Debt - external:
$6.675 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$453 million (1997)
Currency (code):
Kenyan shilling (KES)
Currency code:
KES
Exchange rates:
Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 72.7649 (2006), 75.554 (2005),
79.174 (2004), 75.936 (2003), 78.749 (2002)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications Kenya
Telephones - main lines in use:
281,800 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.5 million (2006)
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