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The Republic of Kenya is located in Kenya
Africa
The east, Kenya for short,
equator
Across the middle,
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa
Running north and south. Eastern neighbours
Somalia
, South to
Tanzania
, Siljan
Uganda
, North and
Ethiopia
,
South Sudan
Junction, southeast edge
The Indian Ocean
The coastline is 536 km long. 18% of the land area is arable land, the rest is mainly suitable for animal husbandry, the land area of 582,646 square kilometers, the capital
Nairobi
The country is divided into 47 counties,
population
52.44 million (International Monetary Fund 2024 data),
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There are 44 ethnic groups in China.
Kenya is one of the birthplaces of humanity, where human skulls dating back about 2.5 million years have been unearthed. In the 7th century AD, a number of commercial cities were formed along the southeast coast, and Arabs began to trade and settle here. In the 16th century, Portuguese colonists occupied the coastal area. In 1890, Britain and Germany divided East Africa, Kenya was assigned to the United Kingdom, the British government declared Kenya as its "East African Protectorate" in 1895, and became a colony in 1920. In March 1960, the Kenya African National Union and the Kenya African Democratic Union were formed. In February 1962, the London Constitutional Convention decided to form a coalition government between the two parties. A general election was held in May 1963 and the KCP won. An autonomous government was established on June 1 and independence was declared on December 12. The Republic of Kenya was established on 12 December 1964, but remained within the Commonwealth.
Kenya is
The United Nations
,
African Union
,
Non-aligned movement
,
The Group of 77
Member states,
Lome convention
Signatory, yes
East African Intergovernmental Authority on Development
,
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
,
East African community
and
Indian Ocean Rim Regional Cooperation Alliance
Member of other sub-regional organizations, one of the four headquarters of the United Nations,
United Nations Environment Programme
and
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
It is based in Nairobi.
2021 in Kenya
Gross domestic product
110.4 billion dollars,
Gross domestic product per capita
$2,321, economic growth rate 7.5%.
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- Chinese name
- Republic of Kenya [2]
- Foreign name
- The Republic of Kenya
- Abbreviated form
- Kenya
- continent
- Africa
- capital
- Nairobi [2]
- National Day
- December 12, 1964
- National song
- Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu
- Country code
- KEN
- Official language
- The Swahili language , English [2]
- currency
- Kenyan shilling [2]
- Time zone
- UTC+3
- Political system
- Presidential republic
- National leader
- President: William Ruto, Prime Minister: Raila Odinga [13]
- Population number
- 52.02 million [2] [17] [25] (World Bank data for 2022)
- Population density
- 94.5 people/km2 [12]
- Major nationality
- The Kikuyu , Luhea, Kalanjin, Maasai
- Major religion
- Protestantism , Catholicism , voodoo , Islam
- Land area
- 582646 km² [2]
- Water area ratio
- 2.3%
- Total GDP
- $113.4 billion [2] [17] [26] (2022)
- Per capita GDP
- $2,099 [4] [17] [26] (2022)
- International telephone area code
- 254
- International domain name abbreviation
- .ke
- Road access
- Drive on the left
- Human development index
- 0.575 [19] (Year 2021)
- National motto
- "Pull together"
- Largest city
- Nairobi
- Central bank
- Central Bank of Kenya
- The national flower
- Kenshanlan
- Leading institution
- University of Nairobi , Moi University Etc.
catalogue
- 1Historical evolution
- 2Geographical environment
- ▪Regional location
- ▪landform
- ▪Climatic characteristics
- ▪Drainage distribution
- ▪Time zone
- 3Natural resources
- ▪Mineral resources
- ▪Petroleum resources
- ▪Forest resources
- ▪Clean energy
- 4Administrative division
- ▪regionalization
- ▪Major city
- 5National symbol
- ▪flag
- ▪National emblem
- ▪National anthem
- ▪National bird
- ▪The national flower
- 6Population nationality
- 7political
- ▪regime
- ▪constitution
- ▪congress
- ▪government
- ▪Political party
- ▪judiciary
- ▪dignitaries
- 8economy
- ▪summarize
- ▪industry
- ▪Agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery
- ▪tourism
Kenya is one of the birthplaces of humanity, where human skulls dating back about 2.5 million years have been unearthed.
By the 7th century, commercial cities had formed along the southeast coast,
Arab
Began to trade and settle here. The Chinese navigator
Zheng He
Had been to Kenya
Malindi
and
Mombasa
.
In the 16th century, Portuguese colonists occupied the coastal area. In 1557, the Portuguese built a fortress in Mombasa, East Africa.
In 1890, the United Kingdom and Germany divided East Africa, Kenya was assigned to the United Kingdom, the British government declared Kenya as its "East African Protectorate" in 1895, and became a colony in 1920.
In March 1960,
Kenya African National Union
(KKEN) and the African Democratic Union of Kenya were established.
In February 1962, the London Constitutional Convention decided to form a coalition government between the Kenya African National Union (KNU) and the Kenya African Democratic Union.
Kenya
The Republic of Kenya was established on 12 December 1964 and remains within the Commonwealth.
Jomo Kenyatta
He was the first president.
Kenyatta died in 1978, Vice president
Daniel Arap Moi
Daniel Arap Moi will succeed him as president.
The third multi-party general election in December 2002, won by the opposition National Rainbow Alliance,
Mwai Kibaki
He was sworn in as president on December 30, 2002, with a smooth transition of power.
On 28 October 2015, he was elected a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for a term from 2016 to 2018.
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Kenya is located in eastern Africa, with the equator running through the center and the Great Rift Valley running north and south. Eastern neighbours
Somalia
, South to
Tanzania
, Siljan
Uganda
, North and
Ethiopia
,
South Sudan
Bordering the Indian Ocean to the southeast, the coastline is 536 km long. There are many plateaus in the territory, with an average altitude of 1500 meters. It covers an area of 583,000 square kilometers.
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Mount Kenya, the highest peak in Kenya
The whole of Kenya is located in the tropical monsoon zone, most of the area belongs to the savanna climate, the coastal areas are hot and humid, the plateau climate is mild, March to June and October to December for the rainy season, the rest of the dry season. Annual rainfall decreases from 1500 mm to 200 mm from southwest to northeast. The highest temperature throughout the year is 22-26 ° C and the lowest temperature is 10-14 ° C.
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There are many rivers and lakes, and the largest river is
Thane
,
Garana
. The west borders Africa's largest lake
Lake Victoria
.
Kenya is located in Zone 3 East, 5 hours behind Beijing time.
