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East Africa Time, or EAT, is a time zone used in eastern Africa. The time zone is three hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+03:00 ), which is the same as Moscow Time , Arabia Standard Time , Further-eastern European Time and Eastern European Summer Time .
Languages of Kenya. Kenya is a multilingual country. The two official languages of Kenya, Swahili and English are widely spoken as lingua francas; however, including second-language speakers, Swahili is more widely spoken than English. [1] Swahili is a Bantu language native to East Africa and English is inherited from British colonial rule .
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, [12] Kenya is the 28th-most-populous country in the world [7] and 7th most populous in Africa.
U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House on Thursday for a state visit aimed at deepening relations with African nations, which have been sidelined by ...
The White House is throwing one of its biggest-ever state dinners for Kenyan President William Ruto and leaning in to the African leader's tastes by showcasing two uniquely American types of music ...
Depends on the sighting of the moon. Eid al-Adha. 10 October. Mazingira Day, formerly Utamaduni Day (moved to Dec 26), formerly Huduma Day, formerly Moi Day [2] 20 October. Mashujaa Day (Formerly Kenyatta Day) 12 December. Jamhuri Day, marks the date of Kenya's establishment as a republic on 12 December 1964.
The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. It is part of the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of the East African Rift, which starts in Tanzania to the south and continues northward into Ethiopia. [1] It was formed on the "Kenyan Dome" a geographical upwelling created by the ...
Findings at Olorgesailie in Southern Kenya indicate that advanced middle stone age technology and long distance trade was established by this time. ~40 kyr Ostrich shell bead jewellery and obsidian tools dating to this time are found at Enkapune ya Muto in the Central rift valley. The rock shelter is occupied in phases until 1,300 years ago.