Articles in Kenya ( 391 )

391 Articles of interest in Kenya

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  • Trans-Nzoia County

    Trans-Nzoia County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya, located between the Nzoia River and Mount Elgon with its centre at the town of Kitale which is the capital and largest town of the county, and 380 km North West of Nairobi. Th…

  • Kakamega Forest

    Kakamega Forest is a tropical rainforest situated in the Western Province, of Kenya, North West of the capital Nairobi, and near to the border with Uganda.

  • Kilifi

    Kilifi is a resort town on the coast of Kenya, 56 kilometres (35 mi) northeast by road of Mombasa. The town lies on the Kilifi Creek and sits on the estuary of the Goshi River.

  • St. Mary's School, Nairobi

    Saint Mary's School, commonly known as just Saints, is a private boys' day school owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. It is a combined primary and secondary school, which offers KCPE, KCSE, IGCSE and IBDP certification.

  • Nandi County

    Nandi County, earlier a part of Rift Valley Province, is a county based in Kenya. Its capital, Kapsabet, is the largest town in the county.

  • Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

    The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (also known as Lewa Downs) is located in northern Kenya. It was formed in 1995. It is a wildlife sanctuary incorporating the Ngare Ndare Forest and covering over 62,000 acres (250 km2). The Conservancy is home to a wide…

  • Kiambu

    Kiambu is a town in Kiambu County, Kenya. It has an urban population of 88,869. It is the capital of the Kiambu County, which bounds the northern border of Nairobi.

  • Isiolo

    Isiolo is a town in the former Eastern Province, Kenya. It is situated in the Upper Eastern sub-region, and lies 285 kilometres north of Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. The town grew around the local military camps, much of the population being …

  • A109 road (Kenya)

    The A109 road is the main road link between the Kenyan cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. It is also known as The Mombasa road. For the majority of the distance, the road runs adjacent to the Nairobi-Mombasa main line, itself a branch of the Uganda Rail…

  • Narok

    Narok (sometimes referred to as Narok Town) is a town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya's economy in south-west of the country, along the Great Rift Valley. Narok is the district capital of the Narok County and stands as the major centre of commer…

  • Migori County

    Migori County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. Its capital is Migori, its largest town. The county has a population of 917,170. Migori County is perhaps the most diverse in Nyanza after Kisumu. The inhabitants include…

  • Marsabit

    Marsabit is a town in northern Kenya, located 170 km east of the center of the East African Rift at 37°58' E, 2°19' N (37.97°E, 2.32 N). It is located in the Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park and Reserve.

  • Lodwar

    Lodwar is the largest town in northwestern Kenya, located west of Lake Turkana on the A1 road. Its main industries are basket weaving and tourism. The Loima Hills lie to its west. Lodwar is the capital of Turkana County.

  • Lake Bogoria

    Lake Bogoria is a saline, alkaline lake that lies in a volcanic region in a half-graben basin south of Lake Baringo, Kenya, a little north of the equator. Lake Bogoria, like Lake Nakuru, Lake Elmenteita, and Lake Magadi further south in the Rift Val…

  • Bungoma

    Bungoma is a town in Bungoma County of Kenya, bordered by Uganda in the west. Bungoma town was established as a trading centre in the early 20th century. The town is the headquarters of Kenya's Bungoma County and it hosts a municipal council.

  • Broglio Space Centre

    The Luigi Broglio Space Centre (BSC) is an Italian-owned spaceport near Malindi, Kenya, named after its founder and Italian space pioneer Luigi Broglio. Developed in the 1960s through a partnership between the University of Rome La Sapienza's Aerosp…

  • Muranga County

    Muranga County is one of the counties of Kenya's former Central Province. Its largest town is Murang'a its capital, called Fort Hall in colonial times (before 1963). It is inhabited mainly by and is considered the home of the Kikuyu, the largest com…

  • Limuru

    Limuru is a town in central Kenya. It is also the name of a parliamentary constituency and an administrative division.

  • Lake Magadi

    Lake Magadi is the southernmost lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, lying in a catchment of faulted volcanic rocks, north of Tanzania's Lake Natron.

  • State House (Kenya)

    State House is the official residence of the President of Kenya. It was the residence of the Prime Minister of Kenya from independence till Kenya (Dec 12 1963) transformed into a republic (Dec 12 1964).

  • Samburu County

    Samburu County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It covers an area of roughly 21,000 km² (8,000 mi²) in northern Kenya where the Samburu,Turkana and many other tribes live.

  • Kikuyu, Kenya

    Kikuyu is a town in the Kiambu County of Kenya. The town is located 20 km (12 mi) northwest of central Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Kikuyu hosts a town council and an administrative division in Kiambu County. It is about 20 minutes from Nairobi vi…

  • Murang'a

    Murang'a (sometimes misspelled as Muranga) is a town in Muranga County of Kenya. The town was previously called Fort Hall. It is the administrative centre of Muranga County and is mainly inhabited by the Kikuyu community.

  • Lake Baringo

    Lake Baringo is, after Lake Turkana, the most northern of the Kenyan Rift Valley lakes, with a surface area of about 130 square kilometres (50 sq mi) and an elevation of about 970 metres (3,180 ft). The lake is fed by several rivers, Molo, Perkerra …

  • Athi River (town)

    Athi River is a town outside Nairobi, Kenya in the former Eastern Province. It is also known as Mavoko. The town hosts Mavoko Municipal Council and headquarters of Mavoko division which is part of the Machakos County. It has a total population of 13…

  • 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 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate.