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Sitatunga marsh antelope wading through wetland vegetation
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Saiwa Swamp National Park: Kenya's Smallest Park, the Sitatunga Antelope and the Trans Nzoia Wetland Sanctuary

Saiwa Swamp National Park is Kenya's smallest national park, a 3 sq km Trans Nzoia wetland gazetted in 1974 to protect the sitatunga antelope. Explore its sitatunga, De Brazza's monkey, 370+ bird species and the foot-only observation platform experience.

May 25, 2026 8 min read
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Strathmore Business School building on the Madaraka campus, Nairobi
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Strathmore University: From 1961 Sixth-Form College to a Modern Charter, the Business School and Kenya's Private University Standard

Strathmore University grew from a 1961 multiracial sixth-form college into a chartered private university with about 8,000 students. Explore its schools, the IESE-partnered Strathmore Business School, the energy research centre and its place in Kenya's higher education.

May 25, 2026 8 min read
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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
sickle cell diseasesickle cell Kenyanewborn screeninghydroxyureaKenya Ministry of HealthHoma BayKisumuKilifipaediatric haematologyKEMRI Wellcome TrustNHIFcomprehensive care

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
Mwalimu National SaccoKenya SaccoSASRAteachers SaccoFOSABOSAdiaspora savings KenyaSacco loansTSCWezeshaUfanisi loanMwalimu Towers

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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