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Kenya National Library Service
The Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) is a Government State Corporation, established by thKNLS Board Act Cap 225 of the Laws of Kenya in 1965 – revised [Act No. 12 of 1984/nowiki>]. KNLS’ headquarters is at Maktaba Kuu Building located in Upper Hill Nairobi and has two other facilities at Buruburu in the Eastland Areas of Nairobi, and Nakuru in Nakuru County. KNLS also manages the virtual library https://vtabu.knls.ac.ke/ to allow the public wide access to information resources and sources. Currently, the Kenya National Library Service is managed by the government under thMinistry of Sports, Culture & Heritage Virtual Library servicesThe library also offers eBooks that can be accessed online Current knls facilities * Maktaba Kuu, Upper Hill * Buruburu * Nakuru Former knls Network Libraries See also *List of libraries in Kenya *Book Aid International * Royal Library of Alexandria References External links * EIFL in Kenya , EIFLPublic Libraries* ht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Users Section
Ancient Egyptian roles * User (ancient Egyptian official), an ancient Egyptian nomarch (governor) of the Eighth Dynasty * Useramen, an ancient Egyptian vizier also called "User" Other uses * User (computing), a person (or software) using an information system * User (telecommunications), an entity using a telecommunications system See also * Drug user (other), a person who uses drugs * End user, a user of a commercial product or service {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is known as "the white and blue city" in Kenya. It is the country's oldest ( 900 A.D.) and second-largest List of cities in Kenya, cityThe World Factbook . Cia.gov. Retrieved on 17 August 2013. after Nairobi, with a population of about 1,208,333 people according to the 2019 census. Mombasa's location on the Indian Ocean made it a historical trading centre, and it has been controlled by many countries because of its strategic location. Kenyan school history books place the founding of Mombasa as 900 AD. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiambu County
Kiambu County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya. Its capital is Kiambu and its largest town is Thika town. Kiambu County is the second most populous county in Kenya after Nairobi County. Kiambu County borders Nairobi and Kajiado Counties to the South, Machakos to the East, Murang'a to the North and North East, Nyandarua to the North West, and Nakuru to the West. It has a population of 2,417,735. The county is 40% rural and 60% urban owing to Nairobi's consistent growth Northwards. The Kikuyu are the dominant tribe in the county. Kiambu is also an economic and political powerhouse in Kenya due to its sprawling population and relatively urban and educated populace. The county features the second most universities only behind Nairobi. Climate The county has an average annual rainfall of and a mean temperature of with temperatures as low as in the upper highland areas of Limuru. The long rains start in mid-March to May, and the cold season from July to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbalambala
The Coast Province () was one of Kenya's eight provinces prior to 2010. It covered the entire country's coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital city was Mombasa. It was inhabited by the Mijikenda and Swahili peoples, among others. The province covered an area of 79,686.1 km2. Tourist attraction Some of the province's important towns included Kilifi, Malindi, Watamu and Lamu in the north, and Mwandimu and Magunda in the south. Some of the coastal population was located in resort and beach settlements such as Kiongwe and Kipini. Diani Beach was one of the province's major tourist centres, with palm trees and white sandy beaches like Mombasa. Malindi is where Vasco da Gama picked up his pilot to navigate with the monsoon winds to India; Mambrui appears to be the site where contact occurred with the Chinese during the era of the Yongle Emperor and the expeditions of Zheng He. Watamu is a small fishing community and contains East Africa's first marine national par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgeyo-Marakwet County
Elgeyo-Marakwet County is one of Kenya's 47 Counties of Kenya, counties. Located in the former Rift Valley Province, its capital and largest town is Iten. It borders the counties of West Pokot to the north, Baringo County to the east, southeast and south, Uasin Gishu to the southwest and west, and Trans Nzoia to the northwest. Demographics The total population of Elgeyo-Marakwet County is 454,480 persons, of this 227,317 are females, 227,151 males, and 12 intersex persons. There are 99,861 households in the county with an average size of 4.5 persons per household with a density population of 150 persons per square km. Religion Religion in Elgeyo-Marakwe County Geography, geology and topography The Kerio River binds the county on the eastern side. From its alluvial plain, the topography gradually rises towards the west. The Elgeyo Escarpment stands out distinctly and causes elevation differences of up to 1,500 m. In the northern and southern parts of the county the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabarnet
Kabarnet is a town in Baringo County, Kenya. According to the 2019 census, the town had a population of 22,474 with 10,943 (48.8%) of them being males and 11,531(51.1%) of them being females. Geography At an altitude of 1,815 metres (5,957 feet) Kabarnet is located on the eastern edge of the Kerio Valley, it is approximately 138 km north of Nakuru town on the Nakuru-Marigat-Kabarnet road and 89 km east of Eldoret on the Eldoret-Iten-Kabarnet road. The view of Tugen Hills is spectacular along the road heading west from Marigat. Views include east over the Rift Valley towards Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria, and west to the Elgeyo escarpment and the Kerio Valley. The Kabarnet area is home to the Samors, a sub-group of the Tugen community. History The location is named after a missionary from Australia, ''Albert Edmund Barnett'', who was member of the Africa Inland Mission and came first to central Kenya in 1908. ''Ka'' is homestead in the Kalenjin language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baringo County
Baringo County is one of the 47 Counties of Kenya, counties in Kenya. It is located in the former Rift Valley Province. Its headquarters and largest town is Kabarnet. The county is home to Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria and Lake Kamnarok. Geographical location Baringo is bordered by Turkana County and West Pokot County to the North, Samburu County and Laikipia County to the East, Nakuru County and Kericho County to the South, Uasin Gishu County to the South West and Elgeyo Marakwet County to the West. It covers an area of 8,655 km2. Baringo County lies between Latitudes 00 degrees 13" South and 1 degree 40" north and Longitudes 35 degrees 36" and 36" degrees 30" East. Administrative and political units Baringo has seven administrative sub-counties # Baringo Central # Tiaty East # Tiaty West # Eldama Ravine # Baringo South # Mogotio # Baringo North *Eldama Ravine and Mogotio sub counties combined was formerly Koibatek District* Administrative and electoral units in Barin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi City Council
The City Council of Nairobi was the local authority governing the city of Nairobi, Kenya. It was the largest of the 175 local Authorities in the country and was under direction of the Ministry of Local Government. The chief executive of the city council was the town clerk and was appointed by the Minister of Local Government. The non-executive branch of the council was headed by the mayor. The town clerk oversaw the functions of 17 main and 4 sub committees whose members were city councillors. Each committee is chaired by one councillor. The committees meet at scheduled meetings and adopt proposals by consensus. The proposals then pass through a full council for review. Proposals could only be approved as council resolutions by the Minister for Local Government having been reviewed by the full council. The main offices of the Nairobi City Council were located at City Hall Plaza on City Hall Way. City Hall was constructed in the 1950s. At that time it was the tallest building in Nai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elspeth Huxley
Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907 – 10 January 1997) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known lyrical books, ''The Flame Trees of Thika'' and ''The Mottled Lizard'', based on her youth in a coffee farm in British Kenya. Her husband, Gervas Huxley, was a grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley and a cousin of Aldous Huxley. Early life and education Nellie and Major Josceline Grant, Elspeth's parents, arrived in Thika in what was then British East Africa in 1912, to start a life as coffee farmers in colonial Kenya. Elspeth, aged six, arrived in December 1913, complete with governess and maid. Her upbringing was unconventional; she was "almost treated as a parcel, being passed from hand to hand". Huxley's 1959 book ''The Flame Trees of Thika'' explores how unprepared for rustic life the early British settlers really were. It was adapted into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnegie Corporation Of New York
The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world. Since its founding, the Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped establish institutions including the United States National Research Council, Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (formerly known as the Russian Research Center), the Carnegie libraries, the University of Chicago Graduate Library School, and the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop). It also has funded the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), and the Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS). According to OECD, Carnegie Corporation of New York's financing for 2019 development increased by 27% to US$24 million. Carnegie Corporation of New York's president is Louise Richardson and the chairman of its boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord William Northrop Macmillan
Ol Donyo Sabuk (in Maasai), or Kyanzavi in Kamba, is a mountain in Kwanzaa Division, Machako's County, William Northrup McMillan was the first non native to settle here. Etymology The peak has a height "the Living Africa: National Parks – Kenya – Ol Donyo Sabuk", ThinkQuest.org, 1998, webpage: Tquest-645 2145m & National Park. and was named by Maasai pastoralists, meaning ''big mountain''. The Kamba name, ''Kyanzavi'' means the mountain of ''nzavi'' or Lablab beans (Lablab purpureus). ''Kilimambogo'', (another name of the mountain) has two parts, ''Kilima'' – meaning a hill or mountain in Swahili, and ''mbogo'' meaning a buffalo in many Bantu languages. The forested part of the mountain has a large population of buffaloes. Buffalo is called ''Nyati'' in Swahili.Rough Guide to Kenya by Richard Trillo, Okigbo Ojukw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
