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From A glance Kenya.

Area: 580,370 sq km (224,081 sq miles)
Population: 34.5 million (2005), but Between (2006 to 2008) 38,534,087 milion.

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)
President: Hon. Emilio Mwai Kibaki (re-elected 27 December 2007)
Vice President (and Minister for Home Affairs):
Hon. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka
Prime Minister:
Hon. Raila Odinga (sworn-in 17 April 2008)
Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister Of Finance):
Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta
Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister for Local Government):
Hon. Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi
Foreign Affairs Minister:
Hon. Moses Wetangula
POLITICS:
Major Political parties:
Hon. 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. Hon.Raila Odinga heads the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM),  and Hon. 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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