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  2. Makhan Singh (Kenyan trade unionist) - Wikipedia

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    British Colonialism. Makhan Singh Jabbal (27 December 1913 – 18 May 1973) was a Kenyan labour union leader who is credited with establishing the foundations of trade unionism in Kenya. [1] He is credited to have played a vital role in the Kenyan Freedom Struggle. He was detained by the British colonialists for 11 years from 1950 to 1961 - the ...

  3. Sheng slang - Wikipedia

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    Sheng slang. Sheng is primarily a Swahili and English -based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban youth of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there. While primarily a language of urban youths, it has spread across social classes and geographically to neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda .

  4. Mass media in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Kenya portal. v. t. e. Prime Minister Raila Odinga addressing the Kenyan media during the 2007–08 Kenyan crisis. Mass media in Kenya includes more than 91 FM stations, more than 64 free to view TV stations, and an unconfirmed number of print newspapers and magazines. Publications mainly use English as their primary language of communication ...

  5. World Bank Projects Leave Trail of Misery Around Globe

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    The young mother is one of thousands of Kenyans who have been forced out of their homes since the launch of a World Bank-financed forest conservation program in western Kenya’s Cherangani Hills. Human rights advocates claim government authorities have used the project as a vehicle for pushing indigenous peoples out of their ancestral forests.

  6. Internet in Africa - Wikipedia

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    This high rate is mainly because Kenya is home to M-Pesa, which is a mobile wallet provider and the offered secure payment system encourages internet access. As of October 2020, the majority of web traffic in leading digital markets in Africa originated from mobile devices in Nigeria , one of the countries with the biggest number of internet ...

  7. Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens - AOL

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    April 25, 2024 at 6:54 AM. NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa over the past month ...

  8. Dozens killed in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region

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    At least 71 people have been confirmed dead and 110 people are in hospital following floods near the town of Mai Mahiu in Kenya’s north-western Nakuru county, Nakuru governor Susan Kihika ...

  9. Cyprian Fernandes - Wikipedia

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    Fernandes was born in September 1943 into a Goan family in Nairobi, Kenya, which was still a British colony. He was raised, along with five siblings, by a single mother, after his alcoholic father had left the family. [1] He left school at 13 years old after the headmaster falsely accused him of stealing altar wine, but continued to read widely ...