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By Joe Ombuor
Like Nairobi, Kuala Lumpur, the vibrant capital of Malaysia fondly referred to as ‘KL’, derives its name from water and riverine ecology. The city started in the 1850s as a tin mining outpost at the confluence of Gombak and Klang rivers, where the two form a muddy estuary. Kuala is Malay for ‘estuary’ and Lumpur means ‘mud’, hence, Kuala Lumpur.
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