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Anthony Kimani
Anthony ''Muki'' Kimani Njenga is a former Kenyan midfielder who last featured for Kenyan Premier League side Nairobi City Stars. He announced his retirement from professional football on 25 June 2023. Career Muki, born and raised in Riruta in the periphery of Nairobi, was inspired to take up football by his elder sibling Francis Thairu. He started off his football at Dagoretti Santos then Kenyatta National Hospital in the Kenyan second tier before joining World Hope F.C. in the Kenyan Premier League in 2008. In 2009 he was signed by Sofapaka by opted to return to City Stars for regular football as he felt he 'was not mature enough' to compete with the more seasoned players at the promoted side. He rejoined Sofapaka in 2010 and at the end of the season he was unanimously voted the Kenyan Premier League midfielder of 2010. He stayed on at Sofapaka for another three seasons till the end of 2014. During his time at Batoto ba Mungu - as Sofa are fondly known - Muki also won t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', 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, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an elevation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oserian
Oserian ( Masai, "Place of Peace"; locally, The Gin Palace; later, Djinn Palace) is a flower farm on the south shores of Lake Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya. It is Africa's largest rose producer. Oserian's wildlife corridor is more than in width through its property with reaches to the lake; it occupies more than of shoreline. History Originally a country estate, the Moorish-style mansion was built in 1927 by Major Cyril Ramsay-Hill, a rancher, former officer in an Indian regiment, and sometime Hollywood actor. It was based on his grandmother's home in Seville, Spain. The crenellated and domed building features minarets, and contains an "inner courtyard, fountains, squash court, swimming pool, and polo grounds". During the colonial era, "The Djinn Palace" was "where things usually were very lively" for the Happy Valley set, according to Ulf Aschan. It was built for Ramsay-Hill's wife, Molly (née Edith Mildred Maude; 1893–1939), who had an affair with and later married Jos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi City Stars Players
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', 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, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an elevati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya Men's International Footballers
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Kenyan Men's Footballers
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1989 Births
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake rect 200 0 400 200 World Wide Web rect 400 0 600 200 Exxon Valdez oil spill rect 0 200 300 400 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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2015 FKF President's Cup
The 2015 FKF President's Cup (known as the GOtv Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 44th season of Kenya's top domestic cup competition. It kicked off on 20 June and concluded on 13 December, with the domestic broadcasting rights for the competition held by SuperSport. Originally scheduled to begin on 6 June, participating teams were required to pay a registration fee of KSh. each by 30 May to enter the tournament. The competition's defending champions are Sofapaka, who beat second-tier side Posta Rangers 2–1 in the previous final. Unlike the previous competition, no teams were seeded and given byes to further rounds, with the Football Kenya Federation's media officer John Kariuki explaining the decision as a way of "trying to make the competition more exciting because this being the domestic cup competition, we want the thrill of big teams facing the prospect of losing in the hands of lower-ranked teams." Kenyan Premier League side Bandari beat second-tier Nakum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenyan Super Cup
The Kenyan Super Cup is a Kenyan football championship contested by the winners of the Kenyan Premier League and the FKF President's Cup. Having been formed in 2009, it is the Kenyan equivalent to the FA Community Shield of England, which is competed for by the winners of the Premier League and the FA Cup. The first winners of the cup were Gor Mahia, who beat Mathare United 3–0 to lift the trophy in 2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran .... Winners By year By number of wins (clubs) Notes * 1 – Tusker will play Gor Mahia as the 2013 KPL Top 8 Cup champions. ---- * A – Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes. Tusker won the shoot-out 4–1. * B – Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes. Gor Mahia won the shoot-out 5–4. * C – Score was 1–1 after 90 minut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FOYA
Foya is a town in the Foya District of Lofa County, Liberia. Located 66 kilometers from Voinjama, it is home to the Kissi-speaking tribes of Liberia. Foya shares border with Sierra Leone and Guinea; it is the major trade link for the people in the far north of Lofa County. Hon William T. Kamba is the district commissioner of Foya. As of the 2008 census, Foya had a population of 20,569. History In October 2001 at least eight civilians were killed by LURD forces near Foya. The town is served by Foya Airport. The Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia started in Foya in March 2014 with two cases. Economy The road from Voinjama to Foya is a third level road with recent repair work done by the UNHCR estimated at 3,000,000 United States dollars. A local FM radio keeps the town informed about local and international development, it also used to broadcast programmes from the UNMIL The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was a peacekeeping operation established in September 2003 to mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 FKF President's Cup
The 2013 FKF President's Cup (known as the GOtv Shield for sponsorship reasons) is the 42nd season of Kenya's top domestic cup competition. It began on 20 July and ended on 17 November, with domestic broadcasting rights for the competition held by SuperSport. After beating rivals and 2013 Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia in the final, A.F.C. Leopards will represent Kenya in the preliminary round of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup and will play Gor Mahia again at the 2014 Kenyan Super Cup. Teams Bracket First round First round ties were played from 20 July to 28 July. 32 teams from FKF Division One, the Kenyan Provincial League, the Kenyan County League and the Kenyan District League combined began their campaigns at this stage. Second round The draw for the second round of the tournament was held on 7 August 2013 in central Nairobi. Third round The third round of the tournament will be played on the weekend of 21–22 September 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
