Travel to Kenya
Travel warning is issued for traveling to Kenya. For more information please visit U.S. Department of State
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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Kenya
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +3
- Electricity: 240V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellular phone etc.)
- Currency: Kenyan Shilling (KSh)
- Country Dialing Code: 254
Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List
- Lake Turkana National Parks
- Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
- Lamu Old Town
Kenya
Location
Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania
Capital
Nairobi
Population
33,829,590
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 and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Regions
7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western
Climate
varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior
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%
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), numerous indigenous languages
Government type
republic
Background
Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence 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 are viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped down in December of 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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