Kenya

about a half-dozen privately-owned TV stations and a state-owned TV broadcaster that operates 2 channels; satellite and cable TV subscription services available; state-owned radio broadcaster operates 2 national radio channels and provides regional and local radio services in multiple languages; a large number of private radio stations, including provincial stations broadcasting in local languages; transmissions of several international broadcasters available (2007)

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71,018 (2012) country comparison to the world: 88

3.996 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 59

general assessment: inadequate; fixed-line telephone system is small and inefficient; trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system domestic: sole fixed-line provider, Telkom Kenya, is slated for privatization; multiple providers in the mobile-cellular segment of the market fostering a boom in mobile-cellular telephone usage with teledensity reaching 65 per 100 persons in 2011 international: country code - 254; landing point for the EASSy, TEAMS and SEACOM fiber-optic submarine cable systems; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat

283,500 (2011) country comparison to the world: 120

28.08 million (2011) country comparison to the world: 36

tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; dairy products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs

revenues: $7.375 billion expenditures: $9.3 billion (2012 est.)

-4.6% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 147

7% (31 December 2010 est.) NA% (31 December 2009 est.)

18% (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 42 15.05% (31 December 2011 est.)

-$3.948 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 157 -$3.536 billion (2011 est.)

$9.526 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 96 $8.999 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

42.5 (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 49 44.9 (1997)

Kenya has been hampered by corruption and by reliance upon several primary goods whose prices have remained low. Low infrastructure investment threatens Kenya's long-term position as the largest East African economy. In the key December 2002 elections, Daniel Arap MOI's 24-year-old reign ended, and a new opposition government took on the formidable economic problems facing the nation. After some early progress in rooting out corruption and encouraging donor support, the KIBAKI government was rocked by high-level graft scandals in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, the World Bank and IMF delayed loans pending action by the government on corruption. The international financial institutions and donors have since resumed lending, despite little action on the government's part to deal with corruption. Unemployment is very high. The country has experienced cronic budget deficits, inflationary pressures, and sharp currency depreciation - as a result of high food and fuel import prices. The discovery of oil in March 2012 provides an opportunity for Kenya to balance its growing trade deficit if the deposits are found to be commercially viable and Kenya is able to develop a port and pipeline to export its oil.

Kenyan shillings (KES) per US dollar - 85.82 (2012 est.) 88.811 (2011 est.) 79.233 (2010 est.) 77.352 (2009) 68.358 (2008)

$5.942 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 107 $5.787 billion (2011 est.)

tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement

Uganda 9.9%, Tanzania 9.6%, Netherlands 8.4%, UK 8.1%, US 6.2%, Egypt 4.9%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.2% (2011)

1 July - 30 June

$41.84 billion (2012 est.)

$76.07 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 84 $72.37 billion (2011 est.) $69.33 billion (2010 est.) note: data are in 2012 US dollars

agriculture: 24.2% industry: 14.8% services: 61% (2012 est.)

$1,800 (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 196 $1,800 (2011 est.) $1,700 (2010 est.) note: data are in 2012 US dollars

5.1% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 54 4.4% (2011 est.) 5.8% (2010 est.)

lowest 10%: 1.8% highest 10%: 37.8% (2005)

$14.39 billion (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 88 $13.83 billion (2011 est.)

machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics

China 15.3%, India 13.8%, UAE 10.5%, Saudi Arabia 7.3%, South Africa 5.5%, Japan 4% (2011)

3.1% (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 98

10.1% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 197 14% (2011 est.)

21.9% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 72

18.89 million (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 31

agriculture: 75% industry and services: 25% (2007 est.)

$10.2 billion (31 December 2011) country comparison to the world: 66 $14.46 billion (31 December 2010) $10.76 billion (31 December 2009)

50% (2000 est.)

50% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 63 50.7% of GDP (2011 est.)

$5.396 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 87 $4.893 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

$21.23 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 85 $17.89 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

$320 million (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 79 $300 million (31 December 2011 est.)

