Official Name: Republic of Kenya Capital: Nairobi Total Area: 224,962.42 sq mi ~ 582,650.00 sq km (About twice the size of Nevada) Population: 31,339,770 (July 2002 est.) Tribes: 22% Kikuyu, 14% Luhya, 13% Luo, 12% Kalenjin, 11% Kamba, 6% Kisii, 6% Meru Languages: English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages Religions: Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, indigenous beliefs 26%, Muslim 7%, other 1%

Currency: 1 Kenyan shilling (Ksh) = 100 cents Exchange rate: Ksh 78 to One Dollar US (June 2002) GDP (per capita): $1,600 (1999 est.) Labor Force (by occupation) Agriculture 75%-80% Industry: Small-scale consumer goods (plastic, furniture, batteries, textiles, soap, cigarettes, flour), agricultural products processing; oil refining, cement; tourism Agriculture: Coffee, Tea, Corn, Wheat, Sugarcane, Fruit, Vegetables; Dairy Products, Beef, Pork, Poultry, Eggs Arable Land: 7% Exports: Tea, Coffee, Horticultural Products, Petroleum Products (1995) Imports: Machinery and Transportation Equipment, Petroleum Products, Iron and Steel Natural Resources: Gold, Limestone, Soda Ash, Salt Barites, Rubies, Fluorspar, Garnets, Wildlife, Hydropower

Some facts and statistical data on HIV/AIDS

• The good news. Infection rate of adults has been reduced from ten percent to seven percent. UNAIDS: November 2005

• Children made orphans in Kenya. As of 2003, 9% of children under 15 had lost their father, 4% had lost their mother, 2% had lost both parents. 11% of children under 15 had lost one or both parents, an increase of 2% from 1998.

• On the positive side. Knowledge of the cause of the HIV virus in Kenya is very high: more than four out of five persons know that the chances of getting the HIV virus can be reduced by limiting sex to one faithful partner.

• On the negative side. 39% of women and 26% of men do not know that the virus cannot be transmitted by mosquito bites. Similarly, 29% of women and 19% men still hold the erroneous belief that one can be infected by the virus through sharing of utensils with a person who has AIDS.
   – 75 % of AIDS cases in Kenya are among people in their most economically productive time of life, i.e. in the 20-45 age bracket.
   – 75 % of the HIV virus transmission are by hetero-sexual contact.
   – 30-40 % of babies of HIV-positive mothers are born HIV-positive. More than 100,000 children under age 5 are infected.

• A positive attitude towards those who are HIV-positive is strongly related to level of education.

• Wealth is positively associated with knowledge of HIV transmission. The poorest are disadvantaged in all aspects of HIV knowledge.

• In Kenya higher educational level does not protects one from HIV infection; HIV has spread through all regions and sectors of society.

Note
1 All data from Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, 2003. Calverton, MD [USA]: Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health and ORC Macro. HIV/AIDS is an epidemic that is occurring in every district of Kenya. The latest data for Kenya estimates 1.4 million women in the age brackets from 15-49 years compared to 0.9 million men in the same category. The estimated number of adults and children who died of AIDS in Kenya during 2002 alone was 250,000.