Embu is a town located approximately 125 kilometres (78 mi) northeast of Nairobi towards Mount Kenya. Embu served as the provincial capital of the former...
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Embu County is a county of the Republic of Kenya. The capital of Embu County and the former Eastern province headquarters, Embu is a large and largely...
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and the remainder of Kenya's provinces, including Central Province, ran along its western border. The provincial capital was Embu. On 16 July 2009, the...
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Mount Kenya (Meru: Kĩrĩmaara, Kikuyu: Kĩrĩnyaga, Kamba: Ki nyaaa, Embu: Kirinyaa) is an extinct volcano in Kenya and the second-highest peak in Africa...
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Embu, also known as Kîembu, is a Bantu language of Kenya. It is spoken by the Embu people, also known as the Aembu (sg. Muembu). Speakers of the Embu...
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and farmlands of Mount Kenya. Along with their closely related Eastern Bantu neighbors the Kikuyu, Mĩĩrũ, Mbeere and Kamba the Embu are believed to have...
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Kangaru High School (category Embu County)
all boys high school located in the Embu County, Kenya. It was built by the first missionaries that arrived in Kenya during the colonialism in the 1920s...
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John Njue (category People from Embu County)
2002 to 2007 and Bishop of Embu from 1986 to 2002. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007. Njue was born in Embu, Kenya, on 1 January 1946 to Joseph...
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Embu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Embu may refer to: in Brazil Embu das Artes Embu-Guaçu in Kenya Embu, Kenya Embu County Embu people of Kenya...
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Ugali (category Kenyan cuisine)
Kamba, Kikuyu, Embu, Kenya Nkima – Kenya, Meru Nshima – DR Congo Kasai region Nsima – Malawi, Zambia Obokima – Kenya, Kisii Obusuma – Kenya, Nyole tribe...
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Gikuyu, Embu, Meru Association (GEMA) is an organisation in Kenya created to presumably advance the social and political needs of the Eastern Kenya Bantu...
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Mandera District (Mandera) Wajir District (Wajir) Eastern Region: Embu District (Embu) Isiolo District (Isiolo) Kitui District (Kitui) Machakos District...
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St Paul's Cathedral, Embu is a Cathedral of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) located in the north of the town of Embu. It serves as the Bishop's seat...
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Catholic Diocese of Embu (Latin: Dioecesis Embuensis) is a diocese located in the city of Embu in the ecclesiastical province of Nyeri in Kenya. June 9, 1986:...
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Embu Airport is an airport in Kenya. Embu Airport, (IATA: n/a, ICAO: HKEM), is located in Embu County, in the town of Embu. Located about 6.2 kilometres...
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Mau Mau rebellion (redirect from Kenya Emergency)
Kikuyu, Meru and Embu fighters, the KLFA also comprised units of Kamba and Maasai who fought against the European colonists in Kenya, the British Army...
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Kubu Kubu (category Kenyan rebels)
Kubu Kubu (or Kubukubu), born Njagi wa Ikutha, was an Embu Mau Mau leader and general. His nom de guerre, Kubu Kubu, means "heavy thud" in Kîembu, referencing...
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Mukuuri (category Embu County)
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...
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Nakuru Diocese of Ngong Diocese of Wote Archdiocese of Nyeri Diocese of Embu Diocese of Isiolo Diocese of Maralal Diocese of Marsabit Diocese of Meru...
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Muragari School (category Embu County)
Muragari Primary School is the third-oldest school in Embu, Kenya. It was founded 1932 by the National Independent Church of Africa near the current Mukuuri...
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Public holidays celebrated in the Republic of Kenya, a country in East Africa. "Madaraka Day in Kenya in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14...
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Mbeere people (category Embu County)
origin. Like the closely related Kikuyu, Embu, Meru and Kamba, they are concentrated in the vicinity of Mount Kenya. The exact place that the Mbeere's ancestors...
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Bensoul (category Kenyan singers)
label, Lion of Sudah. Bensoul was born and raised in Dallas, a slum in Embu, Kenya. His father was a musician who played bass and electric guitar and therefore...
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Retrieved 5 November 2017. "Meet the Bishop". Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Embu (Accessed 28 December 2017) Gitari, David. Troubled but not Destroyed:...
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Embu District was an administrative district in the Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Embu. The district has a population of 278,196. The...
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located in Embu County, Kenya. It has been known as a place of Mûnyû (salt) for hundreds of years in Embu land, since the founding of the Embu Community...
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University of Embu is a Kenyan chartered university. It transitioned from a constituent college to a full university on 7 October 2016. Embu, Kenya. It is located...
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inhabit the slopes of Mt. Kenya, call it Kĩrĩma Kĩrĩnyaga (literally 'the mountain with brightness') in Kikuyu, while the Embu call it "Kirinyaa". All three...
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to the Izaak Walton Inn in Montana. There is an Izaak Walton Inn in Embu, Kenya, overlooking a small stream that feeds into the Rupingazi River. Charles...
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Kamba people (section Kamba people outside of Kenya)
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...
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