$3.018 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 91 $2.626 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

$20.03 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 83 $18.25 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

$9.279 billion (31 December 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 78 $7.32 billion (31 December 2011 est.)

17.6% of GDP (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 177

40% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 185 40% (2001 est.)

12.25 million Mt (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 96

0 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 135

32,560 bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 64

0 bbl/day (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 150

0 bbl (1 January 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 149

5.516 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 111

27 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 82

43.3% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 166

43.8% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 48

0% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 117

12.9% of total installed capacity (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 17

38 million kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 100

1.706 million kW (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 106

6.573 billion kWh (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 105

0 cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 159

0 cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 95

0 cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 86

0 cu m (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 147

0 cu m (1 January 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 153

79,410 bbl/day (2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 89

1,065 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 108

34,990 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 81

30,960 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 91

total: 580,367 sq km country comparison to the world: 49 land: 569,140 sq km water: 11,227 sq km

slightly more than twice the size of Nevada

varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior

536 km

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Kenya 5,199 m

water pollution from urban and industrial wastes; degradation of water quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

total: 1.58 cu km/yr (30%/6%/64%) per capita: 46 cu m/yr (2000)

1 00 N, 38 00 E

the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa; glaciers are found on Mount Kenya, Africa's second highest peak; unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and economic value

1,030 sq km (2003)

total: 3,477 km border countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, South Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km

arable land: 8.01% permanent crops: 0.97% other: 91.02% (2005)

Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania

Africa

territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

recurring drought; flooding during rainy seasons volcanism: limited volcanic activity; the Barrier (elev. 1,032 m) last erupted in 1921; South Island is the only other historically active volcano

limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower

low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west

30.2 cu km (1990)

7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western; note - the constitution promulgated in August 2010 designates 47 yet-to-be-defined counties as first-order administrative units

name: Nairobi geographic coordinates: 1 17 S, 36 49 E time difference: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

27 August 2010; the new constitution abolishes the position of prime minister and establishes a bicameral legislature; many details have yet to be finalized and will require significant legislative action

conventional long form: Republic of Kenya conventional short form: Kenya local long form: Republic of Kenya/Jamhuri ya Kenya local short form: Kenya former: British East Africa

chief of mission: Ambassador Robert F. GODEC embassy: US Embassy, United Nations Avenue, Nairobi; P. O. Box 606 Village Market, Nairobi 00621 mailing address: Box 21A, Unit 64100, APO AE 09831 telephone: [254] (20) 363-6000 FAX: [254] (20) 363-410

chief of mission: Ambassador Elkanah ODEMBO Absalom chancery: 2249 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 387-6101 FAX: [1] (202) 462-3829 consulate(s) general: Los Angeles consulate(s): New York

chief of state: President Mwai KIBAKI (since 30 December 2002); Vice President Stephen Kalonzo MUSYOKA (since 10 January 2008); head of government: President Mwai KIBAKI (since 30 December 2002); Vice President Stephen Kalonzo MUSYOKA (since 10 January 2008); Prime Minister Raila Amolo ODINGA (since 17 April 2008); note - according to the 2008 powersharing agreement the role of the prime minister was not well defined; constitutionally, the president remains chief of state and head of government, but the prime minister is charged with coordinating government business cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president and chaired by the prime minister, who is the leader of the largest party in parliament (For more information visit theWorld Leaders website) elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); in addition to receiving the largest number of votes in absolute terms, the presidential candidate must also win 25% or more of the vote in at least five of Kenya's seven provinces and one area to avoid a runoff; election last held on 27 December 2007 (next to be held in March 2013); vice president appointed by the president; note - the new constitution sets elections for August 2011 but this date is expected to slip election results: President Mwai KIBAKI reelected; percent of vote - Mwai KIBAKI 46%, Raila ODINGA 44%, Kalonzo MUSYOKA 9%, other 3.4%

