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The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020, [3] with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa .
Dozens killed in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region. Larry Madowo, Irene Nasser and Helen Regan, CNN. April 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM. At least 71 people have been confirmed dead and 110 ...
A dam collapsed in western Kenya early Monday, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing after a wall of water swept through houses and cut off a major road, the Interior Ministry said.
April 26, 2024 at 10:20 AM. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson said Friday, twice as many as were ...
The politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system in accordance with a new constitution passed in 2010. Executive power is exercised by the executive branch of government, headed by the President ...
During Kenya's colonial era (1895–1963), elephant and rhino hunting was viewed as an elite sport by British colonizers. Post-independent Kenya saw a decrease in over half of the elephant population during the period of 1970 to 1977, even though the country banned elephant hunting in 1973. In 1977, all animal hunting was banned in Kenya.
The economy of Kenya is market-based with a few state enterprises. Kenya has an emerging market and is an averagely industrialised nation ahead of its East African peers. Currently a lower middle income nation, Kenya plans to be a newly industrialised nation by 2030. The major industries driving the Kenyan economy include financial services ...
April 18, 2024 at 11:01 AM. NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's military chief, General Francis Ogolla, was among 10 people killed when their military helicopter crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday ...