Nairobi, the Glossary
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412 relations: A-level (United Kingdom), A.F.C. Leopards, Aaron Rimbui, Aberdare Range, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards, Addis Ababa, Africa International University, African Games, African Great Lakes, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Agence France-Presse, Agriculturist, Akon, Al-Qaeda, Alaine Laughton, Alba Flores, Anglican Church of Kenya, Anglican Communion, Assemblies of God, Associated Press, Association football, Athi River (town), August 7th Memorial Park, Kenya, Bahati, Nairobi, Bank of Spain, Baptist Convention of Kenya, Baptist World Alliance, Barack Obama, BBC, Beatrice Elachi, Benga music, Big-game hunting, Bob Marley, Boom Jinx, Brazzaville, Britam Tower, Bubonic plague, Burger King, Buruburu, Bus rapid transit, Business Daily Africa, Cairo–Cape Town Highway, Calif Records, Camp Mulla, Cape Town, Capital city, Carl Tundo, Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family, Nairobi, ... Expand index (362 more) »
- 1899 establishments in Africa
- Populated places in Nairobi Province
- Provinces of Kenya
A-level (United Kingdom)
The A level (Advanced Level), is a main school leaving qualification of the General Certificate of Education in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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A.F.C. Leopards
Abaluhya Football Club Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as AFC Leopards, or simply known as AFC, Leopards or Leopards, is a Kenyan association football club based in Nairobi.
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Aaron Rimbui
Harun "Aaron" Kimathi Rimbui is a Kenyan pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, producer, festival curator and radio host.
Aberdare Range
The Aberdare Range (formerly the Sattima Range, Kikuyu: Nyandarua) is a long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of.
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Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.
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Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (fountain of hot mineral water, new flower) is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. Nairobi and Addis Ababa are capitals in Africa.
Africa International University
Africa International University is a Christian university in Karen, Nairobi, Kenya.
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African Games
The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC).
African Great Lakes
The African Great Lakes (Maziwa Makuu; Ibiyaga bigari) are a series of lakes constituting the part of the Rift Valley lakes in and around the East African Rift.
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Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Nairobi, established in 1958 is a 254-bed long-term care facility offering general medical services, specialist clinics and diagnostic services.
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Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.
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Agriculturist
An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.) is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness.
Akon
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, and businessman.
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Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.
Alaine Laughton
Alaine Laughton (born September 21, 1978) is a Jamaican-American singer.
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Alba Flores
Alba González Villa (born October 27, 1986), known professionally as Alba Flores, is a Spanish actress.
Anglican Church of Kenya
The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) is a province of the Anglican Communion, and it is composed by 41 dioceses.
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Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
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Assemblies of God
The World Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is an international Pentecostal denomination.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Athi River (town)
Athi River is a town outside Nairobi, Kenya in Machakos County.
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August 7th Memorial Park, Kenya
The August 7th Memorial Park is located at the 1998 United States embassy bombings scene along Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Bahati, Nairobi
Bahati is an estate in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
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Bank of Spain
The Bank of Spain (Banco de España) is Spain's central bank and the Spanish member of the Eurosystem and has been the monetary authority for Spain from 1874 to 1998, issuing the Spanish peseta.
Baptist Convention of Kenya
The Baptist Convention of Kenya is a Baptist Christian denomination in Kenya.
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Baptist World Alliance
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is an international Baptist association of Christian churches with an estimated 51 million people in 2023 with 253 member bodies in 130 countries and territories.
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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Beatrice Elachi
Beatrice Elachi is a Kenyan politician who currently serves as the member of parliament for Dagoretti North constituency.
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Benga music
Benga is a genre of Kenyan popular music.
Big-game hunting
Big-game hunting is the hunting of large game animals for trophies, taxidermy, meat, and commercially valuable animal by-products (such as horns, antlers, tusks, bones, fur, body fat, or special organs).
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Bob Marley
Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
Boom Jinx
Øistein Johan Eide (born 10 September 1974 in Bergen), better known by his stage name Boom Jinx, is a Norwegian music producer and DJ.
Brazzaville
Brazzaville (Ntamo, Ntambo, Kintamo, Kintambo, Tandala, Mavula; Teke: M'fa, Mfaa, Mfa, MfoaRoman Adrian Cybriwsky, Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 60) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo (Congo Republic). Nairobi and Brazzaville are capitals in Africa.
Britam Tower
The Britam Tower is a commercial building in Nairobi owned by British-American Investments Company (Britam).
Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
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Burger King
Burger King Corporation (BK, stylized in all caps) is an American multinational chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.
Buruburu
Buruburu is a housing estate within Nairobi City County in Kenya.
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit (BRT), also referred to as a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system.
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Business Daily Africa
Business Daily Africa, commonly known as Business Daily, is an English-language daily business newspaper published in Kenya.
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Cairo–Cape Town Highway
The Cairo–Cape Town Highway is Trans-African Highway 4 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the African Union.
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Calif Records
Calif Records is a Kenyan record label based in Nairobi's California estate, known for the Genge genre of music.
Camp Mulla
Camp Mulla was an alternative hip hop group originating from and based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. Nairobi and cape Town are capitals in Africa.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
Carl Tundo
Carl "Flash" Tundo (born 11 December 1973 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan rally driver.
Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family, Nairobi
The Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family is a Catholic Church Cathedral and Basilica dedicated to the Holy Family located in Nairobi.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) is a multi-campus private university in Kenya.
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Celsius
The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius temperature scale "Celsius temperature scale, also called centigrade temperature scale, scale based on 0 ° for the melting point of water and 100 ° for the boiling point of water at 1 atm pressure." (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of Units (SI), the other being the closely related Kelvin scale.
Central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Central Province (Kenya)
The Central Province (Kati) was a region in central Kenya until 2013, when Kenya's provinces were replaced by a system of counties. Nairobi and central Province (Kenya) are provinces of Kenya.
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Chris Froome
Christopher Clive Froome, (born 20 May 1985) is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam.
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The oldest known surviving film (from 1888) was shot in the United Kingdom as well as early colour films.
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Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.
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Cisco
Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California.
Citibank
Citibank, N.A. ("N. A." stands for "National Association"; stylized as citibank) is the primary U.S. banking subsidiary of financial services multinational Citigroup.
City proper
A city proper is the geographical area contained within city limits.
CNBC Africa
Consumer News and Business Channel Africa (known as CNBC Africa) is an African pay television network launched on 1 June 2007.
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
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Coffee
Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans.
Congo Crisis
The Congo Crisis (Crise congolaise) was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Counties of Kenya
The Counties of Kenya (Kaunti za Kenya) are geographical units created by the 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the new units of devolved government.
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Dagoretti
Dagoretti is an area in the western part of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
Dagoretti North Constituency
Dagoretti North Constituency is one of 17 electoral constituency of Nairobi County.
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Dagoretti South Constituency
Dagoretti South is an electoral constituency in Kenya.
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Daily Nation
The Daily Nation is a Kenyan newspaper.
Dandora
Dandora is an Estate in Kenya's capital and largest city, Nairobi.
Daniel arap Moi
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (2 September 1924 – 4 February 2020) was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002.
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Daystar University
Daystar University is a private Christian liberal arts university in Nairobi.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
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Denver
Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Deutsche Welle
("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.
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Deutscher Wetterdienst
The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Service, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational, hydrometeorological or agricultural purposes.
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Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer.
Divisions of Kenya
The districts of Kenya were divided into 262 divisions (matarafa).
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DJ Fita
Kelvin Peter Wanjohi (born 21 August 1994) professionally known as DJ Fita, is a Kenyan DJ, music producer and music journalist from Thika.
Domino's
Domino's Pizza, Inc., commonly referred to as Domino's, is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960.
Dorothy Ooko
Dorothy Akinyi Ooko is a Kenyan activist and technology professional.
Drama (film and television)
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.
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Drive-in theater
A drive-in theater/theatre or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking area for automobiles.
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Dry season
The dry season was a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics.
East Africa
East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the African continent, distinguished by its geographical, historical, and cultural landscape.
East Africa Protectorate
East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west.
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East Africa Time
East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa.
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Eastleigh, Nairobi
Eastleigh is a mixed-use neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Edi Gathegi
Edi Mūe Gathegi (born March 10, 1979) is a Kenyan-American actor.
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
The Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ, الجهاد الإسلامي المصري), formerly called simply Islamic Jihad (الجهاد الإسلامي) and the Liberation Army for Holy Sites, originally referred to as al-Jihad, and then the Jihad Group, or the Jihad Organization, was an Egyptian Islamist group active since the late 1970s.
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Eldoret
Eldoret is town and urban centre in Kenya. Nairobi and Eldoret are county capitals in Kenya.
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and festivals.
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Embakasi
Embakasi, also known as Eastlando by its local youth residents, is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi.
Embakasi Central Constituency
Embakasi Central is a constituency in Nairobi.
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Embakasi East Constituency
Embakasi East is a constituency in Kenya.
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Embakasi North Constituency
Embakasi North is a constituency in Kenya.
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Embakasi South Constituency
Embakasi South is a constituency in Kenya.
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Embakasi West Constituency
Embakasi West is a constituency in Nairobi.
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Entebbe raid
The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan), was a 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda.
Eric Wainaina (musician)
Eric Wainaina (born 28 August 1973) is a Kenyan singer.
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Escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.
Eye in the Sky (2015 film)
Eye in the Sky is a 2015 British thriller film starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, and Barkhad Abdi.
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Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.
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Flying boat
A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water.
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.
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General Motors
General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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George Whitehouse
Sir George Whitehouse (26 July 1857 – 17 November 1938) was an English civil engineer, chief engineer of the Uganda Railway between 1895 and 1903 and responsible for the founding of Nairobi.
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Gigiri
Gigiri is a residential estate in Nairobi.
Giraffe Centre
The Giraffe Centre is located in Lang'ata, approximately from the centre of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Githurai
Githurai is a composition of densely populated, urban, mixed-use settlements located at the border of Nairobi County and Kiambu County along the Thika Road.
Global Entrepreneurship Summit
The Global Entrepreneurship Summit is an annual event organized by the federal government of the United States, in partnership with foreign government hosts.
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Golf course
A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturer headquartered in Akron, Ohio.
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Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Gor Mahia F.C.
Gor Mahia Football Club, commonly known as lang-name, is a football club based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Governor (device)
A governor, or speed limiter or controller, is a device used to measure and regulate the speed of a machine, such as an engine.
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Great Rift Valley, Kenya
The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south.
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Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Gymkhana Club Ground
Nairobi Gymkhana Club is a cricket ground and team in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Harambee
Harambee is a Kenyan tradition of community self-help events, e.g. fundraising or development activities.
Hardee's
Hardee's Restaurants LLC is an American fast-food restaurant chain operated by CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. ("CKE") with locations primarily in the Southern and Midwestern United States.
Hazina Towers
Hazina Towers, also Hazina Trading Centre, is a building under construction in Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya.
Highridge
Highridge is a residential estate in Nairobi, located in northern parts of the larger Parklands estate.
Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Huruma
Huruma is a low-income residential estate located in the northeast of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
I&M Bank Tower
The I&M Bank Tower is a skyscraper in Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city.
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IBM
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.
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Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada Oumee (30 May 192816 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.
IMDb
IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.
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Indians in Kenya
Indians in Kenya, often known as Kenyan Asians, are citizens and residents of Kenya with ancestral roots in the Indian subcontinent.
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Institute of technology
An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university, polytechnic school, or just polytechnic) is an institution of tertiary education (such as a university or college) that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science, and natural sciences.
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International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries.
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International School of Kenya
The International School of Kenya (ISK) is a private international school for pre-kindergarten to grade 12 students located in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Ishmael Awange
Ishmael Awange (born April 3, 1989) is a Kenyan basketball player.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Ja Rule
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins Sr. (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.
Jamia Mosque (Kenya)
Jamia Mosque is a mosque located on Banda Street, Nairobi, Kenya in the Central Business District.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
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Jeevanjee Gardens
Jeevanjee Gardens is an open garden in the Central Business District of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Jeremy Wahome
Jeremiah Wahome (born 14 December 1998 in Nairobi) is a racing driver from Kenya.
Jet aircraft
A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines.
Johnson Sakaja
Johnson Arthur Sakaja (born 2 February 1985) is a Kenyan politician serving as the governor of Nairobi City County since 25 August 2022.
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Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta (22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978.
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is an international airport serving Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya.
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Jua Cali
Paul Julius Nunda (born 12 September 1979), better known by his stage name Jua Cali, is a Kenyan rapper and record producer.
Juliani
Juliani is a surname.
Kahawa
Kahawa is a mixed-use settlement spanning the Kiambu and Nairobi county borders along Thika Road.
Kajiado County
Kajiado County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya.
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Kamba people
The Kamba or Akamba (sometimes called Wakamba) people are a Bantu ethnic group who predominantly live in the area of Kenya stretching from Nairobi to Tsavo and north to Embu, in the southern part of the former Eastern Province.
Kampala
Kampala is the capital and largest city of Uganda. Nairobi and Kampala are capitals in Africa.
Kamukunji Constituency
Kamukunji Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya, one of the seventeen constituencies of Nairobi County.
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Kamulu
Kamulu is a neighbourhood in Nairobi City County located to the North East of the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD). Nairobi and Kamulu are populated places in Nairobi Province.
Kangemi
Kangemi is a slum in Kenya located, like many other slums in Nairobi, on the outskirts of the city.
Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English.
