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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.
Kenya's various ethnic groups typically speak their mother tongues within their own communities. The two official languages, English and Swahili, are used in varying degrees of fluency for communication with other populations. Today, English is the official language in Kenya, while Swahili enjoys the status of the national language.
Amboseli National Park, formerly Maasai Amboseli Game Reserve, is a national park in Loitoktok District in Kajiado County, Kenya. [1] It is 39,206 ha (392.06 km 2) in size at the core of an 8,000 km 2 (3,100 sq mi) ecosystem that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. [2]
Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby areas. This would bring the Kenyan ...
The Government of Kenya had four reasons for creating a national park on and around Mount Kenya. These were the importance of tourism for the local and national economies , to preserve an area of great scenic beauty, to conserve the biodiversity within the park, and to preserve the water-catchment for the surrounding area.
In a press conference with news outlets, the president of the Kenya Medical Association, Simon Kigondu, said that at least 13 people had been killed, [91] adding that he had never seen "such level of violence against unarmed people." [92] Deputy Azimio opposition leader Martha Karua termed the deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces ...
Kenya Film Commission; Kenya Film Classification Board; Kenya News Agency; Television. A24 news channel; Citizen TV; Kenya Broadcasting Corporation; Kenya Television Network; Tinga Tinga Tales; Radio. 98.4 Capital FM; CRI Nairobi 91.9 FM; Pamoja FM; Radio Maria; Newspapers. The African Executive; Business Daily Africa; Daily Nation; The ...
Islam is the religion of 10.91 percent of the population. [1] Most Muslims in Kenya are Sunni, mostly of the Shafii rite. Approximately 8% are non-denominational Muslims, [16] 7% identify themselves as Shia and about 4% identify themselves as Ahmadi Muslims, [17] as well as a small proportion of Ibadism practitioners. [18]