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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]
Portrait of Godfrey Mwampembwa. Godfrey Mwampembwa, pen name Gado (1969) is a Tanzanian-born political cartoonist, animator and comics artist. [1] [2] He is the most syndicated political cartoonist in East and Central Africa, and for over two decades a contributor for Daily Nation (), The Standard (Kenya), New African (United Kingdom), Courrier International as well as for Business Day and ...
The Kenyan Constitution requires a general election on the second Tuesday in August in every fifth year. [5] There have been public discussions to move the date from August to December with proponents pointing to the fiscal timeline (1 July – 30 June) clashing with an August date, because most ministries that support critical election processes will not have been fully funded and that a ...
The Embu or Aembu (sometimes called Waembu) are a Bantu people indigenous to Embu county.The region is situated on the southern slopes of the former Eastern province.They belong to the northeastern Bantu branch and speak the Embu language known as Kiembu as a mother tongue.
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 aircraft involved in the accident, manufactured in 2006, was a six-year-old twin-engine turboprop Harbin Y-12 II registered as KAF132. [1] [2]The crew consisted of the pilot-in-command, Major David Macharia Njoroge, who was promoted to the rank of Major the year before, [9] [10] the co-pilot, Captain Joseph Njogu Muriithi, Senior Sergeant and Air Force flight engineer Joseph Muriithi and ...
In January 2020, Business Daily Africa reported that the second loan, related to the Nairobi-Naivasha section of the Kenyan SGR, amounting to $1.482 billion, with a five-year grace period, fell due in January 2021. It attracts an interest rate of approximately 3.34 percent per annum and will be due in 30 semi-annual installments, beginning on ...
The Daily Nation said that Kibaki's move would "be seen as a sign of bad faith" and that it could "poison the atmosphere". U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that it appeared Kibaki was setting up a fait accompli , that the U.S. was "disappointed" by the move, and that it had "expressed its displeasure".