Garissa (Somali: Gaarrisa Arabic: قارسا) is the capital of Garissa County, Kenya. It is situated in the former North Eastern Province. The Tana River,...
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On 2 April 2015, gunmen stormed the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, killing 148 people, and injuring at least 79. The militant groups Al-Qaeda...
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Garissa County is an administrative county in Kenya. It is located in Eastern Kenya bordering Somalia to the East, Wajir County and Isiolo County to the...
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Garissa Garissa (Kenya) The Garissa massacre was a 1980 massacre of ethnic Somali residents by the Kenyan government in the Garissa District of the North...
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Garissa District was an administrative district in the North Eastern Province of Kenya. The district is one the districts created by the British colonial...
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Diocese of Garissa may refer to; Anglican Diocese of Garissa, in the city of Garissa, Kenya Roman Catholic Diocese of Garissa, in the city of Garissa, Kenya...
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provinces of Kenya. It had a land area of 127,358.5 km2, with its capital at Garissa. The North Eastern Province was carved out of the then Northern Frontier...
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Lamu–Garissa–Isiolo Road, is a road in Kenya, and is part of the Lamu-Garissa-Isiolo-Lokichar Road, which itself is a component of the Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern...
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Garissa Airport is an airport in Kenya. Garissa Airport (IATA: GAS, ICAO: HKGA) is located in the town of Garissa, Garissa County, near the International...
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Somali–Kenyan conflict (section Garissa massacre)
pastureland for livestock. The Garissa Massacre was a 1980 massacre of ethnic Somali residents by the Kenyan government in the Garissa District of the North Eastern...
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Garissa–Nuno–Modogashe–Wajir Road is a road in Kenya, connecting the towns of Garissa, Nuno, Modogashe and Wajir. The road starts at Garissa, Garissa...
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Garissa Township Constituency (formerly Garissa Central/Dujis Constituency) is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in...
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paramilitary wing of the police—and later the regular police. On the heels of the Garissa Massacre of 1980, Kenyan troops committed the Wagalla massacre in 1984...
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Garissa University is a public university in Garissa, Kenya. Its charter was awarded on October 23, 2017 by President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. Garissa University...
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The Mombasa–Garissa Road, also B8 Road (Kenya) is a major highway in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community.[citation needed] The road...
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Anglican dioceses of Mombasa (redirect from Garissa Missionary Area)
diocese in 1985 and was itself split to create Kitui diocese in 1995, Garissa in 2007 and Makueni in 2013. Since 1992, the cathedral has been All Souls'...
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Terrorism in Kenya (section 2015 Garissa attack)
May 2015 Garissa ambush: While rushing to the aid of colleagues who had been hit by a landmine explosion in the village of Yumbis, Garissa County, police...
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Garissa (Latin: Garissaën[sis]) is a diocese located in the city of Garissa. It is administered under the ecclesiastical...
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The Garissa Museum is a museum located in Kenya. List of museums in Kenya Museums in Kenya Archived 23 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine v t e...
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Local elections were held in Garissa County were held on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general...
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and a member of the 11th Kenyan parliament from Ijara Constituency in Garissa County. He was elected to the parliament on the ticket of Orange Democratic...
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Aden Duale (category People from Garissa County)
Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) from Garissa Primary School in 1981. He then enrolled in Garissa High School where he received his Kenya Certificate...
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Garissa Power Station is a 55 MW (74,000 hp) solar power plant in Kenya. The power station is located in Garissa County about 20 kilometres (12 mi), north...
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(Wundanyi) Tana River District (Galole) North Eastern Region: Garissa District (Garissa) Mandera District (Mandera) Wajir District (Wajir) Eastern Region:...
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Garissa County, which borders with Somalia. The attack comes amid intensifying Islamist militancy in the county, which was the scene of the Garissa University...
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Portland's sister cities are: Arkhangelsk, Russia Cap-Haïtien, Haiti Garissa Township, Kenya Mytilene, Greece Shinagawa (Tokyo), Japan Cities portal...
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Constituencies of Kenya (section 7. Garissa County)
Population (2009): 623,060. Current number of seats: 6. Constituencies: 27. Garissa Township (formerly Dujis Constituency), 28. Balambala, 29. Lagdera, 30...
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member of the 8th and 11th Kenyan parliament for Lagdera Constituency, Garissa County. He was first elected to the 8th national assembly in 1997 on the...
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missing corridor: Kubi Turkana - north of Garissa C81: north of Garissa - Garissa missing corridor: Garissa - Ijara D568: Ijara - Hindi C112: Hindi -...
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the Somali territories within North Eastern Kenya, namely Wajir County, Garissa County and Mandera County. The Somali language is regulated by the Regional...
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