Finding Kenya

25/07/2020

Geography, Areas & Climate of Tanzania A Brief Overview of Tanzania The United Republic of Tanzania, the largest in the East African Community, spreads out from the western shore of Lake Tanganyika stretching east to Dar es Salaam on the coast of Indian Ocean. Along its western border is the trough in which the great lakes of Africa lie, at the north being Lake Victoria, on the west Lake Tanganyika – the longest freshwater lake in the world – and south Lake Nyasa, almost as long. [ 5,129 more words ]
http://elekevu.com/2020/07/25/journey-around-tanzania/

Journey around Tanzania gives great insights about the geography, selected districts and climate of this great country. Discover more about Tanzania.

20/07/2020

The Turkana of North-Western Kenya On the west of Lake Turkana (in north-western Kenya) live the Turkana tribe, a fierce, arresting, war-like folk that have had to co-exist with several other gutsy neighbours. It is, perhaps, their considerable scrimmages with Suk or Pokot - "a people who might be described as halfway between the Maasai and Turkana" - and the Matheniiko tribe of Uganda that have brought to the forefront their venerated warriorship. [ 6,224 more words ]
http://elekevu.com/2020/07/20/the-prodigious-turkana/

The Turkana tribe of North-Western Kenya live in a harsh place where many could not. As a people they are genial and hospitable, and live much after the manner of the Maasai.

05/06/2020

Looking Back on Kenya's Olympics Greats “To live among people who don't think that running is ridiculous, no matter how hard their lives are, but who value running and the opportunity it brings, who revere it, almost. Even if you never become an Olympic champion, or even manage to race abroad, just being an athlete here seems to lift you above the chaos of daily life. [ 7,213 more words ]
http://turnupkenya.com/2016/08/31/running-in-kenya/

Kenya at the Olympics: A look Back on Kenya’s Olympic Greats in a journey down memory lane to some of astounding moments made by the famous athletes at the summer games.

27/05/2020

Urban Revitalization in Nairobi is not a new concept. Even so, the fast-growing city is crying out for culture based revitalization project.
http://turnupkenya.com/2020/05/27/urban-revitalization-in-nairobi/

Urban Revitalization in Nairobi is not a new concept. Even so, the fast-growing city is crying out for culture based revitalization project.

20/05/2020

Geography, Regions & Climate of Uganda A Brief Overview of Uganda Uganda's moniker as "the Pearl of Africa" aptly describes both its location and natural resources. On the map of Africa the landlocked Uganda occupies only a small area, yet few countries belong so vibrantly to the fertile sphere of Africa. Its compactness and the generously rich and fertile soils makes it a continuous green-belt country, a facet of inestimable value shared by very few nations in Africa. [ 3,171 more words ]
http://turnupkenya.com/2020/05/20/introduction-to-uganda/

Introduction to Uganda offers great insights about the geography, selected districts and climate of ‘the Pearl of Africa’. Discover more about Uganda and its beautiful landscape.

15/05/2020

Parks in Uganda: The Pearl of Africa Brief Overview of Uganda North of Lake Victoria sits Uganda, one of the fertile, sempiternal verdant and interesting countries of Eastern Africa. It is a beautiful land with grassy plains, rolling hills and dark mountains. Its best soil is of a rich red. There are hills of fine pasture, thick forests filled with big game, swamps choked with papyrus reeds in which hippos are found, and other regions where the grass is 10 feet in height. [ 4,524 more words ]
http://turnupkenya.com/2020/05/15/national-parks-in-uganda/

National Parks in Uganda, 11 in total, are among the variety of attraction in Uganda. Game is plentiful in these parks with picturesque lakes and mountains.

10/05/2020

Capital Punishment in Kenya and its Perils Brief Overview of Capital Punishment Capital punishment is the legalized infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. By that same token, criminal law is the branch of law that defines crime, establishes punishment, and regulates the investigation and prosecution of people accused of committing crimes. Throughout history, the controversial death penalty, for various forms of crimes, had existed in antediluvian acts such as stoning, drowning, crucifixion, burning and impaling; with beheading being universally satisfactory. [ 3,965 more words ]
http://turnupkenya.com/2020/05/10/capital-punishment-in-kenya/

Capital punishment or death penalty, despite many attempts to repeal and abolish it, remains a law. Recent steps-forward to abolish it look to finally end it use.

08/05/2020

Impact of NAFTA in Canada
http://turnupkenya.com/2020/05/08/impact-of-nafta-in-canada/

North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, has as many benefits as there are demerits. In Canada, many experts weighing its effect have pointed to some negative impacts

30/04/2020

History of the First Nations in Canada A chronological query of the history of the First Nations in Canada, and the geographical distribution of the indigenous people and the way that the outsider colonists influenced their settlement patterns. Canada came to have its name from one of the Iroquoian languages. An epithet associating a 'village' or 'community'. Canada’s first inhabitants, the indigenous people, are popularly referred to as First Nations in Canada or the First Nation Community. [ 3,346 more words ]
http://turnupkenya.com/2020/04/30/first-nations-in-canada/

The First Nations in Canada, a term used to refer to the Aboriginals or natives of the county, have endured a long history of subjugation and oppresion. Discover More

13/04/2020

Hiking in Kenya: Mount Kenya Brief Overview of Climbing Mount Kenya Of the five mountains in Africa whose peaks rise over 14,000 ft., only three are permanently snow-capped – Kilimanjaro (19,340 ft), Kenya (17,058 ft) and the Ruwenzoris (16,763 ft). They were climbed in that order; Kilimanjaro being first in 1888, Kenya second in 1889, and the Ruwenzoris in 1906. Every year, when the faces are in condition, thousands of intrepids take to these three mountains for the climbing challenge. [ 4,566 more words ]
http://turnupkenya.com/2020/04/13/climbing-mount-kenya/

Climbing Mount Kenya is the zenith of hiking in Kenya. There are two season to Climb Mount Kenya. Discover More

28/08/2018

10 Outstanding Game Parks in Kenya

02/01/2017

January 2nd - Science Fiction Day - animals-r-us calender

01/01/2017

01.01.2017 World Days of Peace (Catholic Church)

01/11/2016

The roads in Nairobi are nosier and busier in ways never seen before.  The uptake of personal vehicles as the primary mode of travel has clearly "overtaken" de

01/11/2016

The Maasai of Kenya are known world over for their unscratched culture and lifestyle. They have some of the most guarded rituals.

25/10/2016

Before the land boundaries were agreed in 1886 Menelik lay claim to Lake Turkana as part of Ethiopia, which he called Samburu Lake. In 1888 in was renamed Lake Rudolf in honour of the Crown Prince of Austria by Count Paul Teleki, the Hungarian Explorer. In 1975, it was renamed Lake Turkana in honour of the Turkana Tribe http://www.findingkenya.com/turkana-county

25/10/2016

Nyeri town developed from a small British post founded close to a little hill on the slopes of Mt. Kenya. The Kikuyu called the hill Kia-Nyiri while their Maasai neighbours called the hill Na-aier. The post took its name from the little hill. On 18 December 1902, Nyeri was founded http://www.findingkenya.com/nyeri-county

25/10/2016

Scientists believe Lake Elmenteita, Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru were one large lake called Lake Gamblian some 9000 years ago. http://www.findingkenya.com/nakuru-county