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Okwara was born on March 16, 1983, in Nairobi, Kenya. [1] She is an alumnus of Kianda High School. She holds a BSc in microbiology from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. [2] She is a graduate of the Bloomberg/ Africa Leadership Initiative Media fellowship. [3]
Tanasha Donna [3] was born in Kenya, East Africa [4] on 7 July 1995 to a Kenyan mother and an Italian Father. Donna spent her childhood years in Kenya before moving to Belgium when she was 11 years old to live with her Belgian step-father. [5] She gained great interest in fashion, music and modelling while in Belgium.
David Lekuta Rudisha, MBS (born 17 December 1988) [3] is a retired Kenyan middle-distance runner who is the world and Olympic record holder in the 800 metres.Rudisha won gold medals in the 800 m at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympic games.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is the state-run media organisation of Kenya. [2] It broadcasts in English and Swahili , as well as in most local languages of Kenya. The corporation was launched as a radio service in 1928 when Kenya was a British colony , making it the first radio station in Kenya.
Restrictions against immigration from Asia and Africa led to little voluntary immigration from Kenya until the latter half of the 20th century and low a number of slaves bringing to the Americas in late 18th century and early 19th century at the Atlantic slave trade.
Roselinda Soipan Tuya (born 1982) is a Kenyan politician who served as Cabinet secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry. She was the first Maasai woman to be in the Cabinet of Kenya. [1] She was dismissed on 11th July 2024, before being nominated for the position once again on 18th July 2024.
The Battle of El Adde took place on 15 January 2016.Al-Shabaab militants launched an attack on a Kenyan-run AMISOM army base in the town of El Adde, Gedo, Somalia.It remains the deadliest attack on the African Union Mission to Somalia and is the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) largest defeat since independence in 1963.
[29] [30] [31] The families of incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga had dominated Kenyan politics since independence in 1963. Moreover, Kenya has traditionally been ruled by presidents who belong to either the Kikuyu people – like Kenyatta – or the Kalenjin people, like William Ruto.