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Under history#swahili trade period, the text says "By the 1st century CE, many of the city-states such as Mombasa, Malindi, and Zanzibar began to establish trading relations with Arabs.", but I'm guessing that number is a mistake. Mombasa and Malindi's pages only mention history starting much later. Did Arabs exist in the first century? In any case they weren't spreading any Islam. 84.241.197.54 (talk) 22:24, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Bantu farmers came from West Africa AND central Africa SML WRITER KEN (talk) 17:08, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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==See also== * [[List of Kenyans]] Nunuknownskill4 (talk) 01:35, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done CMD (talk) 02:28, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ronns, the content you've added to the lead section of the article is too detailed and is causing the section to be too long and disjointed. This content should be moved to the history section. Some of it may even be too detailed for that and should be put in the History of Kenya article. Contrary to your edit summary, I did not "vandalise" the article when I removed it (kindly refrain from making such accusations in future), I changed it back to the previous lead which was a better summary and overview of the entire article. As it stands, the lead currently does not conform to the standard that other country articles have. I believe it should be changed back to the long-standing version. MediaKill13 (talk) 18:27, 26 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]