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Umoja Uaso ("unity" in Swahili, the Uaso Nyiro is a nearby river) [1] [2] is a village in Kenya. The village, founded in 1990, [ 3 ] is an all-female matriarch village located near the town of Archers Post in Samburu County , 380 km (240 mi) from the capital, Nairobi .
Umoja is a residential suburb in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger sub-county of Embakasi and the Eastlands area of Nairobi. It is approximately 8.4 kilometres (5.2 mi) east of Nairobi's central business district .
Rebecca Lolosoli talks about Umoja Women's Village in Kenya. Lolosoli, born in 1962 in Wamba village, was one of six siblings. She attended Wamba girls' primary school in 1971 but left before completing her education. Lolosoli was born in the village of Wamba in 1962 and was one of a family of six brothers and sisters. [5]
Umoja, Kenya, an all-female village founded on the principles of women's rights; Umoja, Nairobi, a suburb of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya; Umoja Village, a former shanty town in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida
The 13th Parliament of Kenya was elected in the 2022 Kenyan general election. [1] ... Azimio la Umoja makes up the majority in the National Assembly, ...
Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party, popularly referred to as Azimio la Umoja (Swahili for "Resolution for Unity"), [2] or simply Azimio, is a Kenyan political alliance and party headed by Raila Odinga. It is composed of the Orange Democratic Movement, the Jubilee Party, NARC–Kenya, KANU, and other parties. [3]
In the spring of 2011, the World Bank urged Kenya’s finance ministry to end the evictions until the bank could help the government work out a plan for addressing the Sengwer’s concerns. According to bank officials, Kenyan authorities agreed to stop the evictions until they found new land where the Sengwer could relocate.
From 1970 to 2003, hundreds of women claim they have been raped by British soldiers in the north of Kenya. Accused of bringing shame on their community, most of them have been beaten and repudiated by their husbands. A number of them gathered and created Umoja, a women-only village that quickly became the refuge of Samburu women.