Karen Blixen Museum, Kenya
The Karen Blixen Museum, located 10 km outside of Nairobi, Kenya, "at the foot of the Ngong Hills", is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate.
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Karen, Kenya
Karen is a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, lying south-west of Nairobi's central business district.
Kariobangi
Kariobangi is a low-income residential estate in northeastern Nairobi.
Karura
The is a divine creature with a human torso and birdlike head in Japanese mythology.
Karura Forest
Karura Forest is an urban forest in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
Kasarani
Kasarani is a mixed-use neighbourhood in northeast Nairobi.
Kasarani Constituency
Kasarani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi.
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Kawangware
Kawangware is a low income residential area in Nairobi, Kenya, about 15 km west of the city centre, between Lavington and Dagoretti.
Kayole
Kayole is a low-income neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. Nairobi and Kayole are populated places in Nairobi Province.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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KCA University
KCA University (KCAU) is a private, non-profit institution that was founded in July 1989 as the Kenya College of Accountancy (KCA) by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) to improve the quality of accountancy and financial management training in the country.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
Kenya African National Union
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral loss in 2002.
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Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya.
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is the state-run media organisation of Kenya.
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Kenya national cricket team
The Kenya men's national cricket team represents the Republic of Kenya in international cricket.
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Kenya Open
The Kenya Open, currently titled as the Magical Kenya Open for sponsorship reasons, is a professional golf tournament in Kenya founded in 1967.
Kenya Railways Corporation
Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), also Kenya Railways (KR) is the national railway of Kenya.
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Kenya Television Network
Kenya Television Network (KTN) is a Kenyan free-to-air television network that was launched in March 1990 by Jared Kangwana.
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Kenyan hip hop
Kenyan hip hop is a genre of music and a culture that covers various forms and sub-genres of hip hop and rap originating from Kenya.
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Kenyan Premier League
The Kenyan Premier League (KPL), officially known as the FKF Premier League, is a professional league for men's football clubs in Kenya.
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Kenyatta International Convention Centre
The Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), formerly the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, is a 32-story building located in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Kenyatta National Hospital
The Kenyatta National Hospital is the oldest hospital in Kenya.
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Kenyatta University
Kenyatta University (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Nairobi, Kenya.
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KFC
KFC Corporation, doing business as KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.
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Kiambu County
Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya.
Kibera
Kibera (Kinubi: Forest or Jungle) is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, from the city centre.
Kibra Constituency
Kibra Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi, one of 17 constituencies in the county, and has an area of 12.1 km2.
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Kikuyu people
The Kikuyu (also Agĩkũyũ/Gĩkũyũ) are a Bantu ethnic group native to East Africa Central Kenya.
Kilimani
Kilimani is a mixed-use commercial and residential neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi.
Kinshasa
Kinshasa (Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville until June 30, 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nairobi and Kinshasa are capitals in Africa.
Kisumu
Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and Mombasa. Nairobi and Kisumu are county capitals in Kenya.
Kitisuru
Kitisuru is a residential suburb of Nairobi.
Korogocho
Korogocho is one of the largest slum neighbourhoods of Nairobi, Kenya.
Kunming
Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China.
Kwani?
Kwani? (derived from the Sheng slang so what?) is a prominent African literary magazine headquartered in Kenya.
Kware
Kware is a Local Government Area in Sokoto State, Nigeria.
Kyau & Albert
Kyau & Albert is the working name for two trance music producers and DJs from Germany named Ralph Kyau and Steven Moebius Albert.
Lagos–Mombasa Highway
The Lagos–Mombasa Highway (also known as the Mombasa-Lagos Highway) or TAH 8 is Trans-African Highway 8 and is the principal road route between West and East Africa.
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Laini Saba
Laini Saba is a slum of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya)
The Lancaster House conferences were three meetings (1960, 1962, 1963) in which Kenya's constitutional framework and independence were negotiated.
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Lang'ata
Lang'ata is a predominantly middle-class residential suburb of Nairobi in Kenya.
Langata Constituency
Lang'ata Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi City County.
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Lavington, Nairobi
Lavington is a residential suburb of Nairobi.
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Limuru
Limuru is a town in central Kenya.
Lindi
Lindi is a historic beach town in southern Tanzania.
List of cities and towns in Kenya by population
The following is a list of the most populous cities, municipalities and towns of Kenya.
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List of tallest buildings in Kenya
Most of the tallest buildings in Kenya are found in Nairobi, the capital and largest city in the country.
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Locations of Kenya
Locations were a type of administrative region in Kenya.
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London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England.
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Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell is a city in Massachusetts, United States.
