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The trade balance fluctuates widely because Kenya's main exports are primary commodities subject to the effects of both world prices and weather. In 2005 Kenya's income from exports was about US$3.2 billion. The payment for imports was about US$5.7B, yielding a trade deficit of about US$2.5B.
The Communist Party of Kenya (CPK), [8] formerly known as the Social Democratic Party (SDP ), is a prominent political organisation in Kenya. Founded in 1992, the political party has undergone substantial transformations in its name, ideological orientation from social democracy to communism and political positioning.
Esther Arunga. Esther Adongo Arunga, also known as Esther Timberlake, is a barrister, solicitor, and a former television and radio presenter from Kenya, who now resides in Australia. She is married to Quincy Timberlake and is a co-founder of the PlaCenta Party (Platinum Centralizer and Unionist Party of Kenya).
Aden Duale. Aden Bare Duale EGH ( Somali: Aadan Barre Ducaale) is a Kenyan politician currently serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence in the cabinet of President William Ruto, [1] [2] having assumed the position on 31 October 2022. [3] A former Member of the National Assembly for Garissa Township Constituency, Duale served as the ...
Legislative branch The National Assembly of Kenya is based at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi.. The Bicameral Parliament consists of a National Assembly and Senate. The National Assembly, or Bunge, has 349 members, 290 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies, 47 women elected from each county, 12 members nominated by political parties in proportion to their share of ...
—Deputy Governor to Secretary of State for the Colonies, 19 March 1945 The armed rebellion of the Mau Mau was the culminating response to colonial rule. Although there had been previous instances of violent resistance to colonialism, the Mau Mau revolt was the most prolonged and violent anti-colonial warfare in the British Kenya colony. From the start, the land was the primary British ...
Kenya National Theatre is part of the Kenya Cultural Centre, [1] a Semi Autonomous Government Agency under the Ministry of State for National Heritage and Culture in Kenya. It is mandated to offer space for the rehearsal and staging of productions to both local and international repertoire. [2] It is based in Nairobi along Harry Thuku Road and ...
The 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis was a violent political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that erupted in Kenya after former President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election held on December 27, 2007. Supporters of Kibaki's main opponent in that election, Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement, alleged electoral ...