three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large Maasai warrior's shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center; black symbolizes the majority population, red the blood shed in the struggle for freedom, green stands for natural wealth, and white for peace; the shield and crossed spears symbolize the defense of freedom

republic

12 December 1963 (from the UK)

accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Court of Appeal (chief justice is appointed by the president); High Court; note - the constitution promulgated in August 2010 specifies three superior courts consisting of a Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and High Court, and three subordinate courts consisting of Magistrate courts, Kadhis courts (sentences according to Muslim law), and Courts Martial

mixed legal system of English common law, Islamic law, and customary law; judicial review in High Court

unicameral National Assembly or Bunge usually referred to as Parliament (224 seats; 210 members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms, 12 nominated members appointed by the president but selected by the parties in proportion to their parliamentary vote totals, 2 ex-officio members); note - the constitution promulgated in August 2010 changes the legislature to a bicameral parliament consisting of a 290 member National Assembly and a 94 member Senate; parliament members will serve five year terms elections: last held on 27 December 2007 (next to be held in March 2013) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - ODM 99, PNU 46, ODM-K 16, KANU 14 other 35; ex-officio 2; seats appointed by the president - ODM 6, PNU 3, ODM-K 2, KANU 1

name: "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu" (Oh God of All Creation) lyrics/music: Graham HYSLOP, Thomas KALUME, Peter KIBUKOSYA, Washington OMONDI, and George W. SENOGA-ZAKE/traditional, adapted by Graham HYSLOP, Thomas KALUME, Peter KIBUKOSYA, Washington OMONDI, and George W. SENOGA-ZAKE note: adopted 1963; the anthem is based on a traditional Kenyan folk song

Independence Day, 12 December (1963); Madaraka Day, 1 June (1963); Mashujaa Day, 20 October (2010)

lion

Kenya African National Union or KANU [Gideon MOI]; The National Party Alliance or TNA [Uhuru KENYATTA]; National Rainbow Coalition-Kenya or NARC-Kenya [Martha KARUA]; Orange Democratic Movement or ODM [Raila ODINGA]; Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya or ODM-K [Kalonzo MUSYOKA]; Party of National Unity or PNU [Mwai KIBAKI]; United Republican Party or URP [William Ruto]; Wiper Democratic Movement or WDM [Kalonzo MUSYOKA]

Council of Islamic Preachers of Kenya or CIPK [Sheikh Idris MOHAMMED]; Kenya Human Rights Commission [L. Muthoni WANYEKI]; Muslim Human Rights Forum [Ali-Amin KIMATHI]; National Muslim Leaders Forum or NAMLEF [Abdullahi ABDI]; Protestant National Council of Churches of Kenya or NCCK [Canon Peter Karanja MWANGI]; Roman Catholic and other Christian churches; Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims or SUPKEM [Shaykh Abdul Gafur al-BUSAIDY] other: labor unions

18 years of age; universal

Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence in 1963 until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. MOI acceded to internal and external pressure for political liberalization in late 1991. The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but were viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped down in December 2002 following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running as the candidate of the multiethnic, united opposition group, the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), defeated KANU candidate Uhuru KENYATTA and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anticorruption platform. KIBAKI's NARC coalition splintered in 2005 over a constitutional review process. Government defectors joined with KANU to form a new opposition coalition, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which defeated the government's draft constitution in a popular referendum in November 2005. KIBAKI's reelection in December 2007 brought charges of vote rigging from ODM candidate Raila ODINGA and unleashed two months of violence in which as many as 1,500 people died. UN-sponsored talks in late February 2008 produced a power-sharing accord bringing ODINGA into the government in the restored position of prime minister. Kenya in August 2010 adopted a new constitution that eliminates the role of prime minister after the next presidential election.

males age 16-49: 9,768,140 females age 16-49: 9,466,257 (2010 est.)

males age 16-49: 6,361,268 females age 16-49: 6,106,870 (2010 est.)

male: 422,104 female: 416,927 (2010 est.)

