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  2. Public holidays in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    20 October. Mashujaa Day (Formerly Kenyatta Day). This day is usually celebrated to remember the heroes who fought for Kenya's independence. 12 December. Jamhuri Day, marks the date of Kenya's establishment as a Republic on 12 December 1964. [3] 25 December. Christmas Day. 26 December.

  3. Jamhuri Day - Wikipedia

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    Jamhuri Day (Republic Day) is a national holiday in Kenya, celebrated on 12 December each year. [1] Jamhuri is the Swahili word for "republic" and the holiday officially marks the date when Kenya became an independent country on 12 December 1963, six months and eleven days after gaining internal self-rule on 1 June 1963 (Madaraka Day) from the United Kingdom.

  4. 2024 in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Events in the year 2024 in Kenya. Incumbents ... Germany and Kenya agree on a labour migration deal which will see 250,000 skilled and ... New Year's Day; 29 March

  5. History of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, [12] Kenya is the 28th-most-populous country in the world [7] and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest and second-largest city, is ...

  7. Kisii people - Wikipedia

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    The British introduced new immigrants to Kisii County and other parts of Kenya in the 1930s to work as soldiers, porters and farmers. These were the Baganda, [17] the Maragoli, the Nubi, [18] and the Olusuba-speaking Suba people (Kenya) from Rusinga Island, Mfangano Island, and sections of Homa Bay County.

  8. Madaraka Day - Wikipedia

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    Madaraka Day. Madaraka Day ("Internal self rule" or Self-Governance Day) is a national holiday that is celebrated every 1 June in every year in the Republic of Kenya. It commemorates the day in 1963 that Kenya attained internal self rule after being a British colony since 1920. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Kenya only attained partial independence on this ...

  9. Samburu people - Wikipedia

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    Culture of Kenya. The Samburu are a Nilotic people of north-central Kenya. They are semi- nomadic pastoralists who primarily herd cattle but also keep sheep, goats and camels. They refer to themselves as Lokop or Loikop, a term varied interpretations among the Samburu.

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