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Kenya
Last reviewed: 28 April 2008
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Area: 580,370 sq km (224,081 sq miles)
Population: 34.5 million (2005)
Capital city: Nairobi
People (approx): Kikuyu 22%, Luhya 15%, Luo 12%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 6%, Maasai/Samburu 2%
Language(s): English, Kiswahili, various indigenous languages
Religion(s): Protestant (mainstream) 27%, Protestant (evangelical) 23%, Roman Catholic 31%, Muslim 8%, other 2%, None 2% (Afro Barometer, March 2004)
Currency: Kenyan shilling (KSH) £1=121KSh (April 2008)
President: Emilio Mwai Kibaki (re-elected 27 December 2007)
Vice President (and Minister for Home Affairs): Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka
Prime Minister: Raila Odinga (sworn-in 17 April 2008)
Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister of Trade): Uhuru Kenyatta
Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister for Local Government): Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi
Foreign Minister: Moses Wetangula
Major Political parties: Kibaki heads Party of National Unity (PNU): including National Rainbow Coalition-Kenya (Narc-K), Democratic Party (DP), Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya (Ford-Kenya), Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People (Ford-People), New Ford-Kenya, Kenyan African National Union (KANU), Shirikisho, Safina, and other smaller parties. Raila Odinga heads the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), and Kalonzo Musyoka heads the smaller Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K).
Membership of international groupings/organisations: UN, Commonwealth, African Union, WTO, East African Community (EAC), Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
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Address:
Kenya High Commission
45 Portland Place
London W1B 1AS
Agriculture and Commercial Offices
25 Brooks Mews
Off Davies Street
London W1
Telephone:
(020) 7636 2371
(020) 7355 3146 (Agriculture and Commercial)
(020) 7355 3145 (Commercial)
Fax:
(020) 7323 6717
(020) 7495 8656 (Agriculture)
(020) 7355 3144 (Commercial)
Email: kcomm45@aol.com
Office hours:
Mon-Fri: 0900-1300 and 1400-1700
Mon-Fri: 0930-1200 and 1400-1530 (Visa)
Website: www.kenyahighcommission.net