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The East African Federation ( Swahili: Shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki) is a proposed political union of the eight sovereign states of the East African Community in the African Great Lakes region – Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Somalia and Uganda – as a single federated sovereign state. [6]
Culture of Kenya. The Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic ethnic group native to western Kenya and the Mara Region of northern Tanzania in East Africa. The Luo are the fourth-largest ethnic group (10.65%) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu (17.13%), the Luhya (14.35%) and the Kalenjin (13.37%). [3] The Tanzanian Luo population was estimated at 1.1 ...
18 April – The Head of the Kenya Defence Forces, General Francis Omondi Ogolla, dies along with nine other military officers in a helicopter crash in Elgeyo Marakwet County. [6] 2024 Kenya dam failure: At least 50 people are killed after the Old Kijabe Dam collapses due to heavy rains near Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County. [7]
Pop. density. 65,500/km 2 (169600/sq mi) Migingo is a 2,000- square-metre (0.49- acre; 0.20- hectare) island in Kenya on Lake Victoria. [3] The island was the center of a low-level territorial dispute between Kenya and Uganda and is extremely densely populated. [1] Migingo is a main source of fish to the Kenyan people.
Trade and development. Ethiopia and Kenya maintain trading ties. Both countries are members of the IGAD trade bloc. However, commerce is largely unidirectional, with Ethiopia mainly importing products from Kenya. In 2012, Ethiopia exported $4 million worth of goods to Kenya, while Kenya exported $54 million in commodities to Ethiopia.
History of Tanzania. The modern-day African Great Lakes state of Tanzania dates formally from 1964, when it was formed out of the union of the much larger mainland territory of Tanganyika and the coastal archipelago of Zanzibar. The former was a colony and part of German East Africa from the 1880s to 1919 when, under the League of Nations, it ...
Portal. : Kenya. Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya ( Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya ), is a country in East Africa. A member of the Commonwealth with a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, Kenya is the 28th most populous country in the world and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while ...
LGBT individuals and same-sex couples are not allowed to adopt. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Kenya face significant challenges not experienced by non- LGBT residents. [4] [5] Sodomy is a felony per Section 162 of the Kenyan Penal Code, punishable by 21 years' imprisonment, and any sexual practices (termed "gross ...