Gold, silver, copper, aluminum, zinc, niobium and thorium, in addition to soda ash and fluorite, most of the minerals have not yet been developed. In recent years, gold, coal, rare earth and titanium deposits have been discovered in western and eastern Kenya.
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In 2012, the British company Tullow Oil (Tullow Oil) found oil resources in the Lokicha Basin in the county of Turkana in northwestern Kenya, the initial proved oil reserves increased from 600 million barrels to the current 750 million barrels; Oil has also been found in the Mandera Basin in the northeast; British Gas has discovered both oil and gas in the Lamu offshore block.
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Kenya's forest area of 87,000 square kilometers, accounting for 15% of the country's land area, forest reserves 950 million tons.
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Kenya is rich in geothermal, solar, wind and other clean energy reserves, and the geothermal resources in the Great Rift Valley can generate 7,000 to 10,000 megawatts of power. Kenya currently has 798.7 MW of installed geothermal power capacity, which already accounts for 50% of Kenya's electricity generation.
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After the general election in March 2013, the provincial system was abolished and the country was divided into 47 counties for governance.
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capital
Nairobi
With an area of 648 square kilometers and an altitude of 1680 meters,
It has a population of about 3.5 million. The average annual temperature is 17.7℃.
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It is the national political, economic, cultural, industrial and transportation center.
Other major economic centers are
Mombasa
,
Kisumu
,
Eldoret
and
Nakuru
Let's wait. Among them, Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya and the largest port city in East Africa; Kisumu is Kenya's third largest city, western economic and transportation center, with the port of Lake Victoria; Nakuru is the central industrial and agricultural center; Eldoret is the "granary" of Kenya, with developed agriculture and animal husbandry.
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Flag of Kenya
Coat of arms of Kenya
Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu
God of all things in the world, bless the motherland, bless this land. God, you are the most fair and reasonable, let us live freely and peacefully in unity, and let the motherland be rich in goods.
The national bird of Kenya, the purple chest Buddhist monk
Kenshanlan
Kenyans
Kenya has a total of 44 ethnic groups, divided into Bantu, Nile and Kushite three major languages, of which the KIKUYU (KIKUYU) is the largest, accounting for about 17% of the population. Other ethnic groups include the LUHYA (14%), KALENJIN (13%), LUO (11%), KAMBA (10%), and KENYANSOMALI (5.8%). There are also Asians of Indian and Pakistani descent, Arabs and Europeans. In July 2017, President Uhuru Kenyatta officially signed a decree designating ethnic Indians as Kenya's 44th tribe.
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Kenya implements the presidential cabinet system, in which the President is the head of state, head of government and commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year term. Since independence, the Ken Union has been in power for a long time, and after switching to a multi-party system in 1991, the Ken Union won two consecutive multi-party elections in 1992 and 1997, and Moi was re-elected president. The third multi-party general election was held in December 2002, when the opposition coalition National Rainbow Alliance defeated the NCP and Kibaki was elected president. Following the December 2007 general election, nationwide unrest erupted over a dispute between the ruling Party of National Unity and the opposition Orange Democratic Movement over the results. Under the mediation of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the two parties signed the Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of the Coalition Government on February 28, 2008, and formed the coalition government on April 13. Ruling party leader Mwai Kibaki became president and opposition leader Raila Odinga assumed the newly created post of prime minister. In the March 2013 general election, Uhuru Kenyatta of the Jubilee Alliance defeated Odinga of the Alliance for Reform and Democracy to become the fourth president of Kenya. Kenyatta was re-elected president in October 2017. In August 2022, Kenya held a presidential election, and the United Democratic Alliance candidate William Samoi Ruto defeated Odinga and was elected as the fifth president on September 13.
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The Constitution of the Republic was promulgated in 1964 and has since undergone 30 amendments. In June 1982, Kenya adopted a constitutional amendment to establish a one-party system. In December 1991, the Constitution was amended to adopt a multi-party system, which stipulated that: Kenya is a multi-party democracy, and the president is the head of state, the head of government and the Commander-in-Chief of the National Defense Forces, with a term of five years and no more than two consecutive terms; The president has supreme executive power and the power to appoint and remove, and to convene or dissolve parliament; The President and the cabinet are collectively accountable to Parliament; Citizens enjoy freedom of religion, speech, assembly, association and movement. In 1997, the Ken opposition strongly demanded a comprehensive constitutional amendment on the grounds that the constitution did not meet the requirements of a multi-party system. In September of the same year, Ken promulgated the draft Bill of the Constitutional Amendment Committee, which began to amend the Constitution. In April 2010, the new constitution was approved by the parliament, and in August, it was officially promulgated and implemented through a referendum. Its main contents include: maintaining the presidential system of government, no longer creating the post of prime minister, but the president's powers are weakened; The parliament became bicameral and the Senate was added; The administrative divisions were changed from the central, provincial, regional, sub-district, township and village levels to the central and county levels.
Parliament is the highest legislative body in Kenya, established in 1963 with a Senate and a House of Representatives. In 1966, the Constitution was amended to incorporate the Senate into the House of Representatives, forming a unicameral system and establishing the National Assembly. The new Constitution, enacted in August 2010, restored the Senate to parliament. The 13th Parliament will be elected in August 2022, consisting of the National Assembly and the two houses of the Senate. Members serve five-year terms.
The current President and Deputy President of the National Assembly are nominated by each party from its own non-members and members respectively, and elected by all the members of the National Assembly. The current Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetangula. The main functions of the National Assembly include: legislation, deciding on the distribution of national tax revenue, supervising the government and state financial expenditure, authorizing wars, extending the state of emergency, impeaching the president and vice president, and approving important personnel appointments. It has 32 committees.
The President of the Senate and the Deputy President of the Senate are nominated by each party from among its own non-members and members respectively, and are elected by all senators. The current Speaker of the Senate, Amason Kingi. The main functions of the Senate include: to participate in the legislation related to the counties, the distribution of taxes, fiscal expenditure, delegation of power, and participate in the impeachment of the president and vice president. It has 20 committees.
