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  • In October, 10 Land Rovers were taken to the Kenya Vehicles Manufacturers workshop in Thika Town where they were reconditioned at a cost of Sh7 million and returned to Kahawa where they were modified, painted grey and fitted with powerful communication equipment.

    Army given 2003

  • I hate Vitz drivers. why? every first time driver who's got a pay rise and can therefore afford to take a car loan from a bank defaults to buying a Vitz. so what happens, the person driving at 40 kms per hour on the bloody RIGHT lane of a two lane highway such as Thika Road or Jogoo Road or Mbagathi way is always A VITZ driver …. .arghhhh! the person making a U Turn, yes U turn on bloody Ngong road at 5: 45 p. m peak driving time is always a VITZ driver, the person who decides to overtake the slow moving lorry and then forgets mid-overtaking that the rest of the cars behind him are also trying to overtake is always a VITZ driver … ..

    Global Voices in English » Kenya: A nation laughing at itself 2009

  • The Toronto Zoo has three gentle giants in captivity -- Thoka, Thika and Iringa -- who are all at risk for myriad devastating health problems if they continue to live in their cold, cramped quarters.

    Marissa Bronfman: Bob Barker Says There's Nothing Right About Keeping Elephants in Captivity Marissa Bronfman 2011

  • The Toronto Zoo has three gentle giants in captivity -- Thoka, Thika and Iringa -- who are all at risk for myriad devastating health problems if they continue to live in their cold, cramped quarters.

    Marissa Bronfman: Bob Barker Says There's Nothing Right About Keeping Elephants in Captivity Marissa Bronfman 2011

  • Kenyan farmer Ruth Kihanga supports her three children by selling her beans and maize to a school near the town of Thika.

    African Countries Feeding Students With Local Produce 2011

  • In cities such as Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakurua, Kisumu, Eldoret and Thika, the streets are so crowded that it's getting hard to walk down them.

    Africa Can Feed the World . . . Gilbert Arap Bor 2011

  • Africa: In Kenyan (where Obama is from) farmers, voice a view held by small farmers across the continent, put out the Thika Declaration.

    Monsanto and Hillary Clinton's redemptive first act as Secretary of State 2009

  • High School in Thika brought the students to watch the results at the ambassador's residence in Nairobi before heading back to class on a school bus later Wednesday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • During a news conference in Thika, national chairman Moses Shaha said GMOs posed a great danger to food security and other indigenous gene pool because they were dormant and would mix through cross pollination.

    Dear Wellesley College, my alma mater, and Robert Paarlberg, a professor there 2008

  • "The Flame Trees of Thika" and related books also count.

    Utter Coincidence 2007

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