Kenya Defence Forces: Kenya Army, Kenya Air Force, Kenya Navy (2012)

2.8% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 48

18-26 years of age for male and female voluntary service (under 18 with parental consent), with a 9-year obligation (7 years for Kenyan Navy); applicants must be Kenyan citizens and provide a national identity card (obtained at age 18) and a school-leaving certificate; women serve under the same terms and conditions as men; mandatory retirement at age 55 (2010)

0-14 years: 42.5% (male 9,176,000/ female 9,120,710) 15-64 years: 54.8% (male 11,765,106/ female 11,787,917) 65 years and over: 2.7% (male 512,921/ female 650,687) (2012 est.)

31.93 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 40

16.5% (2003) country comparison to the world: 50

7.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 121

7% of GDP (2006) country comparison to the world: 16

Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%

6.3% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 11

80,000 (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 6

1.5 million (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 4

12.2% of GDP (2009) country comparison to the world: 9

1.4 beds/1,000 population (2006)

total: 43.61 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 51 male: 48.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 38.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages

total population: 63.07 years country comparison to the world: 177 male: 61.62 years female: 64.55 years (2012 est.)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.4% male: 90.6% female: 84.2% (2010 est.)

NAIROBI (capital) 3.375 million; Mombassa 966,000 (2009)

degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria and Rift Valley fever water contact disease: schistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies (2009)

360 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) country comparison to the world: 29

total: 18.8 years male: 18.7 years female: 18.9 years (2012 est.)

noun: Kenyan(s) adjective: Kenyan

-0.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 125

0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2002)

43,013,341 (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 31 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected

2.444% (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 31

Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2% note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely

improved: urban: 27% of population rural: 32% of population total: 31% of population unimproved: urban: 73% of population rural: 68% of population total: 69% of population

total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 11 years (2009)

at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

3.98 children born/woman (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 43

urban population: 22% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 4.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Kenya served as an important mediator in brokering Sudan's north-south separation in February 2005; Kenya provides shelter to almost a quarter million refugees, including Ugandans who flee across the border periodically to seek protection from Lord's Resistance Army rebels; Kenya works hard to prevent the clan and militia fighting in Somalia from spreading across the border, which has long been open to nomadic pastoralists; the boundary that separates Kenya's and Sudan's sovereignty is unclear in the "Ilemi Triangle," which Kenya has administered since colonial times

widespread harvesting of small plots of marijuana; transit country for South Asian heroin destined for Europe and North America; Indian methaqualone also transits on way to South Africa; significant potential for money-laundering activity given the country's status as a regional financial center; massive corruption, and relatively high levels of narcotics-associated activities

refugees (country of origin): 520,400 (Somalia); 34,800 (South Sudan); 34,000 (Ethiopia); 11,500 (Democratic Republic of Congo); 6,000 (Sudan) (2012) IDPs: at least 300,000 (2007-2008 post-election violence; the status of the estimated 300,000 IDPs from the 2007-08 post-election violence who found refuge in host communities rather than camps - and IDPs displaced through natural disasters, drought, development and environmental projects, land disputes, cattle rustling, and inter-communal violence - is not captured in Kenya's national database; in 2012, inter-communal violence displaced approximately 118,000 people and floods displaced an estimated 100,000) (2012)

194 (2012) country comparison to the world: 31

total: 15 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 1 (2012)

total: 179 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 110 under 914 m: 55 (2012)

registered in other countries: 5 (Comoros 2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, unknown 1) (2010) country comparison to the world: 125

oil 4 km; refined products 928 km (2010)

Kisumu, Mombasa

total: 2,066 km country comparison to the world: 71 narrow gauge: 2,066 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)

total: 160,886 km country comparison to the world: 30 paved: 11,197 km unpaved: 149,689 km (2008)

none specifically the only significant inland waterway in the country is the part of Lake Victoria within the boundaries of Kenya; Kisumu is the main port and has ferry connections to Uganda and Tanzania (2011)