Implement a presidential system. President William Samoei Ruto, President Ruto's cabinet changes for October 2023 are as follows: Musalia Mudavadi, Chief Cabinet Minister and Minister of Foreign and Overseas Affairs; Abraham Kindiki, Minister of Interior; Aden Duale, Minister of Defense; Njuguma Ndung 'u, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning; Moses Kuria, Minister of Public Service Performance Management; Kipchumba Murkomen, Minister of Roads, Transport and Public Works; Alice Wahome, Minister of Land, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development; Eliud Owalo, Minister of Information, Communications and Digital Economy; Susan Nakumicha Wafula, Minister of Health; Ezekiel Machogu, Minister of Education; Mithika Linturi, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development; Rebecca Miano, Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry; Simon Chelugui, Minister of Cooperatives and Msmes Development; Ababu Namwamba, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports; Soipan Tuya, Minister of Environment and Forestry; Alfred Nganga Mutua, Minister of Tourism and Wildlife; Zachariah Mwangi Njeru, Minister of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation; Davis Chirchir, Minister of Energy and Petroleum; Florence Bore, Minister of Labour and Social Security; Peninah Malonza, Minister of Eastern Community, Drought and Semi-Drought and Regional Development; Salim Mvurya, Minister of Mines, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, and Aisha Jumwa Katana, Minister of Gender Equality, Culture, Arts and Heritage.
A multi-party system was introduced in 1992. There are currently about 90 registered political parties. Before the 2022 general election, the parties focused on accelerating the differentiation and formation of the United Platform Alliance led by Odinga and the United Democratic Alliance formed by Ruto as the core of the Kenya First Alliance two camps, and finally, the United Democratic Alliance won the general election.
Under the new Constitution, the country's courts are divided into two tiers: higher courts and lower courts. The High Court system is divided into three levels, from the high Court to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and a special Court set up by Parliament to deal with Labour, land and environment disputes at the same level as the High Court. The basic courts are of the same level and include district magistrates' courts, Muslim Khadis' courts, military courts and other courts established by Parliament. Those who are not satisfied with the decision may appeal step by step to the Court of Appeal and even the Supreme Court. On 19 May 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed Martha Koome as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the first female chief justice in the country and the East African region. In addition, Kenya is establishing Sharia courts in Muslim areas with limited jurisdiction under Sharia law.
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William Ruto votes during the general election
William Samoi Ruto
: The President. Born 1966, Kalenkin. He received a Bachelor's degree in Flora and fauna, a master's degree and a doctorate degree in plant ecology from the University of Nairobi. He has served as a member of the National Assembly, Deputy Minister of the Interior, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Higher Education, etc. He was elected vice president in 2013 as Kenyatta's running mate and was re-elected in 2017. In August 2022, Ruto ran for president and won, and in September he was inaugurated as Ken's fifth president.
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Raila Odinga
Kenya has one of the better economic foundations in sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture, service industry and industry are the three pillars of the national economy, and agricultural products such as tea, tourism and overseas Chinese remittances are the three major sources of foreign exchange earnings. Industry is relatively developed in East Africa, with complete categories and basic self-sufficiency in daily necessities.
In 2008, the Kenyan government launched the Vision 2030 Plan, giving priority to the development of tourism, agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, business process outsourcing (BPO), financial services and other key industries, aiming to achieve an average annual economic growth rate of 10%. By 2030, Kenya will become a newly industrialized middle-income country with global competitiveness, a high quality of life for its people, a beautiful environment and social stability. Economic growth was slowed by the election crisis in early 2008, drought and the international financial crisis. Since 2010, the Kenyan government has adopted a series of policies to promote economic growth, and the economy has shown a good momentum of development. But poverty and unemployment remain high, at around 40 per cent. In 2015, China promulgated the National Industrialization Development Plan and the Law on Special Economic Zones, vigorously strengthened infrastructure construction, paid attention to the development of oil and gas resources, geothermal, solar and other new energy sources, and actively promoted industrialization and economic transformation. In 2017, the Kenyan government put forward the "four major development goals" of food security, housing security, manufacturing development and medical security. Key economic data for 2023 are as follows:
GDP: $119.75 billion.
GDP per capita: $2,081.
Economic growth rate: 5.6%.
Name of currency: Kenyan Shilling.
Exchange rate: 1 US dollar ≈147 Kenyan shillings.
(Source: World Bank data)
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After independence, the development is rapid, relatively complete categories, is the most developed industrial country in East Africa. It is mainly based on manufacturing, and the food processing industry is developed. Industry is concentrated in the three major cities of Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. Manufacturing accounts for about 10 percent of gross domestic product. Large enterprises have oil refining, tires, cement, steel rolling, power generation, automobile assembly plants. 85% of daily consumer goods are produced domestically, of which clothing, paper, food, beverages, cigarettes, etc., are basically self-sufficient, and some are exported. In early 2018, the Kenyan government announced that it would promote "four major development plans" in the next five years, among which the manufacturing industry target is to increase the share of manufacturing in GDP to 15%.
Agriculture is the pillar of the national economy, the output value accounts for about 1/3 of the GDP, and its exports account for more than half of Kenya's total exports. About 80% of the country's population is engaged in farming and animal husbandry. The arable land area is 92,000 square kilometers (about 16% of the land area), of which 73% is cultivated, mainly in the southwest. In normal years, we are basically self-sufficient in grain, and rely heavily on imports of wheat and rice. Sisal exports ranked second in the world. Africa's largest flower exporter, accounting for about one-third of the EU market share. In 2016, the exports of tea, horticultural products and coffee were about 1.2 billion, 990 million and 200 million US dollars respectively. Among horticultural products, flowers, vegetables and fruits were exported about 690 million, 230 million and 0.7 million US dollars, respectively. The fishery resources are rich, with the output of 146,000 tons in 2016, mostly from freshwater lakes in the territory, of which Lake Victoria's annual catch accounts for more than 80% of the total fishery production.
According to Kenya's "Economic Survey 2021" data, the output value of Kenya's transportation and storage industry fell by 7.8% in 2020, accounting for 10.8% of GDP; The output value of wholesale and retail trade increased by 3.3%, accounting for 7.6% of GDP. The output value of the financial and insurance industries grew by 5.6%, accounting for 6.5% of GDP. Construction output increased by 11.8%, accounting for 7.0% of GDP. Real estate output increased by 5.2%, accounting for 9.3% of GDP.
Tourism in Kenya is relatively developed and is one of the pillar industries of the national economy. The main tourist attractions are the national parks and lakes of Nairobi, Tsavo, Amboseli, Nakuru, Masai Mara and the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, Mount Kenya and Mombasa Beach.
According to a report released by the Kenya Tourism Board, the total number of international visitors to Kenya in 2019 reached 2.048 million, an increase of 1.16% year-on-year. Hotel occupancy increased by 6.31%. In terms of tourist sources, the top six are the United States (11.98%), Uganda (10.88%), Tanzania (9.46%), the United Kingdom (8.86%), India (5.98%) and China (4.11%).
