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Vincent Achuka
Vincent Achuka is a Kenyan journalist and writer based in Nairobi. He majors on investigations, analysis and features with specific interests in crime, human interest stories, infrastructure transport, aviation, business and urban trends. He currently writes for the Saturday and Sunday Standard in Kenya where he moved to in February 2017 after writing for the Sunday Nation, a weekly publication with the largest circulation in East and Central Africa for three years. The Sunday Nation is owned by the Nation Media Group. The Saturday and Sunday Standard are owned by the Standard Media Group. Prior to joining the ''Nation'' he worked for the ''Ghetto Mirror'', a community newspaper ran by Shining Hope for Communities-an international NGO that focuses on social issues in the informal settlements of Nairobi. In between he freelanced for South Africa's ''Sunday Times'', UKs '' Think Africa Press'' and ''Next City'' in New York majorly writing features about Kenya's slums. Awards H ...
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Vincent (Latin: ''Vincentius'') is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name ''Vincentius'', which itself comes from the Latin verb ''vincere'', meaning "to conquer." People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter *Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer Saints *Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia *Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees *Saint Vincent of Digne, Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne *Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings *Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France *Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician *Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor *Vic ...
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Nairobi
Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census. Nairobi is home of the Parliament Buildings (Kenya), Kenyan Parliament Buildings and hosts thousands of Kenyan businesses and international companies and organisations, including the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). Nairobi is an established hub for business and culture. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in Africa and the second-oldest exchange on the continent. It is Africa's fourth-largest stock exchange in terms of trading volume, capable of making 10 million trades a day. It also contains the Nairobi ...
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Nation Media Group
Nation Media Group (NMG), formerly known as East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, is an East African media group based in Kenya and listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. It is owned by Aga Khan IV. History NMG was founded in 1959 by Aga Khan IV as East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, under the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. In 1999, NMG launched NTV, a news channel in Kenya, and Easy FM (now known as Nation FM). Media outlets As of 2007 the group was the largest private media house in East and Central Africa, with offices in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The group publications include: * '' The EastAfrican'' * '' Daily Nation'' * ''Business Daily Africa'' * ''Daily Monitor'' * '' The Citizen'' * ''NMG Investor Briefing'' * '' Taifa Leo'' * ''Zuqka''. The ''Daily Nation'' and its Sunday edition, the ''Sunday Nation'', celebrated their 50th anniversaries in 2010, branded by the Nation Media Group as "50 Golden Years". Regional Presence NMG owne ...
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Shining Hope For Communities
Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) is a grassroots movement based in Nairobi, Kenya in urban slums providing services, community advocacy platforms, and education and leadership development for women and girls. SHOFCO serves more than 350,000 urban slum dwellers in 10 slums across three cities in Kenya. Famous supporters of SHOFCO include Sibusiso Dlamini, Beyonce, Madonna, Chelsea Clinton, Nicholas Kristof and Abby Disney, alongside Bradley Whitford, Maria Menounos, Representative Karen Bass and artist Bradley Theodore and Charleston Locations SHOFCO currently operates in 10 slums across Kenya: Kibera, Mathare, Mukuru, Korogocho, and Kawangware, in Nairobi; Bangladesh, Mashimoroni, and Maweni in Mombasa; and Obunga and Nyalenda in Kisumu. The majority of their work in these areas is based on the SHOFCO Urban Network (SUN), which is the primary driver of new growth for SHOFCO in these slums. History Kennedy Odede grew up in Kibera where he experienced extreme poverty, vio ...
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The Sunday Times (South Africa)
The'' Sunday Times'' is South Africa's biggest Sunday newspaper. Established in 1906, it is distributed throughout South Africa and in neighbouring countries such as Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini. History The ''Sunday Times'' was first published on 4 February 1906 as a weekly sister publication of the '' Rand Daily Mail'' which at the time was "standing alone" against its rival, the ''Transvaal Leader''. Founding editor George Herbert Kingswell introduced the slogan "A Paper for the People". It was later changed to "The Paper for the People", a slogan that is still in use today. For the first edition of the paper, published on 4 February 1906, 11,600 copies were printed and soon sold out, forcing the paper to print an additional 5000 copies. By November 1909, the paper sales had risen to 35,000. In 1992, the former columnist Jani Allan sued the British broadcaster Channel 4 for libel over affair allegations involving her and Eugene Terre'Blanche. Allan had interviewed the ...