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Lower Kabete
Lower Kabete is the name given to a region straddling Kiambu County and Nairobi County, Kenya. Nairobi and Lower Kabete are populated places in Nairobi Province.
Luo people
The Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania in East Africa.
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan and Mexican actress.
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Maasai language
Maasai (previously spelled Masai) or Maa (autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 1.5 million.
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Maasai people
The Maasai (Wamasai) are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting northern, central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, near the African Great Lakes region.
Mabatini
Mabatini is an administrative ward in the Mbeya Urban district of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania.
Machakos County
Machakos County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, which came into being because of the devolved system of governance occasioned by the 2010 constitution of Kenya.
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Major Lazer
Major Lazer is a Jamaican-American electronic dance music and DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums.
Makadara Constituency
Makadara Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi City County, Kenya.
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Makongeni
Makongeni is in Nairobi.
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.
Matatu
In Kenya, matatu or matatus (known as mathree in Sheng) are privately owned minibuses used as share taxis.
Mathare
Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi with a population of approximately 500,000 people; the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people.
Mathare Constituency (2013)
Mathare is a constituency in Nairobi.
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Mathare United F.C.
Mathare United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Mau Mau rebellion
The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt, or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, and the British authorities.
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Mákina
Mákina is a subgenre of hardcore techno, originating in Spain.
McDonald Mariga
McDonald Mariga Wanyama (born 4 April 1987) is a Kenyan former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
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Meja Mwangi
Meja Mwangi (born 27 December 1948) is a Kenyan writer.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.
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Mike Kirkland (rally driver)
Mike Kirkland (born August 1, 1947) is a Kenyan former rally driver from Nairobi, known for his appearances in the World Rally Championship.
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Mike Sonko
Mbuvi Gideon Kioko, popularly known as Mike Sonko or simply Sonko (Sheng for "rich person" or "boss", pronounced as "Song/goh"), CNN, March 3, 2011 (born 27 February 1975) is a controversial Kenyan politician.
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (also; Muqdisho, Wadaad: or Xamar, Wadaad:; مقديشو, Italian: Mogadiscio), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. Nairobi and Mogadishu are capitals in Africa.
Moi Air Base
Moi Air Base, formerly known as RAF Eastleigh and Eastleigh Airport is a military airport located to the east of Nairobi, in the Eastleigh suburb.
Moi Avenue (Nairobi)
Moi Avenue (formerly First Station Road and Government Road) is a major road inside the Central Business District of Nairobi.
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Moi International Sports Centre
The Moi International Sports Centre (abbreviated as MISC, locally referred to as the Kasarani stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, Kenya.
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Mombasa
Mombasa is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. Nairobi and Mombasa are county capitals in Kenya.
Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway
The Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, completed in 2017, was built as the first phase of the Kenya Standard Gauge Railway.
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Money Heist
Money Heist (La casa de papel) is a Spanish heist crime drama television series created by Álex Pina.
Montane ecosystems
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains.
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Morgan Heritage
Morgan Heritage is a Grammy-winning Jamaican reggae band formed in 1994 by five children of reggae artist Denroy Morgan, namely Peter "Peetah" Morgan, Una Morgan, Roy "Gramps" Morgan, Nakhamyah "Lukes" Morgan, and Memmalatel "Mr.
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Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya (Meru: Kĩrĩmaara, Kikuyu: Kĩrĩnyaga, Kamba: Ki Nyaa, Embu: Kirinyaa) is an extinct volcano in Kenya and the second-highest peak in Africa, after Kilimanjaro.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania.
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Mowlem
Mowlem was one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in the United Kingdom.
Murang'a County
Murang'a County is one of the counties of Kenya's former Central Province.
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Muthaiga
Muthaiga is an affluent neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi.
Mwai Kibaki
Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013.
Nairobi (Money Heist)
Nairobi (Ágata Jiménez) is a fictional character in the Netflix series Money Heist, portrayed by Alba Flores.
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Nairobi Arboretum
Nairobi Arboretum is located along state house road in the area of Kilimani, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nairobi Business Park
Nairobi Business Park is a flagship business park located in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nairobi City Council
The City Council of Nairobi was the local authority governing the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nairobi City County
Nairobi City County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya.
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Nairobi City Stadium
Nairobi City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nairobi Commuter Rail
The Nairobi Commuter Rail (NCR) is a rail network serving Nairobi and its suburbs.
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Nairobi Expressway
The Nairobi Expressway is a toll road in Kenya, connecting Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Nairobi's Westlands area, that has been constructed under a public-private partnership between the government of Kenya and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC).
