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mombasa.go.ke. Mombasa ( / mɒmˈbæsə / mom-BASS-ə; also US: /- ˈbɑːsə / -BAH-sə) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County.
Website. tum .ac .ke. Technical University of Mombasa ( TUM) is a public university located in the coastal city of Mombasa. [1] [2] It is amongst the oldest institution of higher learning in Kenya. It is one of the National Polytechnics recently elevated to a fully fledged University in Kenya. It was awarded its charter in 2013 by-then ...
The Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, completed in 2017, was built as the first phase of the Kenya Standard Gauge Railway. It is a standard-gauge railway (SGR) in Kenya that connects the large Indian Ocean city of Mombasa with Nairobi, the country's capital and largest city. This SGR runs parallel to the narrow-gauge Uganda Railway that ...
Fort Jesus(Portuguese: Forte Jesus de Mombaça, Spanish: Fuerte de Jesús) is a fortlocated on Mombasa Island. Designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista Cairati,[1]it was built between 1593 and 1596 by order of King Felipe II of Spain, who also reigned as King Filipe I of Portugal and the Algarves, to guard the Old Port of Mombasa.
Prostitution in Kenya is widespread. [1] The legal situation is complex. Although prostitution is not criminalised by National law, municipal by-laws may prohibit it. [2] (. Nairobi banned all sex work in December 2017). [2] It is illegal to profit from the prostitution of others, and to aid, abet, compel or incite prostitution.
This section, measuring 609 kilometres (378 mi), is known as the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, and connects the port city of Mombasa and Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. Passenger rail services between Mombasa and Nairobi started on 1 June 2017, and freight rail services on 1 January 2018.
The following is a list of the most populous cities, municipalities and towns of Kenya.In Kenya there are only five incorporated cities including the capital and largest city, Nairobi, the second largest and the coastal city of Mombasa, the third largest and inland port city of Kisumu, the latest to be elevated Nakuru, that was upgraded from a municipality on 1 December 2021.
The following is a list of prominent companies and organizations with their main headquarters in Nairobi: East African Breweries. Equity Group Holdings Limited. Gulf African Bank. KCB Group Limited. Kenya Airports Authority. Kenya Airways. Kenya Commercial Bank Group. Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen)