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In Kenya, matatu or matatus (known as mathree in Sheng) [citation needed] are privately owned minibuses used as share taxis. [1] Often decorated, many matatu feature portraits of famous people or slogans and sayings. [2] Likewise, the music they play is also aimed at quickly attracting riders. [3] Over 70% of commuter trips are taken using ...
In 1984, 751 people suffered food poisoning in The Dalles, Oregon, United States, due to the deliberate contamination of salad bars at ten local restaurants with Salmonella. A group of prominent followers of Rajneesh (later known as Osho) led by Ma Anand Sheela had hoped to incapacitate the voting population of the city so that their own ...
The Atheists In Kenya Society is a member organization of Humanists International. [4] The society was established in Nairobi, Kenya, on February 17, 2016. [1] Harrison Mumia is the founder and president. [5] [6] The foundation has its headquarters in Summit House, Nairobi. [1]
Taliban (gang) The Taliban is a Kenyan criminal organization that has no connection to the Afghan Taliban other than its name. They belong to the Luo tribe. [1] and feel allegiance to Luo leader and multiple Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga. [2] [3] Their leader is Joash Oluande, a born-again Christian. [4]
The Shakahola Forest incident refers to a religious cult in the Shakahola forest led by Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of Good News International Ministries.The incident gained attention in the early weeks of April 2023 when a man contacted the police after his wife and daughter left Nairobi, Kenya, to join Paul Nthenge Mackenzie's remote Good News International Ministries in Kilifi County and did not ...
Rajneeshpuram was a religious intentional community in the northwest United States, located in Wasco County, Oregon.Incorporated as a city between 1981 and 1988, its population consisted entirely of Rajneeshees, followers of the spiritual teacher Rajneesh, later known as Osho.
Mungiki. Mungiki is a banned ethnic organisation [1] in Kenya. The name ( mũngĩkĩ, [mo.ᵑɡe.ke]) means "a united people" or "multitude" in the Kikuyu language. [2] The religion, which apparently originated in the late 1980s, is secretive and bears some similarity to mystery religions. Specifics of their origin and doctrines are unclear.
The Mathira massacre was a sequence of unanticipated stonings and hackings which occurred in Karatina, Nyeri District, Central Province in Kenya on 21 April 2009. At least twenty-nine people are known to have died and three others were injured after fighting was reported between residents of the town and alleged members of the illegal Mungiki ...