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  2. Jamhuri Day - Wikipedia

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    Jamhuri Day (Republic Day) is a national holiday in Kenya, celebrated on 12 December each year. Jamhuri is the Swahili word for " republic " and the holiday officially marks the date when Kenya became an independent country on 12 December 1963, six months after gaining internal self-rule on 1 June 1963 ( Madaraka Day ) from the United Kingdom .

  3. Madaraka Day - Wikipedia

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    1 June 2024. ( 2024-06) Frequency. annual. Related to. Independence of Kenya. Madaraka Day ("Internal self rule" or Self-Governance Day) is a national holiday that is celebrated every 1 June in every year in the Republic of Kenya. It commemorates the day in 1963 that Kenya attained internal self rule after being a British colony since 1920.

  4. Jamhuri F.C. - Wikipedia

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    Jamhuri Sports Club, is a football club based in Pemba Island, Zanzibar. Jamhuri was established in 1953, and at that time was called Barghash Sports Club. [1] After the Zanizibar revolution in 1964, the name was changed to Jamhuri. The main rival team is Mwenge S.C. as both team are located in Wete. Jamhuri was the first team from Pemba Island ...

  5. Jamhuri - Wikipedia

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    Jamhuri. Look up jamhuri in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jamhuri is a Swahili word meaning Republic. It may refer to the following articles: Jamhuri Day, a Kenyan national holiday celebrated in December. Jamhuri News, a Kenyan news curating media serving the Kenyan Diaspora since 2016. Jamhuri Jazz Band, a band founded in late the 1950s in ...

  6. Jamhuri High School - Wikipedia

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    Jamhuri High School, formerly known as Government Indian School and later The Duke of Gloucester School, is one of the oldest schools in It was founded as a Railway Educational Centre in 1906. Prior to Kenya's independence from the British, the school, located at Ngara Nairobi , predominantly enrolled students from the Indian community in ...

  7. Kenya - Wikipedia

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    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. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest and second largest city ...

  8. Jamhuri Jazz Band - Wikipedia

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    Jamhuri Jazz Band was a dance band founded as the Nyamwezi Jazz Band in late the 1950s in Tanga, Tanzania when the country was known as Tanganyika. At the time dance bands were known as "jazz bands" in East Africa, even if they did not play jazz music. It was renamed the Jamhuri Jazz Band in 1966 on the orders of the government of Tanzania ...

  9. Jamhoori Wattan Party - Wikipedia

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    The Jamhoori Wattan Party ( Urdu: جمہوری وطن پارٹی, lit. 'Republican National Party') is a political party in Balochistan, Pakistan. [2] [6] [7] The party has split into two factions, with the non-dominant one led by Baramdagh Bugti splitting off to form the Baloch Republican Party. [2]