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KENYA

KENYA. Some History. Early habitation: people from northern Africa moved into the area around 2000 BC Nilotic and Bantu peoples moved into the region, around 1000 AD Arab traders visited the Kenya coast around 100 AD The Portuguese arrived in the 16th century

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KENYA

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  1. KENYA

  2. Some History • Early habitation: people from northern Africa moved into the area around 2000 BC • Nilotic and Bantu peoples moved into the region, around 1000 AD • Arab traders visited the Kenya coast around 100 AD • The Portuguese arrived in the 16th century • Omani domination began around 1698. • Swahili, a Bantu language with many Arabic loan words, developed as a lingua franca for trade between peoples.

  3. United Kingdom established its presence in the 1800s via missionaries. • Germany established a protectorate after over the Sultan of Zanzibar's coastal possessions in 1885 • British East Africa Company took over in 1888 • Britain and Germany divided the coastal area between them: Kenya to UK, Tanzania ti Germany • British government on July 1, 1895 established direct rule • Opened (1902) the fertile highlands to white settlers • construction, started in 1895, of a railroad from Mombasa to Lake Victoria

  4. the Kikuyu people, the most subject to pressure by the settlers, founded in 1921 Kenya's first African political protest movement, the Young Kikuyu Association • This was to become the Kenya African Union (KAU), demanding access to land. Jomo Kenyatta became its President In 1947 • October 1952 - December 1959, a state of emergency due to the Mau Mau uprising • Independence on December 12, 1963, with Jomo Kenyatta as President. Jomo Kenyatta Mwai Kibaki

  5. President RailaOdinga The Odingas and the Obamas

  6. The Mau Mau Uprising

  7. Basic Information on Kenya Demographic: Population: 37.5 million (2007) Population Growth Rate: 2.8 % per annum (Doubling every 25 years) Fertility Rate: 1990: 5.8 children per woman 2007: 5.0 children per woman 1010: 4.9 Life Expectancy: 1990: 57 years 2007: 54 years

  8. Basic Information on Kenya Human Development Index: 1975: .466 1985: .535 1995: .544 2005: .521 Rank in World: # 148 Rank in Africa: # 14

  9. Economic Indicators: GDP per capita (PPP) in 2005: $1,240 GDP per capita (PPP) Africa: $ 1,998 GDP Growth rate, per capita, 2000-07: - 0.1% p.a. Arable land: 9.0% of total Distributional Measures: Gini Coefficient: .477; (relatively high) Income share of top 20%: 53.0% Income share of bottom 20%: 1.8%

  10. Economic Indicators: Exports: $ 4,080 billion; or about $107. per inhabitant Manufactured Exports as % of Total: 1995: 28%; 2007: 37% for Africa: 34% Development Assistance as % of GDP: 5.3% for Africa: 5.1%

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