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11 unusual facts about Nakuru


Ark Diecast

This toy was nicknamed "Yojimbo-Kaiju", meaning roughly "Bodyguard Monster"; the nickname derives from his role in Return of Ultraman, where Black King acted as a bodyguard to Nakuru Seijin).

Bring Zack Back Home

He later joined Nakuru high school in the same year for his Advanced level education. As it was required by law, he joined the National Youth Service in June 1988 to serve the community before he could proceed to university.

A year later in 2004, an armed man approached Zack as he drove near the Nairobi-Nakuru highway junction, and he was shot at close range during a car jacking.

Jonathan Leakey

Leakey now operates the Nakuru-based company Jonathan Leakey Ltd., which supplies East African snake venoms and medicinal plants for antivenom manufacturers, medical research facilities, and pharmaceutical companies.

Kenya Make a Difference

The volunteers also distributed clothing and hygiene items to families in the surrounding area and spent time helping at the Haven of Hope orphanage in Nakuru.

During January 2012, Kenya Make a Difference handed out clothes to rural families, constructed a swing set for Kiptenden Elementary School in Nakuru, Kenya, and built an addition to a classroom at Soar Kenya Academy, an elementary school in Barut, Kenya.

Live and Learn in Kenya

Live and Learn in Kenya NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) is a charitable organization with the goal of changing the lives and the futures of children living in poverty in Nakuru, Kenya as well as in other parts of Kenya.

Mayu Tsuruta

Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited thousands of internal refugees at Kenya's Nakuru ASK grounds, as a goodwill ambassador for Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

Moses Arita

Arita was born and raised in Nakuru where he attended Mama Ngina Primary School, he then went to Manor High School in Rift Valley.

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He was however defeated by Lee Kinyanjui during the 2007 general elections beating his close rival Mike Brawan.

Taking the Flak

Taking The Flak was filmed around Arusha, Tanzania, in the autumn of 2008 although episode one (the pilot) was filmed in January 2007 in Nakuru, Kenya, with a working title of The Calais Rules.


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Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church

The Grace Bible Collage in Nakuru exist to train pastors and the other training location is Trinity Bible Institute in Meru.

The Beyond Mwingi Mission started dozens of mission churches in Nairobi, Kiambu, Meru, Embu and Nakuru.

Ian Duncan

His first victorious national rally was Nakuru Rally in 1987 while driving a Toyota Celica twin-cam turbo navigated by Ian Munro.

Lesser Flamingo

The population in the two key east African lakes, Nakuru and Bogoria, have been adversely affected in recent years by suspected heavy metal poisoning, while its primary African breeding area in Lake Natron is currently under threat by a proposed soda ash plant by Tata Chemicals.

Nakuru County

Njoro lies 20 km from Nakuru and is a small agricultural town with a local university aimed at promoting agricultural development in Kenya, namely Egerton University (est. 1934).

Stephen Kipkorir

Kipkorir was killed in a military vehicle crash on the road between Nakuru and Eldoret.