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Mukuuri
Mûkûûrî is an administrative Location and township in Runyenjes Division, in Embu County, Kenya, with a population of about 25,000 people. It is named for a large, strong Sycamore Fig Tree (Mûkûû in Kiembu. Scientific name: Ficus Sycomorus) that stood for over 100 years at the current site of the township. The Sycamore Fig tree symbolizes strength, rejuvenation and regeneration. Mûkûû-rî region lies on the green, rolling hills of the Mount Kenya slopes. The administrative region begins from the stone cliffs of Nthûngû waterfalls, all the way to Nthenge Njerû falls, through the famous Kirimiri Forest, stretching to the historic Gogo Salt lick, bordering Gitare. It is home to four public primary schools, including Kubu Kubu Memorial Boarding School and Muragari School, which is among the oldest schools in Embu and Kîrînyaga districts. Mukuuri is also home to the historic Kîrîmîri Forest Hill. The 800-acre forest was popular during Kenya's freedom war the Mau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gogo Salt Lick, Kenya
Gogo Salt Lick is a naturally occurring salt lick located in Embu County, Kenya. History It has been known as a place of Mûnyû (salt) for hundreds of years in Embu land, since the founding of the Embu Community. According to ''Mbeere Historical Texts'' written in 2005 by Kenyan historian and author Mwaniki Kabeca (10 August 1944 – 13 March 202 Gogo is where Mwenendega, the founder of Embu people, Embu tribe, met his wife Nthara. Kabeca's book narrates that "Mwenendega," who lived near the current Mwenendega grove in Runyenjes Constituency, Runyenjes, took his cattle to drink at the Gogo Salt Lick and found a girl. The girl spoke with him and made him swear never to tell her negative things or abuse her, as there would be consequences. Geography and location Gogo Salt Lick is located in Mukuuri, near the banks of Golo (river), the Gogo River that separates Mukuuri, Mûkûûrî and Gitare at the edge of a ridge called Mürurîrî. At least five acres on the banks of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embu People
The Embu or Aembu (sometimes called Waembu) are a Bantu people indigenous to Embu county . The region is situated on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya in the former Eastern province. To the West, Embu neighbours the Kikuyu, The Meru people border the Embu to the North and the Kamba border the Embu to the East and South. Origin The Embu are of Bantu origin.Arnold Curtis, ''Kenya: a visitor's guide'', (Evans Brothers: 1985), p.7. They are also known as the 'Aembu'. They are closely related in language and culture to the Kikuyu, Meru, and Kamba. They inhabit the southern windward slopes and farmlands of Mount Kenya. Along with their closely related Eastern Bantu neighbors the Kikuyu, Meru, Mbeere and Kamba the Embu are believed to have entered their present habitat from the coast of East Africa, where they had settled early on after the initial Bantu expansion from Cameroon. The migration to Mount Kenya was occasioned by intertribal conflicts with the coastal Swahili and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kubu Kubu
Kubu Kubu (or Kubukubu), born as Njagi wa Ikutha, (1920-1956) was an Embu Mau Mau leader and general. His ''nom de guerre,'' Kubu Kubu, means "heavy thud" in Kîembu, referencing to the thud his feet made due to his heavy build. He was the de facto Mau Mau military leader in the Embu county, and an important leader nationally, alongside Dedan Kimathi, Musa Mwariama, and Waruhiu Itote. Kubu Kubu was revered among the Embu for defending their territory from British rule, leading the community for more than ten years, and repulsing colonial settlers from the southern Kenyan highlands. Early life Njagi wa Ikutha was born sometime in the late 1920s in a heavily forested area in Mukuuri, close to the current site of the Kubu Kubu Memorial Boarding Primary School, Embu County. Like many families from the colonial-era Mukuuri Native Reserve, Njagi's family later settled in the Kianjokoma area after independence. Legacy In 1987, former Embu North Constituency (later split into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirimiri
Kîrîmîri Forest Is an area dominated by tree vegetation in the Mukuuri locality of Runyenjes, Embu, in the country of Kenya. It is recognised as an Ecologically Sensitive Site in Africa by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. There are a variety of rare indigenous and medicinal trees that continue to face the threat of deforestation. The Kîrîmîri Forest center lies at a latitude of -0.41667 and longitude of 37.55 and it has an elevation of 1520 meters above sea level Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an mean, average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal Body of water, bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical .... The predominant languages spoken are Kiembu, Swahili, and English. The Hill is culturally famous as a hideout for Mau Mau fighters including Embu's most venerated fighter General Kubu Kubu. Several schools have been built near the reserve. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runyenjes
Runyenjes is the second largest town in Embu County, Kenya. It is located about 150 km from Nairobi, and 75 km from Mount Kenya, at an altitude of 1500m.The population is estimated at 58,000 people, the majority of which are the Embu people, Embu People who speak Embu language, Kiembu, a Bantu languages, Bantu language, as well as Swahili language, Kiswahili and English language, English, the two official languages in Kenya. The area offers scenic views, with densely wooded hills, gentle valleys, flowing streams and rivers, waterfalls, as well as small-scale Smallholding, farms. Etymology Runyenjes derives its name from a popular Chief Runyenje of the colonial era who ruled from Thuci River to Sagana. Geography Runyenjes is located at an altitude of 1495.62 m (4906.89 ft) and lies on the windward side of Mount Kenya, Mt. Kenya. It is about 150 km from Nairobi city and about 25 km from Embu, Kenya, Embu town along the Nairobi-Meru-Isiolo r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Nyagah
