Kenya - Country Profile Language Official languages are English and Swahili, but most people speak a While during this period Kenya became one of africa s most stable and http://www.wvi.org/wvi/country_profile/profiles/kenya.htm
Extractions: POKATUSA: Pkiror Lochai (10) has returned to Kanyeros with his family and wants to be a teacher, not a warrior. 'Raids are bad because they kill people. One time when I was looking after my family's goats, the Karamajong warriors came on us. I ran and hid behind a rock the moment I saw the warriors coming. I was so scared. My uncle didn't see them until it was too late and he was killed. I could see it all happen from where I was hiding. We lost all our goats. I want peace with the Karamajong.'
AEGiS: Republic Of Kenya But people all over the world are fighting back. Kenya is a country locatedin africa the has a national disaster of AIDS and HIV. http://www.aegis.com/countries/kenya.html
Extractions: Population 31,138,735. Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2002 est.). History Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when current 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. The country faces a period of political uncertainty because MOI is constitutionally required to step down at the next election that has to be held by early 2003.
CUSAFE Ethnic groups Kikuyu 22%, luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 12%, Kamba 11%, or FORDPeople Kimaniwa NYOIKE, chairman; Kenya African National Union or KANU http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cusafe/KENYA.htm
Extractions: Political parties and leaders: Democratic Party of Kenya or DP [Mwai KIBAKI]; Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Asili or FORD-A [Martin SHIKUKU, secretary general]; Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya or FORD-K [Michael Kijana WAMALWA]; Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-People or FORD-People [Kimaniwa NYOIKE, chairman]; Kenya African National Union or KANU [President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI] - the governing party; National Development Party or NDP [Raila ODINGA, president]; SAFINA [Farah MAALIM, chairman]; Social Democratic Party or SDP [Dr. Apollo NJONJO, secretary general and Justus NYANG'AYA, chairman]
Tim And Lara Beth's Kenya Page - History Bantuspeaking peoples had begun arriving in the Lake Victoria region of westernKenya by KENYA AFRICAN NATIONALISM NYAYO PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES, http://www.blissites.com/kenya/history.html
Extractions: [General Background] The history of Kenya as a political entity began with the region's inclusion in the British sphere of influence in the late nineteenth century and the subsequent establishment of a British protectorate and colony there. The British brought together the country's diverse elements under a unified administration and bestowed on it the name Kenya after the 5,200-meter peak in the central highlands that the Kikuyu called kere nyaga, the "mountain of whiteness." Improvement in the lot of the average African was limited until after World War II when political movements, like that among the Kikuyu led by Jomo Kenyatta, demanded a role for the black majority in Kenya's government. The determination of the European community to retain exclusive control in a "White Man's Country" and the continued denial of African rights set off a violent reaction during the Mau Mau emergency in the 1950s. The Kikuyu-led insurrection was suppressed, and the lengthy imprisonment of Kenyatta and other African leaders suspected of complicity in it caused a hiatus in organized African political activity until 1960, when the campaign for majority rule within the framework of the colonial regime succeeded in submerging ethnic differences among Africans and in winning the recognition of British authorities.
African Proverbs, Stories And Sayings - Meetings Report of the Meeting of People Interested in African Proverbs Urban Ministry to show what indigenous oral literature exists among the Builsa people. http://www.afriprov.org/resources/meetings.htm
Extractions: Assistant Moderator Absent with apologies Evans Nyakundi Jean Nyaduwi The participants said that the website would especially be useful to students at Hekima in their first year where such courses are concentrated. Joseph asked them the best way to promote the website among those students as well as other students at Hekima. Marcelin Mugabe said he will review the website for the next issue of Hekima Review after consultation with the editorial board of the journal to enable the Hekima academic and student community get exposed to the website. Jean Kubanabantu from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said there is also a fair number of collections from DRC through there are also some small ethnic communities where no collections exist. Mercellin Mugabe from Rwanda said a lot of collections have been done and published and some of the publications can be found at Hekima. Nirima Rakotosolofo from Madagascar also said there have been many collections and publications from his part of Africa.