According to the Economic Survey 2021, tourism revenue fell by 43.9% to KSh91.7 billion in 2020. The drop is due to the coronavirus outbreak, which has led to government controls to curb the spread of the virus. In 2020, the number of international and local meetings fell by 87.0% and 75.2%, respectively, to 28 and 1,176. In 2020, the number of visitors to national parks and wildlife refuges decreased by 65.1% to 1.037 million. Similarly, the number of visitors to museums, snake parks and historical sites decreased from 992,000 in 2019 to 167,000 in 2020, a decrease of 83.8 percent.
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In December 2023 local time, Kenyan President Ruto announced that from January 2024, Kenya will remove visa requirements for visitors from around the world.
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Fiscal revenue mainly depends on taxes. As of the end of 2019, the total public debt of the Kenyan government was $56.919 billion. In the 2018/2019 fiscal year, the fiscal (budget) revenue was KSH 1,753.3 billion, the fiscal (budget) expenditure was KSH 2,493.5 billion, the fiscal (budget) deficit was KSH 740.2 billion, and the fiscal (budget) deficit was 7.7% of the GDP.
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Kenya has a relatively complete financial service system, including the central bank, 42 commercial banks, 1 mortgage finance institution microfinance bank, 3 credit agencies, 19 remittance agencies, 8 non-operating bank holding companies and 69 exchange companies. Of the 42 bank-type financial institutions, 40 are private banks and 2 are state-controlled banks. Of the 40 privately owned banks, 23 are locally controlled banks and 17 are foreign-controlled banks (14 are subsidiaries of foreign banks and 3 are branches of foreign banks).
The Kenyan stock market is the third largest stock exchange in sub-Saharan Africa after South Africa and Nigeria. As of December 2020, Kenyan stocks have a market capitalisation of about KSH2.33 trillion ($21.9 billion) and the Kenya 20 Share Index (NSE-20) stands at 1,868 points.
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It occupies an important position in the national economy, but has a long-term deficit. The main export commodities are tea, flowers, coffee, cement, sisal, pyrethrin, soda ash, leather, meat and petroleum processing products. The main imported goods are machinery, steel, vehicles, fertilizers, medicines and so on. In 2018, Kenya's import and export trade totaled 22.447 billion US dollars, of which the export value was 6.105 billion US dollars and the import value was 16.342 billion US dollars. Africa and Europe are respectively the first and second largest export destinations of Kenya. Asia is Kenya's largest source of imports, and China is Kenya's largest source of imports.
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Kenya's main trading partners in 2020 are China, India, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the United States. According to the latest data from the Export Promotion and Brand Bureau of Kenya for March 2021, Kenya's exports to South Sudan, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, Uganda and Germany have increased significantly, while exports to major markets such as the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Tanzania and Saudi Arabia have declined recently.
In 2020, tea, horticultural crops (flowers, fruits, vegetables, etc.), textiles and coffee accounted for 48.5% of Kenya's exports. Exports increased by more than KSH2 billion ($18.34 million) in tea, horticultural crops, vegetable oils, cereal products, tobacco products, food preproducts, fruit and vegetable preproducts. Industrial machinery, petroleum products and steel accounted for 40.1% of Kenya's imports. Since 2017, Kenya has become the largest exporter of avocados in Africa, ranking eighth in the world in terms of avocado production, exporting 26,481 tons in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 75.4% over the same period, and exports of about $40 million, an increase of 93% over the same period. Kenya exported 72,000 tons of avocados in 2020, 13,000 tons more than in 2019, mainly to European and Middle Eastern countries.
According to the World Bank, Kenya's trade in services totaled $9.475 billion in 2019, accounting for 9.9% of GDP. Among them, the export value of service trade was 43.325.620 billion US dollars, an increase of 2.61%; The value of service trade imports was 3.855 billion US dollars, down 0.66% year-on-year. Trade in services involves transportation, tourism, other (finance, information technology, insurance), etc.
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Since its independence in 1963, Kenya has always attached importance to absorbing and utilizing foreign capital to serve its economic construction. In 1964, the government promulgated the Foreign Investment Protection Law. At present, Britain, the United States, Germany, France and other countries have set up hundreds of companies in Kenya, and the investment fields cover agriculture, industry, commerce, tourism, finance, transportation and other sectors. The main areas of foreign investment in Kenya are manufacturing, agriculture, energy, construction, communications and mining. In 2018, Kenya attracted $1.624 billion in foreign direct investment, the highest in nearly six years.
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According to the World Investment Report 2021 released by the United Nations Trade and Development Council, Kenya will attract foreign investment flows of 717 million US dollars in 2020, down 34.7% year on year. By the end of 2020, Kenya's foreign investment stock stood at 10.01 billion US dollars.
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On May 2, 2018, it was approved as a prospective member of AIIB.
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Major donor countries and international organizations include Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, as well as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the International Development Association, the United Nations Development Program, the African Development Bank, the European Development Fund and the Global Fund. Foreign aid is mainly used for agriculture, military, transportation, education, health, telecommunications and social development projects.
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Swahili is the national language and an official language along with English.
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33.4% of the population is Protestant, 20.6% Catholic, 20.4% evangelical, 11% Islamic, and the rest primitive and Hindu.
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Kenyan folk dance
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Polygamy Bill on 29 April 2014, legalizing polygamous marriages in line with local traditions.
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Kenya is naturally rich, with the rich volcanic soil of the Rift Valley producing fresh vegetables, while the coastal areas are rich in tropical fruits and fresh seafood. Kenya was colonized by European countries for a long time in its history, so Western cuisine is quite common and authentic. The large number of Asian residents has brought a large number of Indian, Pakistani and other subcontinental restaurants to the area. The coastal region is also home to the famous Swahili cuisine, a combination of Middle Eastern and African cuisine with coastal flavors.
The rich volcanic soil of the Rift Valley produces an abundance of fresh vegetables, while the coastal region is rich in tropical fruits and fresh seafood. The coastal region is also home to world-famous Swahili cuisine, a combination of Middle Eastern and African cuisine with coastal flavors.
Kenyans love meat. One of Kenya's most famous dishes, Nayamatchuma simply means' roast meat '. It is usually cooked slowly over a campfire or charcoal fire and served with a mixture of green vegetables, known as SukumaWiki, and Ugali.
Ugali is a very popular staple food in Kenya. It's basically a dense corn paste, and Ugali comes to the table as large, freshly cooked chunks of brick. Break up Ugali and serve with meat, stews or vegetables.
