African ChangeMakers Initiative – Kenya Chapter.

African ChangeMakers Initiative.
Kenya Chapter.

Kenya Chapter Home: https://africanchangemakers.org/kenya

President Email: kenya@africanchangemakers.org

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Executives for 2020- 2021.

Francis Kongo Musyoka President	Bilhah Anyango Aomo Vice-President	Charity Njeri Muturi Secretary
Charles Kihia Mwangi Financial Secretary/Treasurer	Charles Omulama Andati Welfare Manager	Vivian Apiyo Event Manager
Christine Ndung’u Project Manager	Simon Onyango Public Relation Officer	Timothy K. Kuria Fundraising Manager

Country Profile

Official Name: Republic of Kenya

Conventional short form: Kenya

Former: British East Africa.

ISO Country Code: ke

Local Time = UTC +3h

Country Calling Code: +254

Capital City: Nairobi (pop. 2.1 million)

Other Cities:

Mombasa (665 000), Kisumu (504 000), Nakuru (1.2 million).

Government:

Type: Republic.

Independence: 12 December 1963 (from UK).

Geography:

Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania.

Area: 580,000 km² (225,000 sq mi.)

Terrain: From a low coastal plain on the Indian Ocean in a series of mountain ridges and plateaus which stand above 3 000 meters (9 000 ft.) in the center of the country. The Rift Valley bisects the country above Nairobi, opening up to a broad arid plain in the north. Mountain plains cover the south before descending to the shores of Lake Victoria in the west.

Highest elevation: Mount Kenya (Kirinyaga, 5199 m)

Climate: Varies from the tropical south, west, and central regions to arid and semi-arid in the north and the northeast.

People:

Nationality: Kenyan(s).

Population: 46 million (2015)

Ethnic groups: African–Kikuyu 21%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 11%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Meru 5%. Non-African–Asian, European, Arab 1%.

Religions: Protestant 40%, Roman Catholic 30%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 10%, .

Languages: English, Swahili, more than 40 local ethnic languages.

Literacy (in English): 59%.

Natural resources: Wildlife, land.

Agriculture Products: Tea, coffee, sugarcane, horticultural products.

Industries: Small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products processing; oil refining, cement; tourism.

Exports – commodities: tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement.

Exports – partners: Uganda 11.2%, USA 8.3%, Tanzania 8.1%, Netherlands 7.4%, UK 6%, Pakistan 4.2% (2015)

Imports – commodities: machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics.

Imports – partners: China 30%, India 15.5%, UAE 5.7%, USA 4.8%, Japan 4.7% (2015)

Currency: Kenyan Shilling (KES)

Kenya in Figures

Kenya key statistical data.

https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/kenya