Adherents.com: By Location Table Add l African Cultures. luhya, Kenya, 3000000, , -, -, 1998, Gall, The overwhelming majority of luhya people now consider themselves Christians. http://www.adherents.com/adhloc/Wh_175.html
Extractions: Notes Hinduism Kenya *LINK* "Publisher's Desk: Hinduism Today in Africa " in Hinduism Today International (Oct. 1993, Vol. 15, No. 10) on the continent there are major Hindu populations in South Africa (1.2 million), Tanzania (60,000), Kenya (60,000), Nigeria (30,000) and Zambia (20,000) with significant communities in Zimbabwe, Somalia and Botswana. Hinduism Kenya Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 174. Hinduism Kenya *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World Table "Religions " Islam Kenya Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed).
IV. VIOLENCE AS A POLITICAL TOOL IN KENYA President Moi These clashes pitted the Kalenjin against the Luo, luhya, and Kikuyu communities . The apparent aim was to split Muslims of African descent from the http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/kenya/Kenya0502-04.htm
Extractions: IV. VIOLENCE AS A POLITICAL TOOL IN KENYA President Moi confidently predicted in 1991 that the introduction of multiparty politics in Kenya would result in ethnic violence. His prediction has been alarmingly fulfilled. However, far from being the spontaneous result of a return to political pluralism, there is clear evidence that the government has been involved in provoking death, displacement, and terror among ethnic groups that are perceived to support the opposition. The Politics of Division and Politically Motivated "Ethnic Clashes" Political life in multiparty Kenya is largely defined along ethnic lines. The calls for such ethnically exclusive majimboism came initially in the early1990s from Kalenjin and Maasai politicians. These politicians proposed that the Rift Valley, which is allocated the largest number of seats in parliament, was traditionally Kalenjin/Maasai territory and that other ethnic groups living in the area should not be permitted to express differing political views in a multi-party system.
Kenya: Land And People People of African descent make up about 97% of the population; they are divided Kenya)(related article THE MAASAIA BRIEF HISTORY) (African Business) http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0859113.html
Extractions: Sponsored Links TripAdvisor google_ad_client = 'pub-1894504138907931'; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 240; google_ad_format = '120x240_as'; google_ad_type = 'text'; google_ad_channel =''; google_color_border = ['336699','B4D0DC','DFF2FD','B0E0E6']; google_color_bg = ['FFFFFF','ECF8FF','DFF2FD','FFFFFF']; google_color_link = ['0000FF','0000CC','0000CC','000000']; google_color_url = ['008000','008000','008000','336699']; google_color_text = ['000000','6F6F6F','000000','333333']; Encyclopedia Kenya The country, which lies astride the equator, is made up of several geographical regions. The first is a narrow, coastal strip that is low lying except for the Taita Hills in the south. The second, an inland region of bush-covered plains, constitutes most of the country's land area. In the northwest, straddling Lake Turkana and the Kulal Mts., are high-lying scrublands. In the southwest are the fertile grasslands and forests of the Kenya highlands. In the west is the Great Rift Valley, an irregular depression that cuts through W Kenya from north to south in two branches. It is also the location of some of the country's highest mountains, including Mt. Kenya (17,058 ft/5,199 m). Kenya's main rivers are the Tana and the Athi. In addition to the capital, other important cities include
Kenya - The People As such, it is difficult to make general comments about people in Kenya. Kenya s African population is divided on three linguistic groups http://kenya.rcbowen.com/people/
Extractions: Literacy : 69.4% (Male: 75.7, Female 63.3) 1989 census According to the 1989 Census, there are 42 tribes living in Kenya, as well as all of the non-African people groups. As such, it is difficult to make general comments about people in Kenya. Of course, since folks email me all the time looking for me to write their highschool research paper for them, here's some general information: English is the official language while Kiswahili is the national language. That means that government and education are in English, while everything else tends to be in Swahili. And, in actuality, most of government is in Swahili also. In addition to these two languages, most of the people in Kenya also speak what they would call their "mother tongue" - the language that they grew up speaking. While an increasing number of city-dwellers are growing up speaking English, most rural people still speak their tribal languages when they go home. Kenya's African population is divided on three linguistic groups: Bantu . Concentrations in three main geographical regions - Western Kenya and Lake Victoria region (Luhya, Kisii), east of Rift Valley, (Kikuyu, Embu, Kamba) and Coastal belt (Mijikenda).
