11.85 million; agriculture 75%, industry and services 25%
Visas:
Entry permits have to be applied for before arrival to visitors on holiday from any countrie outside Kenya.
Health risks:
Degree of risk: High Food or waterborne diseases: Bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever Wectorborne disease: Malaria is a high risk in some locations Water contact disease: Schistosomiasis (2004)
Time:
GMT/UTC plus four hours
Electricity production:
4.342 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity consumption:
4.238 billion kWh (2003)
Electricity exports:
0 kWh (2003)
Electricity imports :
200 million kWh (2003)
Electricity:
220/230V (250V in Pretoria), 50Hz
Weights & measures:
Metric
Background:
Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession.
The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. MOI acceded to internal and external pressure for political liberalization in late 1991. The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but are viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people.
President MOI stepped down in December of 2002 following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running as the candidate of the multiethnic, united opposition group, the National Rainbow Coalition, defeated KANU candidate Uhuru KENYATTA and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anticorruption platform.
Executive Branch:
Chief of state: President Mwai KIBAKI (since 30 December 2002) and Vice President Moody AWORI (since 25 September 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government.
Head of government: President Mwai KIBAKI (since 30 December 2002) and Vice President Moody AWORI (since 25 September 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government.
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president.
Elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; in addition to receiving the largest number of votes in absolute terms, the presidential candidate must also win 25% or more of the vote in at least five of Kenya's seven provinces and one area to avoid a runoff; election last held 27 December 2002 (next to be held December 2007); vice president appointed by the president.
Election results: President Mwai KIBAKI elected; percent of vote - Mwai KIBAKI 63%, Uhuru KENYATTA 30%
