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  2. Matatu - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. TV47 Kenya - Wikipedia

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    TV47 is a television channel based in Kenya. It is owned by Cape Media Limited, an affiliate of Mount Kenya University. [1] It was launched in 2019 by Cape Media Limited, Eugene Anangwe as the Chief Executive Officer [2] [3] and its main broadcast languages are English and Kiswahili. TV47 is a late entrant in the mass media in Kenya.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Politics of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Legislative branch The National Assembly of Kenya is based at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi.. The Bicameral Parliament consists of a National Assembly and Senate. The National Assembly, or Bunge, has 349 members, 290 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, 47 women elected from each county, 12 members nominated by political parties in proportion to their share of ...

  6. Kenya Vision 2030 - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Kenya Vision 2030 ( Swahili: Ruwaza ya Kenya 2030) is a Kenyan development program, aiming to raise the average standard of living in Kenya to middle income by 2030. It was launched on 10 June 2008 by President Mwai Kibaki. [1] [2] [3] Developed through "an all-inclusive and participatory stakeholder consultative process, involving ...

  7. List of finance ministers of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Westgate, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    80+. Total retail floor area. 350,000 square feet (33,000 m 2) No. of floors. 5. Website. www .westgate .co .ke. Westgate Shopping Mall (also known as Westgate) is an upscale shopping mall located in the Westlands division of Nairobi, Kenya. It was first opened in 2007.

  9. LGBT rights in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    LGBT individuals and same-sex couples are not allowed to adopt. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Kenya face significant challenges not experienced by non- LGBT residents. [4] [5] Sodomy is a felony per Section 162 of the Kenyan Penal Code, punishable by 21 years' imprisonment, and any sexual practices (termed "gross ...