Embakasi

Embakasi is a suburb of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It is located east of the central business district. As a residential estate it houses mostly lower middle income citizens.

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the main airport of Nairobi is located in Embakasi and it was known as "Embakasi Airport" when it was opened in 1958.

In the early morning hours of January 27, 2008, the Member of Parliament for Embakasi Constituency, Mugabe Were, was shot dead by two gunmen. According to news reports, Mugabe had just arrived at his compound when the gunmen attacked him while still in his car, before the gate could be opened. Mugabe was elected as a member of the Orange Democratic Movement, Kenya's opposition party. Speculation as to whether or not this was a political assassination already surrounds the killing. If so, this would mark a new stage in the continuing crisis over the disputed presidential election of December 27, 2007. [http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSWAL22103220080129] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7214558.stm]

Embakasi Division

Embakasi is also name of an administrative division in Nairobi. It is divided into following locations (1999 census [International Livestock Research Institute: [http://www.ilri.cgiar.org/html/Urban%20Poverty%20all%20Kenya%20Province%20through%20Location%20Final.xls Urban Poverty Estimates For Kenya's Provinces, Districts, Divisions and Locations] ] .:
*Dandora
*Embakasi
*Kariobangi South
*Kayole
*Mukuru Kwa Njenga
*Njiru
*Ruai
*Umoja

Transport

Embakasi is the location of an Inland Container Depot.

See also

* Embakasi Constituency, electoral constituency in Nairobi

References

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/KE/5/Embakasi.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 1632m (Red dots are railways)]