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In 2011, Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Road and Bridge Corporation to build the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Financing for the US$3.6 billion project was finalised in May 2014, with the Exim Bank of China extending a loan for 90% of the project cost, and the remaining 10% coming from the Kenyan ...
Website. the-star .co .ke. The Star is a daily newspaper published in Nairobi, Kenya. It was launched in July 2007 as the Nairobi Star and later rebranded as The Star in 2009. The Star' s circulation was around 15,000–20,000 in 2010 (against total Kenyan newspaper circulation in 2010 of around 320,000), compared to 5,000–8,000 in 2007. [1]
The Kenya Film Commission [1] (KFC) was established by the Kenyan government in 2005. It came into full function in mid-2006. The Kenya Film Commission was formed with the aim of promoting the Kenyan film industry locally as well as internationally. International film-makers looking to film in Kenya are offered detailed information on locations ...
Now facing an extradition case related to money laundering at Kenya Power in his earlier career as Energy minister. 9. Christopher Obure. November 2001. December 2002. 10. Daudi Mwiraria. January 2003. February 2006.
The Communist Party of Kenya (CPK), [8] formerly known as the Social Democratic Party (SDP ), is a prominent political organisation in Kenya. Founded in 1992, the political party has undergone substantial transformations in its name, ideological orientation from social democracy to communism and political positioning.
History. In 1967, fluorspar deposits were first discovered in the Kerio Valley, and the Kenyan government established the Fluorspar Company of Kenya to exploit them on a large scale. The company went into receivership in 1979, as Kenya Fluorspar, another government-owned company, bought the assets and took over operations.
A part of Eastern Africa, the territory of what is known as Kenya has seen human habitation since the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic. The Bantu expansion from a West African centre of dispersal reached the area by the 1st millennium AD. With the borders of the modern state at the crossroads of the Bantu, Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic ethno ...
Indians in Kenya predominantly live in the major urban areas of Nairobi and Mombasa, with a minority living in rural areas. According to the World Economic Forum, the population of Indians in Kenya numbered around 100,000 in 2015. [2] In 2017, Indians were recognised by the Government of Kenya as the nation's 44th tribe.