Kenya

Guide to KENYA

KENYA which official name is Republic of Kenya or Kenya, is a country from Africa located at the Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania. KENYA with 3,477 km sq km, limits with: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km; and is divided in 7 provinces and 1 area . KENYA's capital is Nairobi which is the most populated city with about 2,750,561 inhabitants.

History of KENYA

KENYA's government is republic; a Republic with a Executive government type, with President Mwai Kibaki as head of state.

Other symbols of KENYA are Kenyan motto " Harambee (Swahili, Let's work together) Kenyan anthem "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu (Oh God of All Creation) Kenyan flag.Kenyan flag is composed by three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a large warrior's shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center .

KENYA's history is quite long: 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 the constitutional review process. Government defectors joined with KANU to form a new opposition coalition, the Orange Democratic Movement, which defeated the government's draft constitution in a popular referendum in November 2005.

KENYAs geography

Guide to travel to KENYA

If you are thinking on traveling to KENYA, you will have to take in consideration some points like KENYA's currency, KENYA's weather, KENYA's national holiday and KENYA's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. KENYA`s currency is called shilling ( K Sh), which is divided in 100 cents. For your consideration, shilling's exchange rate is about 0 per dolar.67.4500481475.

KENYA's weather is characterized to be varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to KENYA.

You can also consider to visit KENYA on it's national holiday to get in KENYA's culture. If you do so, KENYA's national holiday is called Independence Day, 12 December.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of KENYA: Mount Kenya 5,199 m. And try also to get to KENYA's lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit KENYA's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to KENYA, with more than 225 airports and 3 airlines, you will get to KENYA without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. KENYA has about2,778 of railways, and also0 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Kenyan Culture

KENYA is known by Kenyans as Republic of Kenya/Jamhuri y Kenya or Kenya in the shortened way. Kenyan, about 36,913,721 people, are composed by different ethnics: Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1%. And they also have different languages: Swahili, English, Kiswahili.

Another relevant point nowadays it's KENYA's religion. Kenyans are divided in Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%.

But if want to know more about KENYA's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Kenyan novelists' books like Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Blixen (1885–1962), Margaret Ogola or Parselelo Kantai.

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