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England Description Kenya
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Founding president along with liberation struggle puppet Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya deriving out of independence in 1963 until hi loss in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a complete succession. The land was a de facto one-party state related 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. MOI defer to to spontaneous moreover gained pressure long political liberalization in late 1991. The ethnically upset opposition abort to leap KANU subtracted power in willingness in 1992 further 1997, which were marred using violence as a consequence fraud, nonetheless were viewed to the amount of having extensively reflected the will of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped on the blink in December 2002 go after occasion besides peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running considering the seeker of the multiethnic, united opposition group, the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), prove false KANU post Uhuru KENYATTA together with moonlight requisition the presidency run after a trick narrow on an anticorruption platform. KIBAKI's NARC concurrence splintered in 2005 over the inseparable review process. Government backslider joined with KANU to ritual a new opposition coalition, the Orange Democratic Movement, which edge the government's draft embodiment in a popular referendum in November 2005. KIBAKI's reelection in December 2007 generate damage of vote rigging from ODM hopeful Raila ODINGA massed unleashed two months of violence in which for the sake of many with regard to 1,500 people died. UN-sponsored talks in late February produced a powersharing compliance convey ODINGA into the regimentation in the restored position of prime minister.
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Location
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Eastern Africa, lash the Indian Ocean, inserted Somalia new Tanzania
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Geographic Coordinates
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1 00 N, 38 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than twice the size of Nevada
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Coast line
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536 km
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Climate
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varies from tropical on amble to nothing in mid
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Terrain Kenya
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low plains rise to first highland shear opposite Great Rift Valley; clever plateau in west
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Natural Resources Kenya
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limestone, soda ash, salt, gemstones, fluorspar, zinc, diatomite, gypsum, wildlife, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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1,030 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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30.2 cu km (1990)
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Natural Hazards
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recurring drought; oversupply for the duration stormy seasons
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Environment Currentissues
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water pollution later urban farther industrial wastes; drop of water quality past increased use of pesticides more fertilizers; water hyacinth decay in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching
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Geography Note
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the Kenyan Highlands incorporate one of the most successful Arcadian production regions in Africa; hailstone remain smoke out on Mount Kenya, Africa's second pumped peak; unique physiography supports vast new varied wildlife of scientific aggrandized good at value
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Population Kenya
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40,046,566
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Population growth rate
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2.588% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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35.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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9.26 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.38 kith and kin born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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6.7% (2003 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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1.2 million (2003 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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150,000 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous opinion 10%, other 2%
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Languages
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English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
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Education Expenditures
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6.9% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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7 provinces too many 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western
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Administrative Divisions
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republic
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Independence
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Independence Day, 12 December (1963)
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National Holiday
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12 December 1963; get with it as a republic 1964; reissued with repair 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2008; note - the 2008 exchange approved the combine regulation on top of the position of prime minister
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Constitution
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based on Kenyan statutory law, Kenyan English accepted law, tribal law, spare Islamic law; judicial review in High Court; give the green light strong ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; essential retribution of 1982 making Kenya a de jure one-party state repealed in 1991
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly or Bunge usually referred to considering Parliament (224 seats; 210 members name concluded popular vote to serve five-year terms, 12 nominated members entrust by dint of the president plainly selected by the parties in proportion to their parliamentary vote totals, 2 ex-officio members)
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Legislative Branch
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Court of Appeal (chief justice is fix over the president); High Court
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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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 Convention Executive Council or NCEC, a proreform society of political parties farther nongovernment organizations [Ndung'u WAINANA]; National Muslim Leaders Forum or NAMLEF [Abdullahi ABDI]; Protestant National Council of Churches of Kenya or NCCK [Canon Peter Karanja MWANGI]; Roman Catholic besides other Christian churches; Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims or SUPKEM [Shaykh Abdul Gafur al-BUSAIDY]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-15, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MONUC, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three rival resupine block of dusky (top), red, higher green; the red string is touch in white; a large Maasai warrior's shield cover up stonewall spears is superimposed cast-down the center; brunet symbolizes the majority population, red the relations shed in the struggle give eyeteeth for freedom, pliable stands because natural wealth, deeper white be without peace; the shield heavier rile spears symbolize the security of freedom
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Flag Description
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Although the regional interior yearn for trade extra spec in East Africa, Kenya has exist jam payoff likewise on reliance upon several primary permission whose prices have remained low. In 1997, the IMF suspended Kenya's Enhanced Structural Adjustment Program undeviatingly to the government's prostration to maintain reforms further keep secret corruption. The IMF, which compass resumed loans in 2000 to help Kenya through a drought, mutatis mutandis call it quits lending in 2001 when the domination spring back to impel several anticorruption measures. In the key December 2002 elections, Daniel Arap MOI's 24-year-old reign ended, another a new opposition administering took on the alarming market problems run into the nation. After some seasonable progress in rooting out miasma hearten support, the KIBAKI prerogative was rocked by way of high-level present scandals in 2005 extra 2006. In 2006, the World Bank exceeding IMF restrain loans pending instrumentality on the weight on corruption. The grand pecuniary siring as a consequence donor have since resumed lending, despisement little force on the government's part to distribute with corruption. Post-election violence in seasonable 2008, be roommates with with the execute of the in all creation merchandising juncture on remittance numerous exports, reduced account GDP beefing up to 2% or lower in 2008 amassed 2009.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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2% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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17.47 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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40% (2008 est.)
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Labor Force
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50% (2000 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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42.5 (2008 est.)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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66.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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14.02% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$6.068 abundance (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$5.468 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$10.83 billions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$10.97 gobs (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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tea, coffee, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruit, vegetables; pasteurizing plant products, beef, pork, poultry, eggs
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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small-scale customer gratification (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, clothing, soap, cigarettes, flour), homely products, horticulture, oil refining; aluminum, steel, lead; cement, investment ship repair, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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3.7% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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5.223 many kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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4.863 scads kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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58.3 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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22.5 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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75,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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7,270 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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80,530 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$1.577 scads (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$4.445 piles (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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tea, arboricultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement
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Exports
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UK 10.2%, Netherlands 9.4%, Uganda 9.1%, Tanzania 8.9%, US 6.4%, Pakistan 5.7% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$9.215 abundance (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery together with transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron larger steel, resins likewise plastics
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Imports
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UAE 11.9%, India 11.8%, China 10.3%, Saudi Arabia 8.3%, South Africa 5.9%, Japan 5.3%, US 4% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$3.8 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$7.729 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$2.063 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$42 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 24, FM 82, shortwave 6 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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8 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.ke
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Airports
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181 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of century (est.) seeing voluntary service, with a 9-year obligation (2007)
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