Exchange rates:
Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 75.9356 (2003), 78.7491 (2002),
78.5632 (2001), 76.1755 (2000), 70.3262 (1999)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications Kenya
Telephones - main lines in use:
328,400 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,590,800 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: unreliable; little attempt to modernize except
for service to business
domestic: trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data
commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system
international: country code - 254; satellite earth stations - 4
Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 24, FM 18, shortwave 6 (2001)
Radios:
3.07 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
8 (2002)
Televisions:
730,000 (1997)