• 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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  • 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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    Mount Kenya (Meru: Kĩrĩmaara, Kikuyu: Kĩrĩnyaga, Kamba: Ki Nyaa, Embu: Kirinyaa) is an extinct volcano in Kenya and the second-highest peak in Africa...
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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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  • 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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    Mandera District (Mandera) Wajir District (Wajir) Eastern Region: Embu District (Embu) Isiolo District (Isiolo) Kitui District (Kitui) Machakos District...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Martin Wambora (category Members of the National Assembly (Kenya))
    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...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    The Counties of Kenya (Swahili: Kaunti za Kenya) are geographical units created by the 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the new units of devolved government...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Cecily Mutitu Mbarire (category Party of National Unity (Kenya) politicians)
    1972) is a Kenyan politician who has been serving as the governor of Embu County since August 25, 2022. She is the chairperson of Kenya`s ruling party...
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    A part of Eastern Africa, the territory of what is known as Kenya has seen human habitation since the beginning of the Lower Paleolithic. The Bantu expansion...
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    of Kenya is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya, along with the National Assembly. The Senate was first established as part of Kenya's 1963...
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    Teachers College – Embu Kilimambogo Teachers College - Kilimambogo Kima International School of Theology (KIST) - Kima, Western Province of Kenya Kimathi Chambers...
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  • Manyatta Constituency (category Constituencies in Embu County)
    Manyatta Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies of Embu County. The constituency was established for the 1997...
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