Economic aid - recipient:
$453 million (1997)
Currency (code):
Kenyan shilling (KES)
Currency code:
KES
Exchange rates:
Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 75.554 (2005), 79.174 (2004),
75.936 (2003), 78.749 (2002), 78.563 (2001)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications Kenya
Telephones - main lines in use:
281,800 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.612 million (2005)
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)