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It was sold to Kenyan investors in 1995. In 2004 the name was changed back to The Standard. It is the main rival to Kenya's largest newspaper, the Daily Nation. In 1989, at a time when Kenya was going into multi-party era, the Standard Group acquired the KTN Television Channel. It is the oldest newspaper published in Kenya.
Kenya Times briefly overtook The Standard as the second most popular newspaper in Kenya (after Daily Nation), but its popularity waned after 1992's general elections, the first multi-party elections in Kenya since the abolition of one-party-system. [1] Kenya Times stopped publication in early June 2010 due to financial problems. [2]
The Turkana are a Nilotic people native to the Turkana County in northwest Kenya, a semi-arid climate region bordering Lake Turkana in the east, Pokot, Rendille and Samburu people to the south, Uganda to the west, to the South Sudan ( Didinga and Toposa) and Ethiopia to the north.
April 21-May 3 - Kenya finishes fourth at the 2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy held in Nairobi. The tournament was won by Romania. June 6 - Kenya lost to Nigeria 0-3 in Abuja in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier. June 20 - Kenya won Mozambique 2-1 in Nairobi in a 2010 World Cup Qualifier. June 21 - Kenya wins the 2009 Safari Sevens. [70]
The Embu or Aembu (sometimes called Waembu) are a Bantu people indigenous to Embu county.The region is situated on the southern slopes of the former Eastern province.They belong to the northeastern Bantu branch and speak the Embu language known as Kiembu as a mother tongue.
Kenya Army involvement in international peacekeeping, Peace Support Operations was first considered in 1973. That year the United Nations requested Kenya to contribute forces to UNEF II which was to separate Israel and the Arab states after the October War. Though Kenya acceded to the UN request, the troops were not deployed.
Kenya has a strong tradition of oral literature, which continues today in several languages. [1] As a result of Kenya's history, including a period where it was a former British colony, Kenyan literature concurrently belongs to several bodies of writing, including that of the Commonwealth of Nations and of Africa as a whole. [1]
The EastAfrican is a weekly newspaper published in Kenya since 7 November 1994 by the Nation Media Group, which also publishes Kenya's national Daily Nation. [1] The EastAfrican also circulates in the other countries of the African Great Lakes region, including Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. [2]