Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Eastern Africa. At 580,367 square kilometres (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 47.6 million people in the 2019 census, Kenya is the 29th most populous country. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest city and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third-largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria. Other important urban centres include Nakuru and Eldoret. As of 2020, Kenya is the third-largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and South Africa. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast.
According to archaeological dating of associated artifacts and skeletal material, the Cushites first settled in the lowlands of Kenya between 3,200 and 1,300 BC, a phase referred to as the Lowland Savanna Pastoral Neolithic. Nilotic-speaking pastoralists (ancestral to Kenya's Nilotic speakers) started migrating from present-day South Sudan into Kenya around 500 BC. European contact began in 1500 with the Portuguese Empire, though effective colonisation of Kenya began in the 19th century during the European exploration of the interior. Modern-day Kenya emerged from a protectorate established by the British Empire in 1895 and the subsequent Kenya Colony, which began in 1920. Numerous disputes between the UK and the colony led to the Mau Mau revolution, which began in 1952, and the subsequent declaration of independence in 1963. After independence, Kenya remained a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The current constitution was adopted in 2010 to replace the 1963 independence constitution.
Kenya is a presidential representative democratic republic, in which elected officials represent the people and the president is the head of state and government. Kenya is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, COMESA, International Criminal Court, and other international organisations. With a GNI of 1,460, Kenya is a lower-middle-income economy. Kenya's economy is the largest in eastern and central Africa, with Nairobi serving as a major regional commercial hub. Agriculture is the largest sector: tea and coffee are traditional cash crops, while fresh flowers are a fast-growing export. The service industry is also a major economic driver, particularly tourism. Kenya is a member of the East African Community trade bloc, though some international trade organisations categorise it as part of the Greater Horn of Africa. Africa is Kenya's largest export market, followed by the European Union.
But also Kenyan women must stop being cheap sluts for scammers & sex-tourists. We refuse to shoulder the blame for your poor life-choices. If your dumb mothers didn’t tell you to get your act right, we will.
“Stay away from Nigerian men! All Nigerian men are conmen. Repeat after me; “All...
Haya as if Kenya hakuna gangs, US funded and trained Kenyan troops zitatumwa Haiti eti kuzuia uhalifu, ikumbukwe tangia raisi wa watu wa Haiti auliwe Ikulu na so called gangs Haiti haijatulia na inashutumu CIA kuhusika, sasa US an fund Kenyan forces to be deployed in Haiti, Haitian are blacks...
Rwanda contributed the highest volume of profit earnings for Kenyan bank subsidiaries in East Africa and beyond last year, a new report by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said.
The CBK said the regional subsidiaries of Kenyan banks posted a combined pre-tax profit of Sh32.51 billion as of...
They sneak the president in through the back
When President Ruto has to spend the night and arrives at his hotel, he probably won't be strolling through the front doors. Could you imagine the president getting stuck in those revolving doors? It will be a Security nightmare. Instead, agents will...
Five Reasons Kenya Funds Evil Scenes in Ngorongoro Crater
By James Mulaitu, Kenya
June 13, 2022
Sponsored media and special tasks in my country (Kenya) are now busy misleading the world through false videos, pictures, and creating artificial scenes showing the Maasai in Ngorongoro crater badly...
KCB Group’s acquisition of Rwandan bank has extended Kenya’s domination of the East African financial market with a 44 percent rise in bank branches to 494 locations last year.
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) data shows Kenyan bank outlets in the region jumped from 343 after KCB acquired...
Ni tycoon gani wakitanzania alitekwa huko Kenya tena? Au hiki chombo si chakuaminika? Maana mpaka sasa sijaona taarifa kama hii upande huu wa boda.
Kenyan Cops Arrested For Kidnapping, Robbing Tanzanian Tycoon
Four Police officers and a civilian are behind bars at Loitoktok Police Station...
Tanzania's Smart Codes hires African corporate leader
WEDNESDAY MAY 11 2022
Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian firm, Smart Codes, a Smart Africa Group subsidiary, has appointed one of the continent’s prolific marketing leaders with a global mindset, Beatrice Nyamari, as its managing director.
Ms...
Netflix is helping produce three Kenyan movies and will spend Sh33 million to train actors, as part of its investment in local content.
The three are in different stages of production while their licensed local titles are being reviewed by Netflix.
The US streaming service said the Kenyan...
25 April 2022
Nairobi, Kenya
Dollar shortage hits Kenya disrupting manufacturing chain
More on the crisis :
Manufacturers in Kenya are now bracing for the rationing of dollars in financial institutions following a directive by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
CBK had directed financial...
Ethiopia has constituted a committee to liberalise the banking sector, taking a major step in opening the door for Kenyan lenders such as KCB Group to set up operations in the populous nation.
The committee has already started work to amend Ethiopia’s half-a-century old financial code, local...
Kenyan cement companies have stepped up expansion plans with an eye on the estimated 10 million metric tonnes annual demand of cement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) market.
The East Africa region’s installed cement capacity is currently estimated at 15.6 million tonnes, with 8.6...
Another Kenyan company is filing for bankruptcy
Inside Keroche Breweries' four shutdowns in two months
In Summary
Manufacturer– Keroche Breweries now says there is a need to create an enabling environment for businesses to navigate through the tough Covid-19 pandemic period, which has...
Kenyan CS Monica Juma quits race for Commonwealth job
Kenyan Energy Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma.
Summary
Sources in government confirmed to the Business Daily that Dr Juma, who has been a key figure in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government, had withdrawn her candidature.
Australia’s Sydney...
Men battling erectile dysfunction can now breathe a sigh of relief after Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) successfully performed a penile implant procedure to treat the condition, a first in the East African region.
Experts say erectile dysfunction or impotence is a taboo subject among many...
Kenya Shipyard Limited (KSL) has received six orders from Tanzania and Uganda for the construction of ships, raising the business prospects of the newly formed entity.
The firm’s deputy director, Peter Muthungu, added that it had another 11 orders from local firms for the construction of the...
Hunger stalks 20m in East Africa as 2030 nears
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 05 2022
A caravan of camels. The dire hunger situation is the result of a toxic cocktail of the climate crisis, Covid-19, a desert locust invasion and increasingly severe and protracted violent conflicts. PHOTO | COURTESY...
A Kenyan scientist living in the United States has presented the world's first once-a-year antiretroviral (ARV) medicine.
Prof. Benson Edagwa and his colleagues at the University of Nebraska Medical Center changed the ARV medicine cabotegravir such that it may be absorbed and released slowly...
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