Kenya's large Asian population has led to a plethora of restaurants with Indian, Pakistani and other subcontinental flavours.
zebra
Among the numerous African artworks, wood carvings, stone carvings, hand-woven products, batik textiles and various kinds of paintings are the most prominent.
East African wood carving
East African wood carving art is not only the essence of tribal culture, but also the carrier of civilization inheritance. With ebony (ebony) carved fine works, both bronze noble temperament, and jade like jewelry luster.
coffee
Kenya's coffee beans belong to the Arabica species, relatively low caffeine, moderate acidity, especially suitable for making iced coffee, is one of the best coffee in the world, every year is exported in large quantities to Germany, France and Japan, which are very focused on quality.
Black tea
In 1903, the British Caine introduced tea trees to Kenya, and in less than 100 years, Kenya developed into the world's fourth largest tea producing country, with an annual output of 300,000 tons, accounting for one-tenth of the world's tea production. Kenya is also the world's largest exporter of black tea, earning more than $700 million in foreign exchange in 2006.
Gem
If you go to Kenya, you can see Tanzanite blue and other precious stones, and opals are very cheap.
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Kenyan government institutions implement a five-day work week, Saturday and Sunday are public holidays; Most businesses operate a 5-1/2 day working week, with Saturday afternoons and Sundays closed. Legal holidays are: January 1, New Year; In April,
Good Friday
And Easter (a Christian holiday that changes each year according to the calendar); May 1, Labor Day; In May,
Eid al-Fitr
(Islamic holidays, which change each year according to the phases of the new moon); June 1, Autonomy Day (1963); In July,
Id al-Adha
(Islamic festival, which varies annually according to the phase of the new moon), 10 October, Moi Day; October 20, Kenyatta Day; In November,
Diwali
(Hindu festival, the last day of the old Indian calendar); December 12, Independence Day (National Day); December 25th, Christmas Day.
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Kenyan paratroopers
In 2017, the total strength of the regular army was 33,200, including about 25,000 in the army, 3,200 in the navy, 5,000 in the air force, and about 5,000 in the paramilitary forces
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. In 1997, the National Defense Academy was established to train officers at the rank of Colonel and Brigadier General, as well as senior police and civilian officials. In May 1998, the Kenyan government reorganized the military command system, establishing the Western Military Region, the Eastern Military Region, and the Central Administrative and Logistics Command Center. The current Chief of the General Staff, General Julius Waweru Karangi, has been in office since July 2011.
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Kenya's military expenditure in 2018 was 109.3 billion Kshillings (about $1.08 billion), an increase of 8% over the previous year, ranking first in East Africa and sixth in Africa, more than the military expenditure of neighboring Tanzania and Uganda combined. In recent years, Kenya has upgraded its armaments through procurement and donations, and played a leading role in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
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The total length of roads in Kenya in 2022 will be 177,800 km. The graded network has increased from 41,800 km at independence to 63,575 km at present, with an annual increase of about 600 km. Over the same period, the length of paved roads increased from 1,811 km to 9,273 km. Currently, about 70% (44,100 km) of the graded roads are in good condition and maintainable, while the remaining 30% are in need of repair or reconstruction.
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The main roads connecting with neighboring countries are: A1 highway, Tanzania - Kenya - South Sudan; A2 highway, Kenya - Ethiopia; A3 highway, Kenya - Somalia; A23 road, Kenya - Tanzania; Highway A104, Tanzania - Kenya - Uganda; Arusha (Tanzania) - Assi River Road, 242 km in length. Cross-border roads under construction include the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) road, with a total length of about 1,000 kilometers; Arusha (Tanzanian) - Voi Road, 230 km in length.
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The total length of railway in Kenya is 2778 km meter track and 605 km standard track. There are no high-speed trains and no subways or urban trains in major cities. The metre-gauge railway has passenger stations within Nairobi and can be used as a means of commuting.
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The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge railway designed and built by China (
Mombasa-nairobi railway
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With a total length of 485 kilometers, it was officially started in September 2014 and opened for operation in June 2017
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The project cost 3.8 billion dollars
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It is the most expensive infrastructure project in Kenya since independence 54 years ago.
Mombasa Port in Kenya is the largest port in East and Central Africa, and also the main transit port for the import and export of goods from landlocked countries in East and Central Africa. It has 21 deep-water berths and 2 large oil terminals, which can berth 20,000-ton freighters. It began operating 24 hours a day in August 2008. In 2019, the port of Mombasa handled 1.416 million standard containers. According to Kenya's Economic Survey 2021, the total cargo throughput of Mombasa Port fell by 0.9% to 34.161 million tonnes in 2020.
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Kenya has four international airports, four domestic airports and more than 400 small or airstrips. The four international airports are Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Moi International Airport and Eldoret International Airport in Mombasa, and Kisumu International Airport. Nairobi Kenyatta International Airport is one of the busiest airports in Africa, with 8.3 million passengers handled in 2019, which was reduced to 790,000 passengers in 2020 due to the impact of the pandemic.
Kenya Airways is the national carrier and one of Africa's leading airlines, currently operating 52 international routes to 39 countries and territories with 98 offices worldwide. Kenya has direct flights with neighboring countries Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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Kenya's information and communication technology is in a leading position in Africa. The Kenyan government led the investment in laying five submarine optical fibers, connecting Kenya with the rest of the world, and promoted the construction of a national optical fiber backbone network with a total length of 22,000 kilometers. The first phase of the project has been completed, and the second phase is under construction, both financed by the Chinese side and implemented by Chinese-funded companies. In 2013, the Kenyan government launched the 20-year Konza Technology City project with a total investment of $10 billion, known as the "Silicon Valley of Africa", to accelerate the development of information technology and service outsourcing economy. In 2019, the landmark building of Konza Phase I, the Konza Complex, was basically completed. The Konza data center and smart city projects are financed by the Chinese side and implemented by Chinese companies.
In order to develop science and technology, Kenya also plans to establish a 90 billion Kshillings (about 978 million US dollars) National Research Fund (NRF), which will be used to award scholarships and bursaries to individuals or institutions carrying out research in various fields.
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Main English newspapers: Daily Nation with a circulation of about 200,000; The East African Banner, a daily newspaper with a circulation of about 70,000; The Times of Kenya, a daily newspaper of the former ruling party, has a circulation of about 52,000; The Weekly Review, Kenya's largest privately owned English weekly with a circulation of about 18,500; The East African, a weekly newspaper first published in November 1994, is published simultaneously in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The Swahili newspaper Taifa (" Today's Nation "), founded by the Daily Nation Media Group, is the most influential, with a circulation of about 50,000.
