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1987 All-Africa Games

A torch was relayed from Nairobi to the Kenyan coast, the Kenyan highlands and back to Nairobi where World Champion John Ngugi carried it into the stadium in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 80,000.

2011 African Cross Country Championships

The Kenyan team's jubilant celebrations led to the entire squad of 30 runners and officials missing their flight for Nairobi, scheduled later that day at Cape Town International Airport.

98.4 Capital FM

The presenters are large, engaging personalities who play a mixture of Hip Hop, RnB, Rock, Neo Soul, New Jack Swing, World Music, Jazz, Techno and Dance music, transcending gender, all age groups, backgrounds and cultural boundaries (see the Show Schedule below.) Capital FM was the first ever Kenyan station to play Rock music- and has continuously been dubbed- the home and only home of the best rock music.

Afmadow

On 18 October 2011, eyewitnesses reported that Kenyan jets were conducting low flight manoeuvres over the city and al-Shabab was preparing entrenchment systems to defend against an expected attack by Kenyan forces in a coordinated incursion with the Somalian army.

Augustine Lotodo

Augustine Chemonges Loile Lotodo is a Kenyan who ran for Deputy President in the March 2013 Kenyan Presidential election on a NARC-Kenya ticket, as the running mate to Martha Karua.

Becky Lyne

Not selected for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in March due to a series of injuries, the Stockport-based athlete leapt to third in the UK all-time 800 metre rankings with 1 min 58.20 sec in the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead in June 2006, finishing second behind Kenyan Commonwealth champion Janeth Jepkosgei.

Bungoma County

The Bukusu have produced many prominent people that have served in the Kenyan public life among them the late Hon Wamalwa Kijana (former vice president), the late Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga (head of the Catholic Church in Kenya), the late Elijah Masinde (founder of Dini ya Musambwa), Sudi Namachanja (chief during colonial days), Luka Namulala (community fore teller), among others.

Chameleone

He enjoyed strong success with one of his first singles, "Bageya", which featured Kenyan artist Redsan.

Charles Worrod

Worrod is credited with recording songs of international status, such as Malaika (Fadhili William), Helule Helule (which later caught the interest of the British pop band, The Tremeloes), and the Kenyan-nationalised anthem-like Harambee.

Dan 'chizi' Aceda

Dan "chizi" Aceda (born Dan Okoth Ochieng in 1984 in Kisumu District in Western Kenya), is a Kenyan architect, musician, and actor based in Nairobi.

Elijah Lagat

However, later in the year the director of the Kenyan Amateur Athletics Association, David Okeyo, replaced the three runners who had initially made the team (Lagat, Tanui and Japhet Kosgei) with three other Kenyans Ondoro Osoro, Erick Wainaina and Kenneth Cheruiyot.

Foreign relations of Kenya

Chinese-Kenyan relations date back to 14 December 1963, two days after the formal establishment of Kenyan independence, when China became the fourth country to open an embassy in Nairobi.

Gor Sunguh Commission

Between April 2003 and March 2005 Gor Sunguh was the chairman of the ‘Parliamentary Select Committee Investigating Circumstances Leading to the Death of the Late Dr. Robert Ouko, EGH, MP’ tasked with investigating the death of former Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr Robert Ouko, in February 1990 .

Harry Mutuma Kathurima

Harry Mutuma Kathurima (Born 20 August 1952 in Meru) is a Kenyan diplomat.

In My Genes

In My Genes is a Kenyan 2009 documentary film by the Kenyan filmmaker and award winning actress Lupita Nyong'o.

James Macharia

James Wainaina Macharia (born 1959), Kenyan accountant and Cabinet Secretary for Health

Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club

The Kenya Kongonis Cricket Club also abbreviated as Kenya Kongonis, is a Kenyan domestic cricket club based in the Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi.

Kenyan Provincial League

From the beginning of the 2014 season, the Kenyan Provincial League was scrapped to give way to FKF Division Two, the fourth tier of the Kenyan football league system below FKF Division One and above the Kenyan County Champions League, in line with the introduction of a new six-tier system by the Football Kenya Federation to take effect from the beginning of that season.

