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  2. Mijikenda peoples - Wikipedia

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    Historically, these Mijikenda ethnic groups have been called the Nyika or Nika by outsiders. It is a derogatory term meaning "bush people." The nine Ethnic groups that make up the Mijikenda peoples are the Chonyi, Kambe, Duruma, Kauma, Ribe, Rabai, Jibana, Giriama, and Digo. The Digo are southern Mijikenda while the others are northern ...

  3. Kenya Airways - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .kenya-airways .com /ke /. Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya. [5] The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. Its head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, [6] with its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

  4. White Highlands - Wikipedia

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    UTC+3:00 ( EAT) The White Highlands is an area in the central uplands of Kenya. It was traditionally the homeland of indigenous Central Kenyan communities up to the colonial period, when it became the centre of European settlement in colonial Kenya, and between 1902 and 1961 was officially reserved for the exclusive use of Europeans by the ...

  5. Wanga Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Wanga kingdom is a Bantu kingdom within Kenya, consisting of the Wanga (Abawanga) tribe of the Luhya people (Abaluyia). At its peak the kingdom covered an expansive area from Jinja in west to Naivasha in the East African Rift. [1] The Wanga kingdom was a significant African empire and the most organized structure of government in pre ...

  6. Kenya Army - Wikipedia

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    History. The origin of the present day Kenya Army lie with the British Army's King's African Rifles. In the last quarter of the 19th Century the British began actively enforcing the abolition of the slave trade in East Africa. During the same period other European nations were also developing spheres of influence in Africa.

  7. Kenyan English - Wikipedia

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    Kenyan English is a local dialect of the English language spoken by several communities and individuals in Kenya, and among some Kenyan expatriates in other countries. The dialect contains features unique to it that were derived from local Bantu languages, such as Swahili. [1]

  8. Lake Naivasha - Wikipedia

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    724 [1] Satellite image of Lake Naivasha. Location of Naivasha in Kenya. Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, which lies north west of Nairobi. It is situated in the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Maasai name ɛnaɨpɔ́sha , meaning "that which heaves," a common Maasai ...

  9. Meru people - Wikipedia

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    The Meru or Amîîrú (including the Ngaa) are a Bantu ethnic group that inhabit the Meru region of Kenya. The region is situated on the fertile lands of the north and eastern slopes of Mount Kenya in the former Eastern Province . The word Meru means 'shining light' in the Meru language. In Kiswahili, the Meru are called Ng'aa, a word meaning ...

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