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Nakuru is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of Nakuru County, and is the third largest urban area in Kenya. As of 2019, Nakuru has an urban population of 570,674, [2] making it the largest urban centre in the Rift Valley, succeeding Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. The city lies along the Nairobi–Nakuru Highway, 160 ...
Staff and visitors have been left stranded at Kenya’s famous nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding rose to at least 188 people. ... Nakuru County governor Susan Kihika told ...
The Kenya News Agency (KNA) is a government-run national news agency created in 1963. [1] Its headquarter is in Nairobi and it is run by the Department of Information, Ministry of Information Communication and Technology. News reports are created by KNA reporters in 72 county and sub-county offices and disseminated from the National Editorial ...
t. e. The Okiek ( Ogiek: [oɡiɛk] ), sometimes called the Ogiek or Akiek, are a Southern Nilotic ethnic group native to Tanzania [citation needed] and Southern Kenya (in the Mau Forest ), and Western Kenya (in the Mount Elgon Forest). In 2019 the ethnic Okiek population was 52,596, [1] although the number of those speaking the Akiek language ...
Susan Wakarura Kihika is a Kenyan lawyer, politician, and the first female governor of the Nakuru County.She was also among the seven female Governors that were elected in the 9 August 2022 Kenyan general election against a total 44 male governors, marking significant progress from the three female governors that had been elected in the 2017 elections.
v. t. e. The Tugen are a sub tribe of the Kenyan Kalenjin people. They fall under the highland nilotes category. They occupy Baringo County and some parts of Nakuru County and Elgeyo Marakwet County in the former Rift Valley Province. Daniel Arap Moi, the second president of Kenya (1978–2002), came from this sub-tribe.
Nakuru County is a county in Kenya. It is county number 32 out of the 47 Kenyan counties. Nakuru County is a host to Kenya's Fourth City – Nakuru City. On 1 December 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta awarded a City Charter status to Nakuru, [2] ranking it with Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu as the cities in Kenya. With a population of 2,162,202 [1 ...
For the peace agreement signed in 1975, see Nakuru Agreement. The Nakuru County Peace Accord (or “Rift Valley Peace Accord”) refers to the peace agreement signed on 19 August 2012 between elders of the Agikuyu (see also Kikuyu) and Kalenjin communities as well as other ethnic groups of Kenya. [1]