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A scrummage, commonly known simply as a scrum, is a method of restarting play in rugby football that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball. [1] Depending on whether it is in rugby union or rugby league, the scrum is used either after an accidental infringement or when the ...
Kapenguria Six. The Kapenguria Six – Bildad Kaggia, Kung'u Karumba, Jomo Kenyatta, Fred Kubai, Paul Ngei, and Achieng' Oneko – were six leading Kenyan nationalists who were arrested in 1952, tried at Kapenguria in 1952–53, and imprisoned thereafter in Northern Kenya.
Scrum (rugby union) In rugby union a scrum is a means of restarting play after a minor infringement. It involves up to eight players from each team, known as the pack or forward pack, binding together in three rows and interlocking with the three opposing teams front row. At this point the ball is fed into the gap between the two forward packs ...
Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga (October 1911 [3] – 20 January 1994) was a Kenyan politician who became a prominent figure in Kenya 's struggle for independence. He served as Kenya 's first vice-president, and thereafter as opposition leader. Odinga's son Raila Odinga is a former prime minister, [4] and another son, Oburu Odinga, is a former ...
The Giriama (also called Giryama) are one of the nine ethnic groups that make up the Mijikenda (which literally translates to "nine towns"). The Mijikenda occupy the coastal strip extending from Lamu in the north to the Kenya / Tanzania border in the south, and approximately 30 km inland. The Giriama are among the largest of these ethnic groups.
Nataruk in Turkana County, Kenya, is the site of an archaeological investigation which uncovered the remains of 27 people. [1][2] It dates between 9,500 and 10,500 BP (7,550–8,550 BC). [3] The remains have garnered wide media attention for possible bioarchaeological evidence of interpersonal violence, i.e. prehistoric warfare.
Culture of Kenya. The Samburu are a Nilotic people of north-central Kenya. They are semi- nomadic pastoralists who primarily herd cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels. They refer to themselves as Lokop or Loikop, a term varied interpretations among the Samburu.
Olorgesailie is a geological formation in East Africa, on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley in southern Kenya, 67 kilometres (42 mi) southwest of Nairobi along the road to Lake Magadi. It contains a group of Lower Paleolithic archaeological sites. [1] Olorgesailie is noted for the large number of Acheulean hand axes discovered there that are ...