Military Kenya
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 7,303,153 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 3,963,532 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$177.1 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.3% (2004)
Transnational Issues Kenya
Disputes - international:
Kenya served as an important mediator in brokering Sudan's
north-south separation in February 2005; Kenya provides shelter to
approximately a quarter of a million refugees including Ugandans who
flee across the border periodically to seek protection from Lord's
Resistance Army (LRA) rebels; Kenya's administrative limits extend
beyond the treaty border into the Sudan, creating the Ilemi Triangle
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 154,272 (Somalia) 11,139 (Ethiopia)
63,197 (Sudan)
IDPs: 350,000 (KANU attacks on opposition tribal groups in 1990s)
(2004)