Languages: English (official), Swahili (official), numerous indigenous
languages
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population: 71%
male: 81%
female: 62%
Labor force:
by occupation: agriculture 75%-80% (1993 est.), non-agriculture
20%-25% (1993 est.)
@Kenya:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Kenya
conventional short form: Kenya
former: British East Africa
Digraph: KE
Type: republic
Capital: Nairobi
Administrative divisions: 7 provinces and 1 area*; Central, Coast,
Eastern, Nairobi Area*, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western
Independence: 12 December 1963 (from UK)