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Think Africa Press
Think Africa Press was an English-language online magazine based in London focusing on reports and analysis of current affairs from Africa. The magazine was launched in January 2011 and is edited by James Schneider. It features articles from leading African and international thinkers, on-the-spot reporters, and experts, covering aspects including politics, history, the economy, legal, society, gender, health, agriculture and environmental issues. Format The magazine brings together analysis from contributors around the world, representing a range of viewpoints and opinions about Africa. . Various special features have also been compiled which include background and analysis articles, interviews, reviews, and an editorial Q&A, explaining. The magazine brings together has a multi-national staff based in London and a global network of expert correspondents, representing a range of viewpoints and opinions about Africa. The publication uses a variety of writing styles including ne ...
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Next City
''Next City'' is a national urban affairs magazine and non-profit organization based in Philadelphia. First published in March 2003 as a magazine known as The Next American City, Next City promotes socially, economically and environmentally sustainable practices in urban areas across the country and examines how and why cities are changing. It covers topics such as planning, transportation, urban economies, housing and environmental issues. History The magazine, originally named ''The Next American City'', was founded in late 2002 by former college classmates Seth Brown, Adam Gordon, and Anika Singh Lemar. The first issue was distributed in spring of 2003, receiving favorable coverage in ''The New York Times'', and ''The Baltimore Sun'', among others. First based in New Haven, Connecticut, and later moving to its current hometown of Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in th ...
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Media Council Of Kenya
The''Media Council of Kenya'' is an independent national institution established by the Media Act, of 2004 as the leading institution in the regulation of media and the conduct and discipline of journalists in KenyaIt is mandated amongst other functionsto register and accredit journalists, register media establishments, handle complaints from the public, create and publish yearly media audits on Media Freedom in Kenya. During accreditation the journalists agree to adhere to the Code of Conduct and Practice of Journalism in Kenya, which was created by media practitioners and stakeholders with the view of making Journalism in Kenya a more professional and respectable field. Before the Media Act 2007, the Media Council of Kenya was a self-regulatory body formed in 2004 by media stakeholders to regulate the media and prevent the Government from creating a regulatory body. It was only after agreements between the Government of Kenya and the Media stakeholders in Kenya that it converted f ...
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Kenya Vision 2030
Kenya Vision 2030 ( Swahili: ''Ruwaza ya Kenya 2030'') is a Kenyan development program, aiming to raise the average standard of living in Kenya to middle income by 2030. It was launched on 10 June 2008 by President Mwai Kibaki. Developed through "an all-inclusive and participatory stakeholder consultative process, involving Kenyans from all parts of the country," the Vision is based on three "pillars": Economic, Social, and Political. The Vision's adoption comes after the country's GDP growth went from 0.6% in 2002 to 6.1% in 2006, under Kibaki'Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation(ERS). The Kenya Vision 2030 is to be implemented in successive five-year plans, with the first such plan covering the period 2008–2012. Under the Vision, Kenya expected to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the deadline in 2015, although this has not been achieved. The Vision 2030 development process was launched by President Mwai Kibaki on 30 October 2006 when ...
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Masinde Muliro University Of Science And Technology
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology or MMUST, formerly Western University College of Science and Technology, is a non-profit public university in Kenya. The university is named after Masinde Muliro, a Kenyan politician who helped found the institution. It has approximately 25,000 students across its branches: Main Campus ( Kakamega Town) and its two satellite campuses, Webuyebr>Campusand Bungomabr>Campus History MMUST became a fully accredited public university in 2007. Before being elevated to full university status, it was a constituent college of Moi University. The school was established in January 1972, known as Western College or WECO, a college of Arts and Applied Sciences awarding certificates and diplomas in technical courses. In 2002 it became a constituent college of Moi University and changed its name to Western University College of Science and Technology. The university is open to the community to use its resources e.g. the library and other facili ...
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons a ...
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Kenyan Newspaper Journalists
The Demographics of Kenya is monitored by the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics. Kenya is a multi-ethnic state in East Africa. Its total population was at 47,558,296 as of the 2019 census. A national census was conducted in 1999, although the results were never released. A new census was undertaken in 2009, but turned out to be controversial, as the questions about ethnic affiliation seemed inappropriate after the ethnic violence of the previous year. Preliminary results of the census were published in 2010. Kenya's population was reported as 47.6 million during the 2019 census compared to 38.6 million inhabitants 2009, 30.7 million in 1999, 21.4 million in 1989, and 15.3 million in 1979. This was an increase of a factor of 2.5 over 30 years, or an average growth rate of more than 3 percent per year. The population growth rate has been reported as reduced during the 2000s, and was estimated at 2.7 percent (as of 2010), resulting in an estimate of 46.5 million in 2016. As of ...
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