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The Kenya Finance Bill protests, widely known by #RejectFinanceBill2024, or Gen Z protests, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Kenya against tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. [11] Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June ...
The club was formed and owned by World Hope International, a charitable organization. After one season in the Nationwide League, World Hope was promoted to the Kenyan Premier League. In October 2008, the club was bought by Ambassadors in Sport (AIS Kenya), [1] who renamed the club to Nairobi City Stars FC after the 2008 season. [2]
From the 15 to 16 January 2019, a coordinated attack against civilians occurred at the DusitD2 complex in Westlands District, Nairobi, Kenya. The attack began at around 14:30 EAT (UTC+3), shortly after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the center of the complex at a restaurant. Four attackers associated with Harakat Al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen ...
Mike Sonko. Mbuvi Gideon Kioko,[1] popularly known as Mike Sonko or simply Sonko (Sheng for "rich person" or "boss", pronounced as "Song/goh" ), [3] (born 27 February 1975) is a controversial Kenyan politician [4] who served as the second Governor of Nairobi. He was removed from the office of the governor by a form of impeachment by the Senate ...
South Africa v Sri Lanka. As of 7 January 2021. Source: Cricinfo. The Nairobi Club Ground is a multi-use sports venue in Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya. It is the second oldest cricket ground in Kenya, having been predated by the Sir Ali Muslim Club Nairobi [1] (named after the wealthy Arab benefactor, Sir Ali Bin Salim) which opened in 1934.
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 ...
1 ( 2024) The Nairobi City Thunder are a Kenyan professional basketball team based in the Shauri Moyo neighborhood of Nairobi. They play in the KBF Premier League, the top flight division of men's basketball in the country. Home games of the Thunder are played at the Nyayo Gymnasium. The Thunder won their first national title in 2024 .
The Safari Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held in Nairobi, Kenya. The Safari Sevens is open to international representative sides, professional and amateur clubs, invitational teams, university and school teams. Initially held at the RFUEA Ground, home of the Kenya Rugby Union, the tournament was moved to the Nyayo National Stadium ...