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  2. History of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    The earliest account of Nairobi 's / naɪˈroʊbɪ / history dates back to 1899 when a railway depot was built in a brackish African swamp occupied by a pastoralist people, the Maasai, the sedentary Akamba people, as well as the agriculturalist Kikuyu people who were all displaced by the colonialists. The railway complex and the building around ...

  3. Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi is the African Great Lakes region's sporting centre. The premier sports facility in Nairobi and generally in Kenya is the Moi International Sports Centre in the suburb of Kasarani. The complex was completed in 1987, and was used to host the 1987 All Africa Games. The complex comprises a 60,000 seater stadium, the second largest in the ...

  4. Timeline of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nairobi, Kenya ... Nairobi". Kenya Indexing Project. Nairobi. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03.

  5. History of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    A part of Eastern Africa, the territory of what is known as Kenya has seen human habitation since the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic. The Bantu expansion from a West African centre of dispersal reached the area by the 1st millennium AD. With the borders of the modern state at the crossroads of the Bantu, Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic ethno ...

  6. State House, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    The Government House in Nairobi, now referred to as State House, was built in 1907 in Nairobi to serve as the official residence of the governor of British East Africa, when Kenya was a colony within the British Empire. The governor would conduct his official functions at the old Provincial Commissioner's office (now a national monument) next ...

  7. Timeline of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of the History of Kenya comprising important legal and territorial changes as well as political, social, and economic events in Kenya, read more at History of Kenya This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

  8. Kenya National Archives - Wikipedia

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    The Kenya National Archives and Documentation Services (KNADS) is situated at the edge of the central business district in downtown Nairobi along Moi Avenue next to Ambassadeur Hotel. [1] The archives look out on the landmark Hilton Hotel, while on the rear side is Tom Mboya street. [2] It was established in 1965 in a building that initially ...

  9. 1982 Kenyan coup attempt - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The 1982 Kenyan coup attempt was a failed attempt to overthrow President Daniel arap Moi 's government on 1 August. Led by Kenya Air Force private Hezekiah Ochuka, the coup saw the rebels seize several air bases as well as the headquarters of state radio before they were retaken by government forces, resulting in the coup's failure.