Kibet

Shedrack Kibet Korir (born 1978), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 2007 World Championships medallist

Kipchumba

Boaz Kipchumba Kaino, Kenyan politician and Member of the National Assembly for the Orange Democratic Movement

Laban Moiben

Raised in Eldama Ravine in Kenya's Rift Valley Province, he began running while studying at Timboroa High School (an institution also attended by Kenyan international medallist Daniel Kipchirchir Komen).

Macharia

Dianah Njeri Macharia, Kenyan politician for the People's Party Of Kenya

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

Coincidentally, the last non-Kenyan to do so was a Frenchman - Joseph Mahmoud - who won the silver medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Mambrui

Mambrui is the site of a project by a team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists, who are looking for evidence of contact with the Chinese during the era of the Yongle Emperor.

Marakwet District

Many famous Kenyan runners come from Marakwet, most notably Moses Kiptanui, Evans Rutto, Reuben Kosgei, Ezekiel Kemboi and Richard Chelimo.

Mercy Murugi

Mercy Murugi is a noted Kenyan film producer and production manager who has worked on a number of local and international projects including Worse Than War, Stranded with Cash Peters, Kibera Kid.

Michael Rotich

:not to be confused with Kenyan marathon runner Michael Kosgei Rotich

My Life in Prison

My Life in Prison (2004) is the third novel in John Kiriamiti's Kenyan crime fiction series, following My Life as a Criminal, and My Life with a Criminal: Milly's Story.

Ndungu

Njuguna Ndung'u (born 1960), Kenyan economist and Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya

Nyong'o

Tavia Nyong'o, Kenyan-American cultural critic, historian and performance studies scholar

Peter Serry

Peter Serry (born February 13, 1973 in Nairobi, died January 28, 2009 in Nairobi) was a Kenyan football player, coach and administrator.

Phares Oluoch Kanindo

Among the prominent Kenyan artists who produced their music at POK Music Stores include the late Kenyan Benga Maestro Collela Mazee, Kawere Boys, Kalusi Band.

Prudence Bushnell

At the time of the bombing, Bushnell was attending a meeting with the Kenyan Trade Minister, Joseph J.Kamotho in the Cooperative Bank Building next to the embassy.

Raila Doctrine

Raila Odinga who also happens to be the immediate former Kenyan Prime Minister, has contested three times for presidency of Kenya and has lost in all the occasions.

Rhamu Incident

Rhamu, situated on the Ethiopian-Kenyan border, lay on the road to the Sidamo region, and was considered a strategic point of entrance.

Ronald Osumba

Ronald Osumba is a Kenyan who vied for Deputy President in the March 2013 Kenyan Presidential election on a Kenya National Congress ticket.

Rono

Kipruto Rono Arap Kirwa, Kenyan politician and former Minister for Agriculture

Ruto

Paul Ruto (born 1960), Kenyan middle-distance runner and 1993 world champion

Shem Ochuodho

Shem Ochuodho is a Kenyan running for Deputy President in the March 2013 Kenyan Presidential election on a Safina party ticket.

Somali Sign Language

In the 1980s a school for the deaf was established in the Somali Kenyan town of Wajir by Annalena Tonelli.

South C

Some of the well-known artists in the Kenyan music industry that reside in South C are; Nameless, E-Sir, Big Pin, Habib and Manga, Longombas and K-rupt.

Them Mushrooms

In 2009 bandleader John Katana was among four pioneering Kenyan artists given Head of State Commendation awards by president Mwai Kibaki.

Thomas Cholmondeley

Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley (born 1968), Kenyan farmer, son and heir of the 5th Baron Delamere, convicted of manslaughter (7 May 2009)

Thomas R. Odhiambo

He inspired different Kenyan scholars and leaders, notably, academician Odhiambo Siangla and politician Kalonzo Musyoka.

Tirumala formosa

This species is mimicked (Batesian mimicry) by the Kenyan forms of Regal Swallowtail (Papilio rex).

Traveling library

A camel library service exists in Kenya which is funded by the Kenyan government and as a charity in Garissa and Wajir near the border with Somalia.

Ushahidi

The Kenyan site was developed and run by several bloggers and software developers, all current or former residents of Kenya: Erik Hersman, Juliana Rotich, Ory Okolloh, and David Kobia.

Westgate shopping mall attack

Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Lenku said that between 10 and 15 gunmen were involved in the attack and that Kenyan forces had control of security cameras installed inside the shopping complex.


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