The United States and Kenya are two separate countries‚ on two very separate continents‚ yet they are not that different from one another. In Kenya‚ the people celebrate different holidays‚ have different cultures‚ sustain a different lifestyle; and yet the things we do each and everyday remain the same. We all attend school with the same intentions‚ we all get a job for the same reasons‚ and we both have a government put in place for the same purposes. Although we are thousands of miles apart from
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Kenya is a landlocked country in the continent of South Africa. It is surrounded by five countries. Kenya is a popular destination for tourists travelling to Africa as it offers tourists camel safaris‚ trekking‚ game fishing‚ white water rafting‚ ballooning‚ diving‚ wind surfing and donkey safaris. The major ecotourist attraction in Africa is one of the 40 national parks in Kenya that offer an insight into the lives of animals and their habitat. Unfortunately‚ 70% of national parks and game reserves
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History Russell McGillivray Kenya The British colonization of Kenya destroyed the culture and economy of the native people‚ but it established a democratic government and left Kenya a more modernized country.[1] During the 1880’s through 1914‚ the start of WWI‚ was an age of imperialism. One place that felt victim to this imperialism was Africa. At this time Africa was a wholly unmodernized continent. The reason the Europeans went after Africa was the introduction of the idea of
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Kenya is a country in the continent of Africa‚ on the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa. This country has land on both sides of the equator. This report is going to tell you all about this fascinating country. Jambo (Hello)‚ and we can begin our safari (journey). "Jambo" and "safari" are Kiswahili words‚ one of the languages of Kenya. Kenya is about two times the size of Nevada. It’s slightly smaller than Texas and slightly larger than California‚ our 2nd and 3rd largest states respectively. The
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and external security matters of a country.1 In August 2012‚ a series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and Pokomo tribes of Kenya’s Tana River District resulted in the deaths of at least fifty-two people. The violence was the worst of its kind in Kenya since the country’s 2007–08 crises. The violence left 118 people dead and more than 13‚500 displaced and another more than 30‚000 people affected by the ethno-political clashes. Over 50% of the 13500 are children the rest being women and elderly.2
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did to the Africans. Even though the British created a developed civilization with many aspects they brought to Kenya‚ they affected the Africans politically‚ economically‚ socially‚ and culturally. The British colonization of Kenya destroyed the culture of the native people‚ but it established a democratic government and left Kenya a more modernized country. With this being said‚ Kenya would not be the country it is today if it weren’t for the British. All through the continent of Africa‚ foreign
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References: 1. Republic of Kenya (1997).Kajiado District Development Plan for 1997-2001. 2. Republic of Kenya (2001).Kajiado District Poverty Reduction Strategy‚ papers 2001-2004. 3. Population projections for Kajiado district based on the 1999 census in Kenya sources from Republic of Kenya (2002).Kenya 1999 Population and Housing census. Analytical Report on Population projections-volume 7. 4. Integrated labour force survey‚ 1998/1999‚ Central Bureau of Statistics. 1. Republic of Kenya (1997).Kajiado District
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CONTRACT NO. RD. 0474 1. CONTRACT DETAILS Financing - Government of Kenya Development Vote Engineer - Chief Engineer (Roads)‚ MOR&PW Contractor - Aegis Construction Ltd. Design - Sapamo Consulting Engineers Design Fee - Kshs.10‚971‚048.00 Contract sum - Kshs.502‚026‚888.00 Contract Period - 15 Months Date of commencement - 4th April‚ 2007 Contractual Date of completion - 5th July‚ 2008 Period of time elapsed - 7 months (47%) Amount certified to date - Kshs.64‚396
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the local people in Kenya and their culture. - Key Ideas - Sustainable development - The building of environmentally damaging infrastructure‚ and coral bleaching due to tourism. + Introduction of eco-friendly camping in the game reserve with tents and locally sourced food. -Managing the environment to ensure I’s available for future generations -Economic development (Increasing urbanisation and bigger income due to tourism based employment specifically Mombasa in Kenya.) The Maasai Mara tribe
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‘Decolonisation was a vast process of adaptation for both sides‚ hitherto colonised countries and the colonial powers‚ not just for the former.’ Explain how far‚ and for what reasons‚ you agree this statement. In 1939‚ “France controlled a colonial empire…over twenty times as large as the home country‚ and it contained one and a half times as many inhabitants” (Costa). One such country controlled by France –and my focus for the purposes of this essay- was Algeria. From its initial occupation in
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