The Kenya News Agency (KNA) is the official news agency established in 1963 to provide news and pictures to Nairobi's newspapers, radio and television stations.
The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, established by British colonists, began broadcasting in 1927 and broadcasts in English, Swahili, Hindi and 15 African languages. After independence in 1963, it was nationalized and renamed "Voice of Kenya".
Kenya Radio and Television Corporation, established in 1987, is currently the largest radio and television company in Kenya with nationwide radio and television coverage. Kenya Television Network, established in 1989, is the first private television station in Kenya to broadcast in English. By the end of 2004, the government had issued licenses for 82 channels of 14 television stations and 163 frequencies of 42 radio stations. At present, 39 television channels and 90 radio frequencies are officially broadcast, but the coverage is mainly limited to major cities such as Nairobi and Mombasa.
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The Kenyan government is focusing on investment in education, with the total expenditure of the Ministry of Education expected to increase by 8.9% to KSH506.2 billion in the 2020/21 financial year. In 2020/21, the Ministry's recurrent expenditure is expected to increase by 7.1 per cent to KSH 481.2 billion. In 2020, there will be 90,145 schools in Kenya, 29,148 public pre-schools, 9,191 private primary schools and 23,246 public primary schools. There are 30 public normal colleges and 12 national vocational and technical colleges.
In 2020, the number of primary school and school enrolments will be 10.2 million and 35.204 million respectively (of which 1,768,900 are girls), representing an increase of 1% and 8.0%, respectively, year-on-year. The total number of teachers trained was 12,276, an increase of 10.5%. Total enrollment at public and private universities is projected to increase 7.3 percent from the 509,500 reported for the 2019/20 academic year to 546,700 for the 2020/21 academic year.
Kenya's leading institutions of higher learning include the University of Nairobi, Moi University, Kenyatta University, Egerton University, Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and Maseno University. Public universities charge 120,000 shillings (about $1,500) per academic year, of which students pay 50,000 shillings (about $640), while private universities charge anywhere from 100,000 to 130,000 shillings.
According to Webometrics Ranking, the University of Nairobi is ranked first in East Africa, 11th in Africa and 1019th in the world.
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Universal health care is listed as one of Kenya's "four major development plans". In the fiscal year 2019/2020, Kenya's financial expenditure on health care was US $1.08 billion, an increase of 50.9% over the previous year, accounting for 7.1% of the total financial expenditure. Kenya provides free treatment for AIDS, tuberculosis and other major infectious diseases. By the end of 2019, there were 13,790 hospitals in Kenya, of which 36.1% were public hospitals, with 176,600 registered medical staff.
About 8.5 million people are covered by Kenya's National Health Fund. Parts of Kenya have endemic infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera, of which malaria is the biggest killer. In recent years, the mortality rate of malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS and other diseases in Kenya has been decreasing year by year.
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Kenya has quite outstanding performance in many sports, such as football, cricket, boxing, rugby, etc., but the most well-known is the long-distance running, has won the 800 meters, 1500 meters, 3000 meters, 5000 meters, 10,000 meters, marathon and other events at the Summer Olympics and Commonwealth Games.
Kenya's installed electricity is mainly hydropower, thermal power and geothermal power generation, and renewable energy generation accounts for a relatively high proportion. In December 2019, the 50 MW photovoltaic power station in Garissa, Kenya, the largest photovoltaic power station in East Africa, was officially put into operation. Kenya's total installed capacity increased to 2,836.7 MW in 2020 from 2,818.9 MW in 2019, and total power generation decreased to 11,636 GWh in 2020 from 11,620.7 GWH in 2019. Of this, 92.3 percent came from renewable sources, and hydropower increased by 32.1 percent to 433.27 gigawatt-hours due to adequate rainfall. However, in 2020, thermal power generation fell by 42.6 percent to 75.45 gigawatt-hours and wind power by 14.8 percent to 133.14 gigawatt-hours. In addition, electricity imports fell 35.5% to 13.67 gigawatt-hours in 2020.
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Kenya Post has 639 branches. Kenya Telecom is the sole provider of fixed-line telephone services in the country, with about 120,000 fixed-line subscribers. Kenya launched the construction of the national broadband infrastructure NOFBI in 2005, and has built a 30,000 km fiber optic network covering all counties in Kenya. Kenya's mobile communication service industry is developing rapidly, and by the end of 2020, there are about 61 million mobile phone users in the country, of which 44 million are data users and about 30 million use smartphones. Safenry, controlled by Britain's Vodafone Group, is Kenya's largest mobile operator, while Altel, a unit of India's Bharti Group, is the country's second-largest and Telkom the third-largest.
In the first quarter of 2021, Kenya had broadband coverage of 96.3% of the population, with Safenry having the highest coverage with 5,500 base stations, of which 5,300 were 4G base stations. In March 2021, Kenya's Safenry Company held a 5G service launch ceremony in Nairobi, making Kenya the second country in sub-Saharan Africa to launch 5G services after South Africa.
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We pursue a foreign policy of peace, good-neighborliness and non-alignment, actively participate in regional and international affairs, vigorously promote regional political and economic integration, oppose external interference, attach importance to developing relations with the West and neighboring countries, pay attention to developing economic and trade relations with other countries, carry out all-round pragmatic diplomacy, and emphasize that diplomacy serves the economy. In recent years, we have actively strengthened relations with China and other Asian countries. Kenya served as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council from 2021 to 2022.
Kenya is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77, a signatory to the Lome Agreement, and a member of subregional organizations such as the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Indian Ocean Rim Cooperation Association. One of the four headquarters of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, is located in Nairobi. Ken has established diplomatic relations with more than 100 countries.
Relations with China
China and Kenya established diplomatic relations on December 14, 1963. Since the 21st century, bilateral relations have developed rapidly.
Kenya is an important economic and trade partner of China in Africa and a leading model country for China-Africa industrial capacity cooperation. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties, the major projects assisted by China in Kenya include the Katundu Hospital, the Moi International Sports Center, the Gamboki-Salem Highway, and the corn flour processing plant. China and Kenya signed a trade agreement in 1978, and established a bilateral trade Joint committee mechanism accordingly. An investment protection agreement was signed in 2001, and a joint committee on bilateral trade, investment and Economic and technical cooperation was established in March 2011. Kenya is China's largest trading partner in East Africa. China is Kenya's largest trading partner and source of imports. In 2023, China-Kenya trade will total US $8.106 billion; Among them, China imported US $227 million from Kenya; Exports to Kenya USD 7.88 billion %. China mainly exports electronic products, clothing, textile yarns, steel and other products, and mainly imports mineral sands, agricultural products, leather products and so on.
