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Kenya in HIV/Aids testing driveKenya seeks to test one million for HIV/Aids Kenya has one of the highest HIV/Aids rates in the world The health ministry in Kenya has launched a three-week campaign to encourage up to one million people to take an Aids test. Ministry... |
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AP Online | 6 days ago
Kenya unveils constitution to avoid vote violence
...and prime minister similar to the French political system. It also proposes reintroducing a Senate in Kenya that would vet key public appointments. The country last had a Senate in the 1960s. Okello says the draft will force politicians who...
In this article: Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Supreme Court, and Nairobi
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Manassas hairstylists travel to Kenya to teach their skills
...area for more than seven years, Rappahannock County resident Cyndi Welch took her talent to a new audience last month: residents of Kenya. Welch, along with two other local hairstylists and an aesthetician, spent 12 days just outside...
In this article: Africa, Virginia, and Prince William
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Guardian | 6 days ago
Kenya evicts thousands of forest squatters in attempt to save Rift valley
...to unwitting buyers. Amid warnings that the entire ecosystem in the Rift valley and western Kenya was in danger due to the rapid deforestation, Kenya's government has made saving the Mau its number one environmental priority. A task...
In this article: Daniel arap Moi, Beneficiary, Waste, Environmental degradation, and Deforestation
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U.S. demands Kenya deliver Rwanda genocide suspect
...about his arrest. Even arriving last night, I received fresh information of his presence in Kenya," Rapp told a news conference in Kenya's capital. Kenya froze Kabuga's assets in May this year, but has questioned whether the genocide...
In this article: United States, Rwanda genocide, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, The Hague, Daniel arap Moi, Rwanda, and Barack Obama
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AP IMPACT: Kenyans recruited to fight in Somalia
Albin-Lackey noted the recruitment of children violates the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Kenya is a signatory. Kenya is eager to counter the influence of insurgents in Somalia who preach the spread of a pan-Islamic...
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The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. Lying along the Indian Ocean, at the equator, Kenya is bordered by Ethiopia (north), Somalia (northeast), Tanzania (south), Uganda plus Lake Victoria (west), and Sudan (northwest). The capital city is Nairobi. Kenya spans an area about 85% the size of France or Texas. The population has grown rapidly in recent decades to nearly 38 million. Kenya has numerous wildlife reserves, containing thousands of animal species.
The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and the second among the highest mountain peaks of Africa, and both were originally usually pronounced: /ˈkiːnjə/ in English, though the native pronunciation and the one intended by the original transcription Kenia was IPA: /ˈkɛnja|/. During the presidency of Jomo Kenyatta in the 1960s, the current English pronunciation of IPA: /ˈkɛnjə|/ became widespread because his name retained the native pronunciation. Before 1920, the area now known as Kenya was known as the British East Africa Protectorate and so there was no need to mention mount when referring to the mountain.
- Name:
- Kenya
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Kenya
- Local Name:
- Jamhuri ya Kenya
- Capital:
- Nairobi
- Language:
- Swahili, English
- Motto:
- "Harambee"
- Largest City:
- Nairobi
- Government type:
- Semi-presidential Republic
- Founding Date:
- December 12, 1964
- Formations:
- Date
- Area:
- 224,080
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $60.410 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $30.236 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $857
- Time Zone:
- EAT
- Currency:
- Kenyan shilling
- Demonym:
- Kenyan
- Drives On:
- left
- Currency (code):
- KES
- Country Calling Code:
- 254
- ccTLD:
- .ke
- Anthem:
- Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu
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