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Nairobi Half Life
Nairobi Half Life is a 2012 Kenyan drama film directed by David "Tosh" Gitonga.
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Nairobi Java House
Java House (formerly Nairobi Java House) is a chain of coffee houses with its head office at ABC Place in Nairobi, Kenya, founded in 1999 by Kevin Ashley and Jon Wagner.
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Nairobi Marathon
The Nairobi Marathon is an annual road running competition over the marathon distance usually held in October in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nairobi National Park
Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1946 about south of Nairobi.
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Nairobi railway station
Nairobi railway station is a railway station located in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nairobi River
The Nairobi River is a river that flows across Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.
Nairobi Securities Exchange
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was established in 1954 as the Nairobi Stock Exchange, based in Nairobi the capital of Kenya.
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Nairobi Terminus
Nairobi Terminus is a railway station on the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) located in Syokimau, just south of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
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Naivasha
Naivasha is a town in Nakuru County, Kenya, north west of Nairobi.
Nakuru
Nakuru is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. Nairobi and Nakuru are county capitals in Kenya.
Nameless (musician)
David Mathenge (born 1 August 1976), better known by his stage name Nameless, is a Kenyan pop artist.
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National Assembly (Kenya)
The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya (formerly House of Representatives) is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya.
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National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
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Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.
Ngara
Ngara is a small town in Ngara District, Kagera Region, in Tanzania, East Africa.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as "East Africa's leading novelist".
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Ngong Forest
Ngong Forest is one of the few natural forests in the capital city of Kenya.
Ngong Hills
The Ngong Hills are peaks in a ridge along the Great Rift Valley, located southwest near Nairobi, in southern Kenya.
Ngong Racecourse
Ngong Racecourse is a racecourse in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
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Non-revenue water
Non-revenue water (NRW) is water that has been produced and is "lost" before it reaches the customer.
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Nonini
Hubert Mbuku Nakitare (born 2 October 1982), commonly known by his stage name Nonini, is a Kenyan rapper and former radio presenter.
Nyama choma
The nyama choma is a specialty of grilled goat meat.
Nyayo House
Nyayo House is a skyscraper in Nairobi, Kenya.
Nyayo National Stadium
Nyayo National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Ogopa Deejays
Ogopa Deejays are a Kenyan music production team and record label formed in the late 1990s who gained regional fame and popularity due to standards of their production work.
Ongata Rongai
Ongata Rongai (also known as Ronga in local slang) is a town located in Kajiado North, Kajiado County, Kenya.
Orchestra Super Mazembe
Orchestra Super Mazembe was a Kenyan soukous band.
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Out of Africa
Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen.
Out of Africa (film)
Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
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Pan Africa Christian University
Pan Africa Christian (PAC) University is a private Christian University in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Pangani
Pangani (Mji wa Pangani, in Swahili) is a historic town and capital of Pangani District in the Tanga Region of Tanzania.
Parklands, Nairobi
Parklands is a neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya.
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Parliament Buildings (Kenya)
The Parliament Buildings in Nairobi are the seat of the Kenyan Parliament.
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Parliament of Kenya
The Parliament of Kenya is the bicameral legislature of Kenya.
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Pastoralism
Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds.
PGA European Tour
The European Tour, currently titled as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons, and legally the PGA European Tour or the European Tour Group, is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe.
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Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, LLC is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 in Wichita, Kansas by Dan and Frank Carney.
Place of worship
A place of worship is a specially designed structure or space where individuals or a group of people such as a congregation come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study.
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Presbyterian Church of East Africa
Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) is a Presbyterian denomination headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Proliga (Portugal)
The Proliga is a basketball league in Portugal organised by the Portuguese Basketball Federation (FPB).
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Prosper Masatu Makonya
Prosper Masatu Makonya is a Tanzanian sportsperson who was elected as president of the East and Central African Tae Kwon Do Confederation on 30 October 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Public administration
Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler.
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Pumwani
Pumwani is an estate of Nairobi.
Purchasing power parity
Purchasing power parity (PPP) is a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currencies.
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Rahimtulla Tower
Rahimtulla Tower, also known as the Rahimtulla Trust Building, is a tower in the Upper Hill neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Rail transport in Kenya
Rail transport in Kenya consists of a metre-gauge network and a new standard-gauge railway (SGR).
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Railway town
A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital city of the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Riara University
Riara University is a Private University located along Mbagathi Way in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, and author.
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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin, also known as Amin: The Rise and Fall, is a 1981 biographical film directed by Sharad Patel and starring Joseph Olita as Idi Amin.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (Nairobien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Nairobi in Kenya, and the Primatial see for Kenya.