Stanley Nyagah (1936–2005), nicknamed Kĩthũng'a, was a Kenyan educationist, civil servant, technocrat and, entrepreneur who, between 1983 -1988, served as Member of Parliament for Embu North constituency, now split into Runyenjes constituency and Manyatta constituency. His campaign symbol was a key ''(rũvungoro)''. The key symbolized the opening up of hitherto inaccessible public resources to the masses. While in parliament, he served on the public investments committee. He is credited with being a visionary and development oriented leader. Nyagah initiated a rural electrification programme, piped water supply system and improvements in the road network in Embu North. He helped set up two boarding primary schools (Kubukubu and Kamûthatha). He was nicknamed ''Kĩthũng'a'' in reference to heavy duty Bedford trucks that ferried timber from Mt Kenya forest. Since there were no roads in the forest, the truck would flatten vegetation to carve out a path. Nyagah was born on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muragari School
Muragari Primary School is the third-oldest school in Embu, Kenya. It was founded in 1932 by the National Independent Church of Africa near the current Mukuuri Township, at the base of a large, ancient Mûkûû Tree ( Sycamore Fig Tree), Runyenjes Sub County. It was razed by colonialists in 1952 during the Mau Mau Uprising in Embu. Muragari was rebuilt in 1955 on 24 acres as a government school, at the site where General Kubu Kubu was cremated after being shot dead by colonial officers. Muragari now comprises a primary day school, Muragari Secondary School and Kubu Kubu Memorial Boarding Primary School in memory of General Kubu Kubu. Notable alumni * Stanley Nyaga Kithung'a, founder of KASNEB and former Runyenjes MP *Joseph Njagi Mbarire, MP * Cecily Mutitu Mbarire, Embu Governor * Hon. Martin Wambora, Former MP and Embu Governor Richard Nyaga former Kenya Airways Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya. The company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Nyaga Wambora
Martin Nyaga Wambora (born 9 April 1951) is a Kenyan politician. He is the first governor of Embu County in Kenya after winning on a TNA (The National Alliance) ticket in the Embu gubernatorial elections which was conducted in March 2013. He would later become the first Governor in Kenya to be impeached, not once but twice but he successfully challenged the impeachment later and was overwhelmingly Re-elected in 2017 winning his 2nd term in office. He was a former member of parliament for Runyenjes Constituency from 2003 to 2007. Prior to becoming the governor of Embu County, he served as the chairman of the board of Kenya Airports Authority and led to its winning of the two most prestigious airport industry awards in 2011. Education He went to Muragari Primary School in Mukuuri (Runyenjes). He holds an MBA from the University of Hartford (US), a postgraduate diploma in public management and rural development from the University of Connecticut (US), and a B.Sc. in political sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uvula
The uvula (: uvulas or uvulae), also known as the palatine uvula or staphyle, is a conic projection from the back edge of the middle of the soft palate, composed of connective tissue containing a number of racemose glands, and some muscular fibers. It also contains many serous glands, which produce thin saliva. It is only found in humans. Structure Muscle The muscular part of the uvula () shortens and broadens the uvula. This changes the contour of the posterior part of the soft palate. This change in contour allows the soft palate to adapt closely to the posterior pharyngeal wall to help close the nasopharynx during swallowing. Its muscles are controlled by the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve. Variation A bifid or bifurcated uvula is a split or cleft uvula. Newborns with cleft palate often also have a split uvula. The bifid uvula results from incomplete fusion of the palatine shelves but it is considered only a slight form of clefting. Bifid uvulas have les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. He played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and a conservative, he led the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party from 1961 until his death. Kenyatta was born to Kikuyu farmers in Kiambu, British East Africa. Educated at a mission school, he worked in various jobs before becoming politically engaged through the Kikuyu Central Association. In 1929, he travelled to London to lobby for Kikuyu land affairs. During the 1930s, he studied at Moscow's Communist University of the Toilers of the East, University College London, and the London School of Economics. In 1938, he published an anthropological study of Kikuyu life before working as a farm labou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya. The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. Its head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, with its Airline hub, hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The airline was owned by the Government of Kenya until April 1995, and it was privatised in 1996, becoming the first Airlines of Africa, African flag carrier to successfully do so. Kenya Airways is currently a public-private partnership. The largest shareholder is the Government of Kenya (48.9%), with 38.1% being owned by KQ Lenders Company 2017 Ltd (in turn owned by a consortium of banks), followed by KLM, which has a 7.8% stake in the company. Private owners hold the rest of the shares; shares are traded on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, and the Uganda Securities Exchange. The airline became a member of SkyTeam in June 2010 and is also a member of the African ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Nyaga Wa Stanley
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
