Nairobi

City in the Sun

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Nairobi - City in the Sun

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. It is one of the largest cities in Africa with a population of around 3 million. Nairobi's name comes from the Maasai Enkarenairobi, meaning "cool waters".
The compact city centre is bounded by Uhuru Highway, Haile Selassie Avenue, Tom Mboya street and University Way. The main bus and train stations are within a few minutes walk of this area. The National Museum is to the north of the central area, while Westlands, a major shopping centre, is further north. Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is 15km southeast of the centre; Wilson Airport is 6km south of the centre.

Nairobi News

Kibaki suspends PS, 12 others over Sh260m cemetery scandal
The cemetery land scandal at City Hall has claimed Local Government PS Sammy Kirui and senior 12 officials.
IMF warns of hurdles in Kenya's recovery path
Kenya's road to economic recovery is paved with numerous roadblocks and the Government must craft strategies to overcome them, International Monetary Fund managing director has said.
Helb to float bond as it seeks capital boost
The higher education financier is planning to float a public bond, and list at Nairobi Stock Exchange , as it prepares to transform to an education bank by 2014.
Furious nature unleashes floods and landslides
Once again, Kenya's response to disasters and its preparedness has come into sharp focus, revealing the country's inadequacies that cost its peoples lives and property.
Mudavadi probed over cemetery saga
The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission is fighting perception it has been chasing small fish, but it now has Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi on its to-probe-list. It is the highest KACC has got in the party hierarchy, given Mudavadi is the Prime Minister's second in command in Orange Party alongside Agriculture Minister William Ruto.
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One of Kenya's most decorated referees, Alfred Ndinya, has retired from the profession.
Swiss Airline launches Airbus A330
Swiss International Airline, Switzerland's national carrier has launched the latest Airbus, with direct flights to Kenya beginning next month.
Kenyan stocks seen higher on local buyer interest
Updated 4 hr 14 min ago NAIROBI, March 9 Kenyan shares were expected to firm this week due to demand from local institutional investors, pulled by attractive yield rates, analysts said on Tuesday.
Kenyan vessel seized
Pirates have seized a Kenyan-flagged fishing vessel off the Somali coast for possible use as a "mother ship" to launch more attacks, a maritime official said yesterday.
Trademark issues could derail new gTLDs at ICANN meeting (Computerworld)
Trademark protection, costs and cybersecurity threats are some of the issues likely to derail the introduction of new Internet generic top-level domains, being discussed at a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Board this week in Nairobi.

Out and about

Kenya's capital is cosmopolitan, lively, interesting and pleasantly landscaped. Its central business district is handily compact and it's a great place to tune into modern urban African life.
Like most cities, Nairobi has its crowded market, trading and transport areas, its middle class/office workers' suburbs and its spacious mansions and flower-decked gardens for the upper middle class

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