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COUNTRY FACTS: KENYA
Name(official): Republic of Kenya
Name(short): Kenya
Capital City: Nairobi
Location: Eastern Africa
Coordinate: 1 00 N, 38 00 E
Independence: (from Britain)12 December 1963
Became a republic 12 December 1964(Jamhuri Day)
President:
  • Mwai KIBAKI - President from 30 December 2002
  • Raila ODINGA - Prime Minister since 17 April 2008
  • Stephene Kalonzo MUSYOKA - V. P. since 10 Jan; 2008
Type of Government: Republic
Total Area: 582 650sq.km.
Population: 39 802 000 (2009 estimate)
People: Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%.
Religion: christians78%, indigenous belief10%, muslim10%, others2%
Languages: English and Kiswahili (official), plus numerous indigenous languages
Literacy: 85.1%total, 90.6%male, 79.7%female (2003 est.)
Currency: Kenyan shilling (1Ksh =100 cents)
GDP(per capita): $1 100 (2005 est.)
Arable Land: 8.01% (2005 est.)
Agriculture: tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables, diary products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs.
Natural resources: limestone, soda ash, salt, zinc, gemstone, flourspar, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower.
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Republic of Kenya,
Chancery: 3-24-3, Yakumo, Meguro-ku. Post Code: 152-0023 Tel. 03-3723-4006/7
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
General Info:
International Phone Code: +254

ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

  • Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Investment Promotion Center
  • Export Processing Zone Authority
  • Tea Board of Kenya
  • Kenya Flower Council
  • Kenya Bureau of Standards
  • Kenya Revenue Authority
  • Central Bank of Kenya
  • Kenya Association of Manufacturers
  • Centre for Business Information in Kenya (Export Promotion Council)
  • Tourism:
    • Kenya Tourist Board
    • Kenya Wildlife Service
    • Kenya Association of Tour Operators
    • Ecotourism Society of Kenya

MAJOR CITIES

Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Eldoret, Thika.

NEWS

  • Communications Commission of Kenya
  • Coast Weeks
  • East African Standards
  • Kenya Times
  • Nation Newspapers
  • Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

Listed below are the 7 provinces and 1 area of Kenya:
Central, Coast, Eastern, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western and Nairobi Area.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS

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