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Kenya Barris
Kenya Barris (born 1974, Inglewood, California) is an American TV writer, producer, and showrunner, creator of Black-ish and #blackAF, co-writer of Girls Trip, director of You People, and a Netflix and BET Studios producer.
Kenya Civil Aviation Authority
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) is the state corporation that regulates civil aviation in Kenya, providing air navigation services and training through the East African School of Aviation since 2002.
Kenya Colony
Kenya Colony, also the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, was a British Crown colony created in 1920 from the East Africa Protectorate, excluding the Sultan of Zanzibar's coastal strip, governed by a governor and Legislative Council until independence on December 12, 1963.
Kenya Defence Forces
Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is Kenya's national military, made up of the Kenya Army, Kenya Air Force, and Kenya Navy under the 2010 Constitution and 2012 Act; led by the President as commander-in-chief, known for peacekeeping and the Somalia, DRC, and Haiti deployments.
Kenya East-Jammat-Margaret Gas Field
The Kenya East-Jammat-Margaret Gas Field is an operating coal seam gas field in the Surat Basin of Queensland, Australia, combining three tenements supplying the Queensland Curtis LNG project.
Kenya Honda
Kenya Honda (本田 賢也) is a Japanese immunologist and microbiome researcher, professor at Keio University School of Medicine and a RIKEN team director known for identifying gut bacteria that shape immune responses.
Kenya Moore
Kenya Summer Moore, born 1971 in Detroit, is an American model, actress, and reality star who won Miss USA 1993 as Miss Michigan, the second Black winner, then joined The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Kenya national football team
Kenya national football team, the Harambee Stars, men's team of Football Kenya Federation (founded 1960). Six AFCON appearances (1972-2019), no World Cup; co-hosts AFCON 2027 with Uganda and Tanzania; women's side is the Harambee Starlets.
Kenya National Highways Authority
The Kenya National Highways Authority is a Kenyan state corporation responsible for managing and maintaining national trunk roads, established under the Kenya Roads Act of 2007.
Kenya Power
Kenya Power, formally the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), is Kenya's national electricity utility, incorporated in 1922, majority-owned by the government, and serving more than 10 million customers.
Kenya Railways
Kenya Railways is Kenya's railway system, operated by the state-owned Kenya Railways Corporation in Nairobi, running the Standard Gauge Railway between Mombasa and Nairobi, commuter rail, and freight services.
Kenya Wicks
Kenya Wicks is an American politician and retired U.S. Army major serving as a Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate from the 34th district, first elected in 2024.
Kenya–Uganda relations
Kenya–Uganda relations are the diplomatic and economic ties between Kenya and Uganda, East African neighbors and East African Community members whose trade and transit links date to a 1917 customs union.
Kenyan Drake
Kenyan Drake (born 1994) is a former NFL running back from Powder Springs, Georgia; Alabama product drafted 73rd overall by Miami in 2016, famous for the Miami Miracle, later Cardinals, Raiders, Ravens, Packers.
Kenyan shilling
The Kenyan shilling (KES) is the currency of Kenya, issued by the Central Bank of Kenya, divided into 100 cents and issued in notes from 50 to 1,000 shillings.
Kenyanthropus
Kenyanthropus, sole species Kenyanthropus platyops, is a disputed flat-faced hominin genus from Lomekwi, West Turkana, Kenya, about 3.5 million years old, named by Meave Leakey's team in 2001 from the distorted holotype cranium KNM-WT 40000.
Kenyatta Jackson
Kenyatta Jackson Jr., Ohio State Buckeyes defensive end from Chaminade-Madonna Prep; 2024 national champion, 2025 starter with 6.5 sacks, Day 2 NFL draft projection for 2027.
Kenyatta National Hospital
Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is Kenya's largest public referral and teaching hospital in Upper Hill, Nairobi, founded in 1901 and sitting at Level 6, the apex of the country's health system.
Kenyatta Stewart
Kenyatta Stewart is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 35th district; he previously served as Newark's Corporation Counsel.
Kenyir Hydro Power Station
Kenyir Hydro Power Station, formally the Sultan Mahmud Power Station (Stesen Janakuasa Sultan Mahmud), is a 400 MW hydroelectric dam in Hulu Terengganu, Malaysia, completed in 1985.
Kenyon cell
Kenyon cells are the intrinsic neurons of the insect mushroom bodies (corpora pedunculata), named after Kenyon (1896); from about 2,500 in Drosophila to 230,000 in cockroach, they form the parallel learning and memory circuit for olfactory conditioning.
Kenyon College
Kenyon College, founded 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase in Gambier, Ohio, is a private liberal arts college (originally Episcopal) with about 1,750 undergraduates, famed for the Kenyon Review, writing programs, and 62 NCAA Division III team championships.
Kenyon Dixon
Kenyon Dixon (born 1989, Watts, Los Angeles) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, producer, and background vocalist with five Grammy nominations for Bring It On Home to Me, Lucky, Can I Have This Groove, and Come As You Are.
Kenyon Martin
Kenyon Martin (born 1977, Saginaw, Michigan), nicknamed K-Mart, NBA power forward drafted first overall in 2000 by the New Jersey Nets out of Cincinnati; 15-year career, 2004 All-Star, two NBA Finals with the Nets.
Kenyon Martin Jr.
Kenyon Martin Jr. (KJ Martin, born 2001) is an American NBA forward, son of 2000 No. 1 pick Kenyon Martin Sr.; drafted 52nd in 2020, played for the Rockets, Clippers, 76ers, and Jazz.
Kenyon Sadiq
Kenyon Sadiq (born 2005) is an American football tight end from Idaho Falls, Idaho, an Oregon All-American and Big Ten Tight End of the Year who ran a record 4.39-second 40 at the 2026 NFL Combine and was drafted 16th overall by the New York Jets.
Kenyu Horiuchi (堀内賢雄)
Kenyu Horiuchi (堀内賢雄, b. 1957) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator, the long-running Japanese dub voice of Brad Pitt (also Tom Cruise, John Stamos), anime lead voices such as Pain in Naruto and Guin, and founder of the agency Kenyu Office and training school talk back. Not to be confused with musician Takao Horiuchi or violinist Yuri Horiuchi.
Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎)
Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎, Oe Kenzaburo), 1935-2023, Japanese novelist and 1994 Nobel Literature laureate from Ehime; wrote A Personal Matter, The Silent Cry, Hiroshima Notes; father of Hikari; anti-nuclear, Article 9 activist.
Kenzie (songwriter)
Kenzie (켄지, Kim Yeon-jung, born 1976) is the South Korean songwriter-producer behind SM Entertainment hits like BoA's "My Name", Girls' Generation's "Into the New World", EXO's "Monster", and aespa's "Supernova"; Berklee 1999, 400+ credits, left SM in 2025 for KZLAB.
Kenzo (brand)
Kenzo (高田賢三's house) is a Paris luxury fashion brand founded by Kenzo Takada in 1970 with the Jungle Jap boutique, sold to LVMH in 1993, and led since 2021 by Artistic Director Nigo.