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Kenya - Travel guideKenya - Country backgroundFounding 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, defeated KANU candidate Uhuru KENYATTA and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anticorruption platform. |
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| Country full name : | conventional long form: Republic of Kenya conventional short form: Kenya former: British East Africa |
| Capital : | Nairobi |
| Religions : | Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 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 |
| Languages : | English (official), Kiswahili (official) |
| Location : | Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania |
| Geographic coordinates : | 1 00 N, 38 00 E |
| Area : | total: 582,650 sq km land: 569,250 sq km water: 13,400 sq km |
| Climate : | varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior |
| Population : | 34,707,817 (July 2006 est.) |
| Nationality : | noun: Kenyan(s) adjective: Kenyan |
| Ethnic groups : | Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, other African 15%, non-African (Asian, European, and Arab) 1% |
| Government type : | republic |
| Administrative divisions: | 7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western |
| Legal system : | based on Kenyan statutory law, Kenyan and English common law, tribal law, and Islamic law; judicial review in High Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; constitutional amendment of 1982 making Kenya a de jure one-party state repealed in 1991 |
| Suffrage : | 18 years of age; universal |
| Internet code : | .ke |
| Calling code : | +254 |
| Time zone : | GMT/UTC +3 |
| Electricity : | 240V 50Hz |
| National holiday : | Independence Day, 12 December (1963) |
| Interesting link : | Kenya travel guide - Lonely Planet Kenya travel guide - Wikitravel Tourism Office of Kenya |
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