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Ronski Speed
Ronny Schneider (born on 18 March 1975), better known by his stage names Ronski Speed and Sun Decade is a German electronic dance producer and DJ.
Rosslyn Academy
Rosslyn Academy is a private Christian school in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Rothschild's giraffe
Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis) is an ecotype of the Nubian giraffe.
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Royal Mint (Spain)
The Royal Mint of Spain (lit) is the national mint of Spain.
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Roysambu Constituency
Roysambu Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi.
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Ruai
Ruai is a neighbourhood in east Nairobi.
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Ruaraka Constituency
Ruaraka Constituency is an electoral constituency located in Nairobi County, Kenya.
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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
Ruiru
Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County, Kenya.
Runda
Runda is an affluent neighbourhood located in the northern part of Nairobi. Nairobi and Runda are populated places in Nairobi Province.
Safari Rally
The Safari Rally is an automobile rally held in Kenya.
Safari Sevens
The Safari Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sarang'ombe
Sarang'ombe is a part of Kibera in Nairobi.Some parts of Sarang'ombe ward include Ayany Estate.
Sauti Sol
Sauti Sol is a Kenyan Afropop band formed in Nairobi in 2005 by vocalists Bien-Aimé Baraza, Willis Chimano and Savara Mudigi.
São Luís, Maranhão
São Luís (Saint Louis) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão.
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Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican dancehall deejay.
Seat belt legislation
Seat belt legislation requires the fitting of seat belts to motor vehicles and the wearing of seat belts by motor vehicle occupants to be mandatory.
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Sense8
Sense8 (a play on the word sensate) is an American science fiction drama television series created by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and J. Michael Straczynski for Netflix.
Shaggy (musician)
Orville Richard Burrell (born October 22, 1968), better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae recording artist who scored hits with the songs "It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic", "In the Summertime", "Oh Carolina", and "Angel".
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Sisal
Sisal (Agave sisalana) is a species of flowering plant native to southern Mexico, but widely cultivated and naturalized in many other countries.
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Slum
A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty.
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Somali people
The Somali people (Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, Wadaad) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history.
Soukous
Soukous (from French secousse, "shock, jolt, jerk") is a genre of dance music originating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) and the Republic of the Congo (formerly French Congo).
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
South B
South B is the name of a Division of the sub-county of Starehe in Nairobi, Kenya and the name of a "sub-location" of Mukuru Nyayo within the Division.
South C
South C or South Compton (during colonial times) is a middle-class residential estate located in the southland area of Nairobi.
Southampton
Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.
Spur Steak Ranches
Spur Corporation Limited (JSE) is a South African restaurant company.
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Starehe Constituency
Starehe is an electoral constituency in Kenya.
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Steers (restaurant)
Steers is a South African quick-service restaurant brand, serving burgers and chips.
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Stock exchange
A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments.
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Strathmore University
Strathmore University is a chartered university based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Sub-Counties of Kenya
Sub-counties, also known as Districts, are the decentralised units through which government of Kenya provides functions and services.
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Subway (restaurant)
Subway IP LLC, doing business as Subway, is an American multinational fast food restaurant franchise that specializes in submarine sandwiches (subs) and wraps.
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Susan Murabana
Susan Murabana Owen is a Kenyan astronomer.
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Swahili language
Swahili, also known by its local name Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands).
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Sydney Pollack
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor.
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Syokimau
Syokimau is a residential area in the west of Machakos County, Kenya, just south of Nairobi and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar.
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Technical University of Kenya
Technical University of Kenya (TU-K) is a public university in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Teleposta Towers
The Telposta Towers is the eighth-tallest building in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational corporation founded in 1892.
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The Constant Gardener (film)
The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Pinnacle (Nairobi)
The Pinnacle, also Pinnacle Towers, is a building on hold in Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya.
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The Standard (Kenya)
The Standard is one of the largest newspapers in Kenya with a 48% market share.
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Thika Dam
The Ndakaini dam is a 63 m high, 458 m crest length earthfill dam on the Thika River near the small town of Ndakaini, 50 km north of Nairobi, Kenya.
Thika Road
Thika Road (commonly known as the Thika Superhighway) is an 8-lane controlled-access highway in Kenya, with 12 lanes in some sections.
Thika Town Constituency
Thika Town is a constituency in Kenya.
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Thoroughbred racing
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.
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Times Tower
The Times Tower, also known as the New Central Bank Tower, is an office tower in Nairobi, Kenya.
Tom Mboya
Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya (15August 19305July 1969) was a Kenyan trade unionist, educator, Pan-Africanist, author, independence activist, and statesman.
