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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