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  2. History of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    By 1905, Nairobi was a humming commercial center and replaced Mombasa as capital of the British East Africa. The city expanded, supported by the growth in administrative functions and in tourism, initially in the form of British big game hunting. As the British colonialists explored the region, they began using Nairobi as their first stop.

  3. Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    nairobi .go .ke. Nairobi ( / naɪˈroʊbi / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census.

  4. Timeline of Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    City becomes capital of Republic of Kenya. Kenya School of Law established. 1964 - Abaluhya United Football Club founded. 1966 - United Nations Office at Nairobi established. 1967 National Library Service of Kenya headquartered in city. Kenya Open golf tournament begins. 1968 Gor Mahia Football Club founded. Swedish school founded. 1969

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. KCB Bank Kenya Limited - Wikipedia

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    B2 negative (2020) (Moodys Investor Service) [1] Website. ke .kcbgroup .com. KCB Bank Kenya Limited is a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It is licensed as a commercial bank, by the Central Bank of Kenya, the national banking regulator. [3] The bank has also been running Agency banking model.

  8. Kenya Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was part of the British Empire in Africa from 1920 until 1963. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British Crown colony in 1920. Technically, the "Colony of Kenya" referred to the interior lands, while a ...

  9. List of companies and organizations based in Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Companies headquartered in Nairobi. The following is a list of prominent companies and organizations with their main headquarters in Nairobi: East African Breweries. Equity Group Holdings Limited. Gulf African Bank. KCB Group Limited. Chem-labs Limited. Kenya Airports Authority. Cambrian Valuers Limited.