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Forest road through Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, coastal Kenya
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Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve: East Africa's Largest Coastal Forest, Endemic Birds and the Conservation Economy of Kilifi

Arabuko-Sokoke is East Africa's largest remaining coastal forest, a 420 square kilometre Kilifi County reserve famed for the Sokoke Scops Owl, Clarke's Weaver and the Aders's duiker, jointly managed by KFS and KWS with strong community conservation enterprises.

May 25, 2026 7 min read
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Kenyatta University Kahawa campus library
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Kenyatta University: History, Schools, Campuses and Its Place in Kenya's Higher Education Landscape

A deep guide to Kenyatta University — from the Templer Barracks origins at Kahawa to today's sprawling main campus, satellite campuses across Kenya, research strengths, alumni networks and diaspora open-learning pathways.

May 25, 2026 8 min read
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Tropical rainforest canopy in Kakamega Forest western Kenya
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Kakamega Forest National Reserve: Kenya's Last Tropical Rainforest, Biodiversity and Western Kenya Tourism Frontier

A comprehensive guide to Kakamega Forest National Reserve — Kenya's last patch of equatorial rainforest, its primates and birds, conservation politics, tourism infrastructure and the economy of forest-edge communities in western Kenya.

May 25, 2026 7 min read
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Blood pressure measurement in a Kenyan health facility
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Hypertension in Kenya: Burden, Diagnosis, Treatment Pathways and the Road to Population-Wide Blood Pressure Control

A deep look at hypertension in Kenya — covering disease burden, diagnosis at primary care level, treatment pathways under the Social Health Authority and the long road to population-wide blood pressure control across all 47 counties.

May 25, 2026 8 min read
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Microscopic illustration of sickle-shaped red blood cells in a blood vessel
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Sickle Cell Disease in Kenya: Prevalence, Newborn Screening, Treatment Access and the Lake and Coastal Burden

Sickle cell disease affects roughly 14,000 Kenyan newborns each year, concentrated in the lake and coastal counties. This article maps prevalence, newborn screening, hydroxyurea access, comprehensive care centres and the social and financing barriers families face across Kenya.

May 25, 2026 10 min read
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View of the Mount Longonot crater in Kenya's Great Rift Valley
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Mount Longonot National Park: Stratovolcano, Crater Rim and Rift Valley Heritage

Mount Longonot National Park protects a dormant stratovolcano with a dramatic eight-by-twelve-kilometre caldera in the Great Rift Valley, just ninety kilometres from Nairobi and one of the most accessible high-elevation hikes in Kenya.

May 25, 2026 7 min read
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Kenyan classroom representing the teaching profession served by Mwalimu National Sacco
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Mwalimu National Sacco: Kenya's Largest Sacco and Its Loan, Savings and Diaspora Products

Mwalimu National is the largest Sacco in Kenya and on the African continent by asset base, with roots in the teaching profession but a now-open common bond that includes civil servants, private-sector professionals and Kenyans in the diaspora.

May 25, 2026 7 min read
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Sacred Kaya forest of the Mijikenda people in coastal Kenya
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The Mijikenda Community of Coastal Kenya: Nine Sub-Tribes, Sacred Kayas and Heritage

The Mijikenda are nine closely related sub-communities of coastal Kenya whose identity is anchored in the sacred Kaya forests inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, with a distinctive language family, an agricultural and trading economy and a still-living oral tradition.

May 25, 2026 7 min read
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Nairobi central business district where the University of Nairobi main campus is located
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University of Nairobi: History, Flagship Colleges and Research Impact

The University of Nairobi traces its lineage to the Royal Technical College of 1956 and today runs six colleges, eleven faculties and more than three hundred programmes that have trained the majority of Kenya's senior public servants, doctors, engineers and academics.

May 25, 2026 7 min read
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