China and Kenya signed an agreement on cultural cooperation in September 1980. In 1994, the two countries signed a protocol on cooperation in higher education, under which the Chinese side provided teaching and research equipment to Kenya's Egerton University and sent two teachers. In 2005, China established the first Confucius Institute in Africa at the University of Nairobi. In 2008, China and Kenya established the Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University. In 2012, China established the Confucius Institute at Egerton University and the Confucius Classroom broadcast in Nairobi. In March 2015, the Confucius Institute at Moi University was established.
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On June 3, 2012, Nanjing Agricultural University held a ceremony to confer an honorary doctorate degree on Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Vice President and Minister of Home Affairs of Kenya.
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On September 5, 2013, China and Kenya concluded a financing agreement for a total of Sh425 billion. Two-thirds of the financing will be used to build a high-speed railway between Mombasa (Kenya) and Bujumbura (Burundi's capital).
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On September 07, 2013, in order to further expand the cultural exchanges between China and Nigeria and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Kenya, China held the "Feel China" activities in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, and Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, respectively from September 10 to 29. Activities in Nigeria include the "China Pavilion" gift and opening ceremony, media symposium, Chinese TV film screening, media exchange visits, launch of "China Edition", etc. The activities in Kenya include variety shows, media forums, and Chinese TV shows. The event, co-sponsored by the Information Office of The State Council of China, the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria and the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, as well as relevant government departments of the two countries, is an important cultural and people-to-people exchange event held by China in African countries.
Leaders of China and Kenya have been paying close attention to the development of bilateral trade for a long time, and senior leaders of the two countries have also paid several state visits, forming a close strategic trade partnership in the exchange visits, and the volume of trade imports and exports between China and Kenya is also increasing. However, there are no direct flights between the two countries, and the import and export of goods are mainly signed by Ethiopian Airlines
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Relations with Britain
Britain is the former suzerainty of Kenya, and the two countries have traditionally maintained close relations in politics, economy and military. The UK is one of Kenya's major bilateral donors and sources of investment, with a total investment of more than 1 billion pounds. The UK offers 500 scholarships to Ken each year, and currently more than 5,000 Ken students are studying in the UK. The two countries renewed a military cooperation agreement in 2006. At the end of 2007, following the humanitarian crisis caused by the election dispute in Kenya, the UK announced £1 million in humanitarian aid to the Kenyan Red Cross. In July 2008, Prime Minister Odinga visited the United Kingdom and held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The UK has announced £9 million in aid to Kenya for reconstruction projects and NGO capacity building. In May 2013, President Uhuru Kenyatta met with British Prime Minister David Cameron on the sidelines of the London International Conference on Somalia. In April 2018, President Uhuru Kenyatta visited the UK to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. In August of the same year, British Prime Minister Theresa May visited Kenya. In January 2020, President Kenyatta held talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the first UK-Africa Investment Summit in the UK, and the two sides announced the establishment of a strategic partnership between Kenya and the UK. In November 2020, the UK and Kenya signed the Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). In January 2021, British First Minister and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visited Kenya, and in the same month, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace visited Kenya. In July 2021, President Kenyatta visited the United Kingdom and held talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In September 2022, President Ruto attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Relations with the United States
In recent years, Kenya has sought US assistance and the US has sought Kenya's cooperation in fighting terrorism in East Africa, and bilateral relations have developed rapidly. Kenya is one of the largest recipients of U.S. aid in sub-Saharan Africa, about $500 million annually in recent years. Since Kenya became one of the first beneficiaries of the US African Growth and Opportunity Act in 2000, textile exports to the US have surged, and nearly 100 US companies have set up representative offices in Kenya. In January 2004, Kenya and the United States held a joint military exercise code-named "Gavel 04" near the Lamu Islands in Kenya. In June 2005, the United States froze military training aid to Kenya after Kenya refused to sign an agreement not to refer American criminals to the International Criminal Court. After the disputed presidential election in Kenya in 2007, the United States actively mediated the situation. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer visited Kenya successively, met with the leaders of the two sides and Kofi Annan, and conveyed the message of President Bush. In March 2008, Americans donated $25 million for the humanitarian crisis in Kenya. In May of the same year, US warships visited Kenya and held joint training with Kenya. In June of the same year, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga visited the United States, and the United States announced an additional $90 million in aid to Kenya. In May 2009, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga visited the United States. In August of the same year and August of 2012, US Secretary of State Bill Clinton visited Kenya twice. In August 2014, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta went to the United States to attend the first US-Africa Summit. In July 2015, US President Barack Obama visited Kenya and attended the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. In March 2018, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Kenya. In August of that year, President Kenyatta visited the United States. In May 2019, Kenyan Foreign Minister Juma and US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Naji co-chaired the first bilateral Strategic Dialogue between Kenya and the US. In February 2020, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta paid an informal visit to the United States and met briefly with US President Donald Trump, during which the two sides announced the start of negotiations on a Kenya-US trade agreement. In December of the same year, Biden spoke with Kenyatta on the phone shortly after winning the U.S. presidential election. In February 2021, Biden and Kenyatta spoke by phone again. In April 2021, US Secretary of State Blinken made a "cloud visit" to Kenya and had a video meeting with President Kenyatta. In December 2022, President Ruto went to the United States to attend the US-Africa Summit.
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Relations with neighbouring countries
We should attach importance to developing relations with neighboring countries and actively promote regional integration. China has established the East African Community with Tanzania and Uganda, and implemented regional connectivity infrastructure projects.
