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The ninth parliament was dissolved on Monday 22 October 2007, [22] with the election date of 27 December announced on 26 October 2007 by the ECK. The ECK initially set a deadline of 19 November 2007 for submitting the candidate lists to prevent candidates from defecting after failing to gain nominations from their parties, but later retracted and allowed defections to minor parties. [23]
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, [ 12 ] Kenya is the 28th-most-populous country in the world [ 7 ] and 7th most populous in Africa.
The Star is a daily newspaper published in Nairobi, Kenya.It was launched in July 2007 as the Nairobi Star and later rebranded as The Star in 2009.. The Star's circulation was around 15,000–20,000 in 2010 (against total Kenyan newspaper circulation in 2010 of around 320,000), compared to 5,000–8,000 in 2007. [1]
The Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya is the highest honour in Kenya, [3] and as of 2009 the award has been bestowed on 198 people since Kenyan independence. [2] Recipients of this award include Yoweri Museveni the President of Uganda , Aga Khan IV , [ 5 ] Reimond Kipkesio and Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin , 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq of the ...
Those who acquire nationality at birth include: Children born anywhere to at least one parent with Kenyan nationality; [9] Children born in Kenya to foreigners prior to 12 December 1963, who on that date were British Protected Persons or Citizens of the UK and Colonies; or [10]
TV47 is a late entrant in the mass media in Kenya. There are more than 50 television stations in Kenya. [4] These stations include Citizen TV, by Royal Media Services of Samuel Kamau Macharia, Kenya Television Network by The Standard (Kenya), NTV (Kenyan TV channel) by Nation Media Group, and K24 TV by Media Max Limited.
The EFF says "We stand in solidarity with the people of Kenya who are bravely protesting against the exploitative legislation that seeks to impose severe tax." [46] Gideon Moi, Kenyan politician and party leader of the Kenya African National Union condemned the arrest and abduction of people perceived to be leaders of the protests. He said an ...
Kenya has a strong tradition of oral literature, which continues today in several languages. [1] As a result of Kenya's history, including a period where it was a former British colony, Kenyan literature concurrently belongs to several bodies of writing, including that of the Commonwealth of Nations and of Africa as a whole. [1]