Definitions
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- noun a city in western Kenya; commercial center of an agricultural region
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Last month, 16 other lives were lost in Nakuru town, in Rift Valley Province in yet another Mungiki attack.
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i just wonder how ma ex girl friend can die. i want her dead by all means. the problem is that it is not easy for me to kill her coz we work together. if you guys have means kill her. her name is Gitau Lucy Wairimu n she is in Nakuru Kenya dixon Says:
AOL Search Data Shows Users Planning to commit Murder. « The Paradigm Shift 2006
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Njenga, who went underground after his sect followers butchered innocent people in Nakuru, Laikipia and Murang’a, denied the sect had links with Kanu.
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After last month’s Mungiki attack in Nakuru, Interior Security Minister Chris Murungaru ordered a police crackdown on the sect.
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Mungiki’s contention was that they had been barred from controlling a Matatu terminus in Nakuru Town, about 200 kilomtres from Nairobi.
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"We are tired of the strife and animosity and it is now time to rebuild our economy," said the 54-year-old newspaper vendor and resident of Nakuru, which is still under a dusk-to-dawn curfew following the post-election clashes.
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Breaking a long silence, Njenga called our Nakuru bureau from his hideout, using a cell phone, and discounted claims that the movement got 10 Kenya Army Land-Rovers.
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Mr. and Miss Red Ribbon is a charity event and fashion show organized annually by Nakuru Youth groups in Kenya.
Global Voices in English » Blogging with HIV: “Love is still possible” 2009
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Repacted was formed in 2001 by young theater artists from the Nakuru Players Theater Club in Kenya and deals with behavioral changes among Kenyan youths on social issues like reproductive health and HIV/AIDS.
Global Voices in English » Online Campaigns To Combat Spread Of HIV/AIDS 2009
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One of only a few agro-dealers to sell improved drought-tolerant seeds, she buys small "trial packs" from Leldet farm in Nakuru – where Janey Leakey runs the first seed business to focus on these "neglected crops".
Small seed packets could play big role in Africa's battle against drought 2011
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