Kenya actively promotes the peace process in Somalia. In October 2002, Kenya hosted a new round of Somalia peace Conference in the western Kenyan city of Eldoret under the mandate of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). In January 2004, the Somali factions signed an agreement in Kenya on the amendment of the Somali Charter and the establishment of a new National Assembly. Subsequently, a transitional Federal Parliament, a government and a president emerged in Somalia. In June 2005, the Transitional Government of Somalia moved back to Somalia from Nairobi. In September 2006, on the sidelines of the IGAD special Summit in Nairobi, President Kibaki met with President Yusuf of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and Prime Minister Meles of Ethiopia to discuss the deployment of the IGAD Peace Support Mission in Somalia. In August 2007, President Kibaki met with visiting President Yusuf of Somalia. In June 2009, Prime Minister Odinga met with Prime Minister Shermak of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. In October 2011, he sent troops to Somalia to assist the Transitional Federal Government in the fight against al-Shabaab (Al-Shabab), and in June 2012, the Somali Force was integrated into the African Union Mission in Somalia. Since August 2012, Somalia has formed a new leader and a new government, and is willing to give strong support to them. From September 21 to 24, 2013, a number of "Shabab" terrorists attacked the Westgate shopping Mall in Nairobi, took hostages and exchanged gunfire with the Kenyan military and police, resulting in 67 deaths and more than 240 injuries. In April 2015, the University of Garissa in eastern Kenya bordering Somalia was attacked by the Shabab, killing 148 people and injuring 79. In February 2017, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta went to Somalia to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Somali President Mohamed. In March of the same year, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta visited Somalia, followed by Somali President Mohamed visited Kenya and attended the special Summit on Somali refugees held in Nairobi. In May 2018, President Mohamed visited Kenya. In November, President Mohamed of Somalia attended the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Kenya. Since 2019, the maritime delimitation dispute between Kenya and Somalia has gradually heated up. In December 2020, Somalia announced the severing of diplomatic relations with Kenya. In May 2021, Kenya and Somalia announced the resumption of diplomatic relations. In October 2021, the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled on the Kensor maritime delimitation dispute, which the Kenyan government rejected. In June 2022, President Uhuru Kenyatta attended the inauguration of Mohamud, who visited Kenya in July.
Before the independence of South Sudan, Ken advocated peaceful settlement of internal conflicts in Sudan and hosted peace talks in Sudan for more than 10 times. After the independence of South Sudan, Kenya actively mediated the conflict between North and South Sudan. After the turmoil in South Sudan at the end of 2013, Kenya actively participated in the mediation to bring about a reconciliation agreement between the conflicting parties in South Sudan. Ken was actively involved in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), where he deployed about 1,000 peacekeepers and police. In July 2019, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan paid a state visit to Kenya.
It has played a role in the issue of the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pushing the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to reach consensus with the M23 rebels, and signed the Framework Document on Peace, Security and Cooperation with 11 regional countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in February 2013. In April 2022, President Uhuru Kenyatta, then the rotating chairman of the East Community, invited the Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and other countries to hold a regional summit in Nairobi, and reached a dual-track solution to the political and military settlement of the Congo issue. The DRC People's Peace Dialogue Conference was held to mediate the relationship between the DRC government and armed groups.
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The New International political and economic order holds that the existing international political and economic order is unfair and unreasonable to the majority of developing countries. The West pursues hegemonism and power politics and exploits the existing international economic order to profit from developing countries, which objectively causes the poverty of developing countries, especially African countries. We stand for political adherence to the Charter of the United Nations and the basic norms governing international relations such as sovereign equality and non-interference in each other's internal affairs. Economically, we should increase the participation of developing countries in the formulation of the "rules of the game" and promote the establishment of a just and reasonable new international political and economic order.
[On the situation in Africa] believes that conflicts and turbulence are the most important factors hindering Africa's development, and advocates maintaining and promoting African unity and cooperation, and resolving disputes among African countries by peaceful means. Africa is facing the threat of further marginalization in economic globalization. African countries should seek strength through unity and enhance their ability to cope with the challenges of globalization through economic integration. We call on developed countries to substantially reduce and cancel Africa's debt, increase development assistance to Africa and open their markets to African products.
Ken is a member of the African Committee of Heads of State and Government on Climate Change and supports the AU Common Position. We should adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, require developed countries to take the lead in reducing emissions, and oppose setting mandatory emission reduction targets for developing countries. Developed countries should provide finance and technology to developing countries to help them improve their capacity to adapt to climate change. We call for the United Nations Environment Programme to play a key role in climate change negotiations. In 2021, Kenya joined the Adaptation Climate Action Coalition and the Climate Adaptation and Recovery Action Initiative initiated by the UK, and actively participated in the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change hosted by the UK. In September 2023, the first African Climate Summit was held in Kenya, at which the Nairobi Declaration was adopted.
He believes that the right to subsistence and the right to development are basic human rights. In the relatively poor and backward state, developing countries should first solve the problems of survival and development, otherwise democracy, freedom and other political, economic and social rights will be out of the question. We stand for strengthening international human rights exchanges through dialogue, oppose confrontation in the field of human rights, and oppose Western countries using human rights issues to pressure other countries.
[On the International Financial crisis] The international financial crisis has had a negative impact on Kenya in the fields of export, foreign debt and foreign investment, and the root cause of the crisis is the serious problems in the international financial system. We call for advancing the reform of the international financial system and reorganizing the IMF so that it can truly become a pillar of international credit. Africa and other developing countries should have a say in the reform process.
Lewa Wildlife Sanctuary
Mount Kilimanjaro
On the border between the two countries
Mount Kilimanjaro
It is the highest peak on the African continent, the only snow peak on the earth that sits on the equatorial line, the highest point that humans can reach without the help of special equipment, and the highest lonely mountain in the world. It has been called "the roof of Africa" and "the King of Africa".
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East African Great Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa
The main reason it's called the Great Rift Valley is that this narrow valley on satellite images looks like a scar on the continent of Africa, a huge scar. The East African Rift Valley is a narrow fault zone dotted with volcanoes. Due to the natural advantages of the terrain, the rift valley formed large and small lakes, which became the origin of human life in Africa.
Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park
About 250 kilometers south of Nairobi, covering 392 square kilometers of land, is one of the African resorts, located in the border area of Kenya and Tanzania, where you can see the 5,895 meters above sea level Africa's first peak Mount Kilimanjaro. Near the equator, the top of Kilimanjaro is covered with snow all year round, and the wilderness below is beautiful.
Due to the melting of glaciers, the reserve has formed a large lake and swamp, such wetlands are very suitable for elephants, so it is home to more than 1,000 African elephants.
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Lewa Reserve
Kenya's Lewa Wildlife Reserve was established in 1995 and covers 62,000 acres. The entire reserve is home to 12% of Kenya's
Black rhinoceros
Cattle, and it has the world's largest independent population of Grevy's zebras.
Through the conservation and management of endangered animals, the establishment and maintenance of nature reserves, the Lewa region has become a model for wildlife conservation on private land in Kenya. The low-impact conservation travel model pioneered by the Lewa Reserve is a direct source of economic income for all residents of the area.
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