location: EAST AFRICA / bordering Ethiopia, Somalia,Indian Ocean, Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda, Sudan

capital: Nairobi, population 3.1 million (13% of the total).

population: 99.8 million

languages: Swahili and English (official), local languages derived from Bantu or Nilotic sources.

religion: 80% Christian, indiginous belief systems and small group of Sunni Moslem

currency: Kenyan Shilling (KES)