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Raila Amolo Odinga (born 7 January 1945) is a Kenyan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. [1] He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langata Constituency from 1992 to 2013 and has been the Leader of Opposition in Kenya since 2013. [2] [3] He is the leader of Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party .
Moses Wetangula. Moses Francis Masika Wetang'ula (born 13 September 1956), is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, as well as leader of the FORD-Kenya, arguably the most popular political party after ODM in Western Kenya. He served in the government of Kenya as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to ...
The East African Railway Master Plan is a proposal for rejuvenating the railways serving Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, and building new railways to serve Rwanda and Burundi. The objective is to further the economic development of East Africa by increasing the efficiency and speed, and lowering the cost, of transporting cargo between major ports ...
The Man-eaters of Tsavo is a semi- autobiographical book written by Anglo-Irish military officer and hunter John Henry Patterson. Published in 1907, [1] it recounts his experiences in East Africa while supervising the construction of a railroad bridge over the Tsavo river in Kenya, in 1898. It is titled after a pair of man-eating lions that ...
Kenya portal. Other countries. v. t. e. General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007. [1] Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections. Incumbent Mwai Kibaki, running on a Party of National Unity (PNU) ticket, defeated Raila Odinga, leader of the Orange ...
However the African Union now supports the 50-year plan to build the African Integrated High Speed Railway Network. Triple gauge supports 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ), 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ) and 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ).
The first railway lines in Tanganyika, known at the time as German East Africa, were built soon after the first tramway in Zanzibar. In 1891, the Eisenbahngesellschaft für Deutsch-Ostafrika (English: Railway Company for German East Africa) was established, with the goal of building a railway from Tanga in Tanganyika to the hinterland.
The East African Railways and Harbours Corporation ( EAR&H) is a defunct company that operated railways and harbours in East Africa from 1948 to 1977. It was formed in 1948 for the new East African High Commission by merging the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours with the Tanganyika Railway of the Tanganyika Territory.