Tom Mboya Street
Tom Mboya Street (formerly Victoria Street), is one of the oldest streets in Nairobi.
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Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France.
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Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel.
Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan.
Tributary
A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.
Tusker F.C.
Tusker FC is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson.
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Two Rivers Mall
Two Rivers Mall is a shopping centre located in Nairobi, Kenya.
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UAP Old Mutual Tower
UAP Old Mutual Tower is a 33-storey office complex in the Upper Hill neighbourhood of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya.
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Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa.
Uganda Railway
The Uganda Railway was a metre-gauge railway system and former British state-owned railway company.
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Uhuru Gardens
Uhuru Gardens National Monument and Museum is a commemorative park and museum in Nairobi, Kenya that celebrates independence from the British Empire on 12 December 1963.
Uhuru Kenyatta
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.
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Uhuru Park
Uhuru Park is a 12.9 hectare (32 acre) recreational park adjacent to the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya.
Ultra-processed food
An ultra-processed food (UPF) (also referred to as predigested food) is an industrially formulated edible substance derived from natural food or synthesized from other organic compounds.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.
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United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system.
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) is the United Nations programme for human settlements and sustainable urban development.
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United Nations Office at Nairobi
The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON, Ofisi ya Umoja wa Mataifa Nairobi) in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is one of four major United Nations office sites where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence.
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United States International University
United States International University (USIU) was a nonprofit university based in San Diego, California that was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
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University of East Africa
The University of East Africa was established on 29 June 1963 and served Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the eastern African Great Lakes region.
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University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi (uonbi or UoN) is a collegiate research university based in Nairobi and is the largest university in Kenya.
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Upper Hill, Nairobi
Upper Hill is a neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya.
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Utalii F.C.
Utalii Football Club was a football club from Ruaraka, supported by the Utalii College, a hospitality and tourism training institution.
Utawala
Utawala is a neighbourhood located along the border of Nairobi and Machakos counties.
Uthiru
Uthiru is a settlement transversing in both Nairobi County and Kiambu County on the northwest side of the city centre of Nairobi.
Victor Wanyama
Victor Mugubi Wanyama (born 25 June 1991) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Kenya national team.
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Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group.
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Viwandani
Viwandani (Kata ya Viwandani, in Swahili) is an administrative ward of the Dodoma Municipal Council of the Dodoma Region in Tanzania.
VMLY&R
VMLY&R, now part of VML, after the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson in October of 2023, was an American marketing and communications company specializing in advertising, digital and social media, sales promotion, direct marketing and brand identity consulting, formed from the merger of VML, founded in 1992, and Y&R (Young & Rubicam), founded in 1923.
Wangarĩ Maathai
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights.
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Water kiosk
Water kiosks are booths for the sale of tap water.
Water scarcity
Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand.
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Wayne Wonder
Von Wayne Charles (born 26 July 1972), better known by his stage name Wayne Wonder, is a Jamaican reggae artist.
Westlands Constituency
Westlands is an electoral constituency in Kenya.
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Westlands, Nairobi
Westlands is a mixed-use neighbourhood in Upper Parklands in Nairobi.
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Wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the rainy season or monsoon season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs.
Wilson Airport
Wilson Airport is an airport in Nairobi, Kenya.
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
World Communion of Reformed Churches
The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is the largest association of Reformed (Calvinist) churches in the world.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Wyclef Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper and record producer.
1950 Nairobi general strike
The 1950 Nairobi general strike was a nine-day general strike led by the East African Trades Union Congress (EAUTC) that took place in Nairobi, Kenya, in the spring of 1950.
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1998 United States embassy bombings
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998.
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2003 Cricket World Cup
The 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup was the eighth Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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85th Academy Awards
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2012 and took place on February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time Zone (PST) / 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone (EST).
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86th Academy Awards
The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST.
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See also
1899 establishments in Africa
Populated places in Nairobi Province
- Benhard Estate
- City Estate
- Doonholm
- Embakasi Pipeline
- Gachie
- Gathanga
- Gatharaini
- Kamulu
- Kayole
- Kware, Nairobi
- Lower Kabete
- Nairobi
- Njiru, Nairobi
- Runda
- Shauri Moyo
- Starehe
- Waithaka
- Ziwani, Nairobi
Provinces of Kenya
- Central Province (Kenya)
- Coast Province
- Eastern Province (Kenya)
- ISO 3166-2:KE
- Nairobi
- North Eastern Province (Kenya)
- Nyanza Province
- Provinces of Kenya
- Rift Valley Province
- Western Province (Kenya)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi
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