correspondent, based in Washington, D.C., USA.