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  2. Kenya: Floods cause widespread devastation in Nairobi - AOL

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    April 25, 2024 at 12:02 AM. The UN says more than 40,000 have been forced from their homes [EPA] Roads have turned into rivers in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, as a top official said flooding had ...

  3. Kenya's weather outlook 'dire' as cyclone nears, president says

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    NAIROBI (Reuters) -Torrential rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent weeks, killing at least 210 people, are forecast to worsen over the rest of this month ...

  4. COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020, [3] with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa .

  5. 2024 Kenya–Tanzania floods - Wikipedia

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    Tanzania. Rufiji River and Satellite imagery of flooding along its deltaic shores. 29 April 2024 (top). 5 May 2023 (bottom). Floods in northern Tanzania killed 161 people, injured 250 others, damaged over 10,000 houses and affected 210,000 people in 51,000 households.

  6. List of slums in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    List of slums in Kenya. There are many slums in Kenya, for example in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. According to UN DESA ( United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ), 55 per cent of Kenya's urban population were slum inhabitants in 2007. [1] In 2019, around two million inhabitants of Nairobi lived in informal settlements.

  7. HIV/AIDS in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Here is a brief overview of the HIV epidemic in the country as reported by the Ministry of Education in June 2014, as well as the UNAIDS report on Kenya for 2017. [6] [1] 53,000 Kenyans were infected with HIV In 2017. 8,000 children, 27,000 women, and 18,000 men were infected with HIV in 2017.

  8. 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis - Wikipedia

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    The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral ...

  9. Politics of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Legislative branch The National Assembly of Kenya is based at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi.. The Bicameral Parliament consists of a National Assembly and Senate. The National Assembly, or Bunge, has 349 members, 290 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, 47 women elected from each county, 12 members nominated by political parties in proportion to their share of ...