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The new Kenya Forests Act in 2005 [25] made it more difficult to degazette forests in Kenya, thus protecting Karura Forest as well [26] There was a project by Kenya Forest Service, UNEP and Red Cross Kenya in 2008 to cut down eucalyptus and blue gum trees in parts of the forest and plant indigenous species in their place.
The Grand Regency hotel played a minor part in the Goldenberg Scandal, one of the largest corruption scandals uncovered in Kenya (See article: Corruption in Kenya.) Goldenberg involved the trans-shipment of large quantities of gold through Kenya, with a 35% subsidy paid to the Goldenberg company by the Government of Kenya.
The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) was a proposed set of amendments to the Constitution of Kenya initially proposed in October 2019. In the wake of the 2017 general election annulment and subsequent re-run, incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta mandated the formation of the Presidential Taskforce on Building Bridges to Unity Advisory on 31 May 2018. [1]
Mary M'Mukindia MBS (born 1957) is a Kenyan businessperson in the petrochemicals industry, who was CEO of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) from 2003 to 2008. In 2015, several major newspapers implicated her in a bribery scandal connected to the failed 2013 presidential campaign of Martha Karua, but a subsequent court case found these charges to be malicious and false.
James Ole Kiyiapi was born on 17 May 1961 at Osupuko Location Transmara District, Kenya. [1] His origin was a humble background. His father, Daudi ole Kapur belonged to the Ilnyangusi age set and had two wives with Kiyiapi's mother, Naomi being the second.
Gichugu Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Kirinyaga County . The constituency was established for the 1963 elections and was known as Kirinyaga East Constituency between the 1966 and 1983 general elections
The next day, 2 more MPs, one from the UPIA and another from the DAP-K, switched to Kenya Kwanza as well. [7] After losing the 2022 elections to Kenya Kwanza, Azimio la Umoja became the main opposition alliance. On 4 October 2022, Ruto lifted the ban on genetically modified crops, making Kenya the second country in Africa to approve them.
Martha Karua is Odinga's running mate. [78] On 6 June, Odinga launched his 10-point manifesto at the Nyayo stadium, flanked by his running mate, and hundreds of his supporters detailing his plan for the first 100 days in office if his camp carries the day in the August election. [79]