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. Sevens is slowly on the up and, with a population of almost 30 million people, the country has some potential talent to pick from. In 2004 Bild cooperated with the fast-food giant McDonald's to sell the newspaper at its 1000 fast food restaurants in Germany. Most notable was their 15-12 win over Australia in the 2003 Hong Kong Sevens tournament. Bild's motto, prominently displayed below the logo, is unabhängig, überparteilich (independent, non-partisan), but few would agree it is. Rugby has always been popular in Kenya especially with the Annual Tusker Sevens tournament but only recently has the country began to be noticed on the international circuit. This amounts for a third of the reprimands this self-regulation council of the German press declared that year. Kenya is now beginning to be a force to reckon with in Rugby.

In 2004 Bild was publicly reprimanded 12 times by the Deutscher Presserat. The Kenyan Ministry of Sports has tried to stop the defections, but they have continued anyway, with Bernard Lagat the latest, choosing to represent the USA. Heinrich Böll's 1974 novel The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum used a fictional stand-in for the Bild-Zeitung to make a point about its allegedly unethical journalistic practices. Lately, there has been controversy in Kenyan athletics circles, with the defection of a number of Kenyan athletes to represent other countries, chiefly Bahrain and Qatar. Even so, Bild is still the best-selling newspaper in Europe and has the third-largest circulation woldwide. A retired Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion, Kipchoge Keino, is Kenya's most famous sportsman. By the end of 2005 the figure has dropped to 3.8 million copies [1]. The Marathon world record holder, Paul Tergat, and the current women's Boston Marathon champion, Catherine Ndereba, are the among the best-known and most respected athletes in Kenya.

After selling more than five million copies every day in the 1980s, circulation dropped below the four million mark in 2002 for the first time in almost 30 years. Kenyan athletes continue to dominate the world of distance running, although competition from Morocco and Ethiopia has somewhat reduced this trend. Although it is still Germany's biggest paper, the circulation of Bild, along with many other papers, has been in decline in recent years. Kenya has regularly produced Olympic and Commonwealth Games champions at various distances, especially the 800 m, the 1,500 m, the 3,000 m steeplechase, the 5000 m and the 10,000 m races. Its traditionally less conservative Sunday paper Bild am Sonntag even supported Gerhard Schröder in his bid to become chancellor in 1998. But the country is chiefly known for its dominance in middle-distance and long-distance athletics. Despite its general support for Germany's conservative party CDU and especially former chancellor Helmut Kohl, its rhetoric, still populist in tone, is less fierce than it was thirty years ago. Kenya is active in several sports, among them football (soccer), cricket, boxing and many others.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War in Europe, Bild's stance seems to have drifted more towards centrism. Main article: Culture of Kenya. At the height of left-wing terrorism around 1977, Bild took a strong stance that could be said to have contributed to the climate of fear and suspicion. See also: List of cities in Kenya, Maasai. A common phrase in parts of society sympathetic to the students was "Bild hat mitgeschossen!" (Bild shot too). Others include Hinduism, Jainism & the Bahá'í Faith. Bild heavily influenced public opinion against the German student movement of the years following 1967, after the assassination attempt on activist Rudi Dutschke. Religious affiliation: Various Protestant 38%, Roman Catholic 28%, Muslim 6%, Traditional Religions 22%.

The GDR was described as a "zone" occupied by the Soviet Union until well into the 1980s, when Bild started to use the name cautiously, while still putting it in quotation marks. Ethnic groups: Kĩkũyũ 22%, Luhya 14%, Luo 13%, Kalenjin 15%, Kamba 11%, Kisii 6%, Ameru 6%, other African 12%, non-African (Asian/Desi, European, and Arab) 1%. From the outset, the editorial drift was unabashedly conservative. Ethnically split opposition groups allowed the regime of Daniel arap Moi, in power from 1978 until 2002, to be re-elected for four terms, with the election in 1997 being marred by violence and fraud. Bild has sometimes been known to use controversial devices like sensational headlines and topless women on its front page, as well as invented "news", to increase its readership. During the early 1990s, clashes killed thousands and left tens of thousands homeless. However, its articles are often considerably shorter compared to those those in British tabloids, and the whole paper is thinner as well. Tension between the various groups accounts for many of Kenya's problems.

Bild-Zeitung was modeled after the British tabloid Daily Mirror; although its paper size is bigger, this is reflected in its mix of celebrity gossip, crime stories and political analysis. Kenya is a country of great ethnic diversity. Bild is based in Hamburg. Main article: Demographics of Kenya. It was founded by Axel Springer in 1952 and quickly became the best-selling newspaper, by a wide margin, not only in Germany, but in all of Europe. Source http://www.kenyaspace.com. Picture Newspaper) is a German daily tabloid newspaper published by Axel Springer AG. The number of foreigners coming to Kenya has increased as attested to by the airlines operating in Kenya.

The Bild-Zeitung (lit. Tourism has grown tremendously since 2003. Another key foreign exchange earner is tourism. Chief among Kenya's exports are: flowers (horticulture), fruits and vegetables, tea, and coffee. The effects of HIV/AIDS has largely offset the previous high population growth which was caused by a high birth rate and reduced infant mortality due to better health care.

Considered by some to be long-term barriers to development are: electricity shortages, the government's continued and allegedly inefficient dominance of key sectors, corruption, the foreign debt burden, unstable international commodity prices, poor communication infrastructure and the effects of HIV/AIDS, which is having its effect on the most productive group of the population. A new economic team was put in place in 1999 to revitalize the reform effort, strengthen the civil service, and curb corruption, but wary donors continue to question the government's commitment to western establishment ideas of sound economic policy. Embassy by Al Qaeda in 1998—damaged the tourist industry, and Kenya's Enhanced Structural Adjustment Program lapsed. Political violence—namely the bombing of the U.S.

Growth slowed in 1997–1999 however. Kenya's GDP grew 5% in 1995 and 4% in 1996, and inflation remained under control. This resulted in a weak currency which hindered economic improvement. dollars.

One of the unintended consequence of freeing foreign exchange control was that it allowed a gold-and-diamond export scam in which the Kenyan government lost over 600 million U.S. With the support of the World Bank, IMF, and other donors, the reforms led to a brief turnaround in economic performance following a period of negative growth in the early 1990s. In 1993, the government of Kenya implemented a program of economic liberalization and reform that included the removal of import licensing, price controls, and foreign exchange controls. Some argue that this slow economic growth is because of poor management and uneven commitment to reform; others insist that it is due to falling commodity prices and poor access to Western markets.

The economy is only now beginning to show some growth after years of stagnation. Kenya's main economic strengths include tourism and agriculture. Main article: Economy of Kenya. Climate varies from tropical along the coast to arid in interior.

The highlands are the site of the highest point in Kenya: Mount Kenya, which reaches 5,199 m and is also the site of glaciers. The Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural production regions in Africa. The highlands are bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west. From the coast on the Indian Ocean the Low plains rise to central highlands.

Kenya covers an area of 582,646 km². The government supervises administration of districts and provinces, which are:. The Nairobi Area* has special status and is not included in any district or province. The division is then subdivided into location (Mtaa) and then sub location (Kijiji).

The provinces (Mkoa) are subdivided into districts (Wilaya) which are then subdivided into divisions (Tarafa). Local administration is divided among eight provinces each headed by a presidentially appointed Provincial Commissioner. The reshuffle has drawn mixed reactions from different quarters with a number of nominees rejecting their appointments citing party policy and the opinion of constituents. His new line up excluded members who had opposed the constitution in the referendum but retained some allies from the official opposition party KANU and loyalists, notably absent was former Transport minister Chris Murungaru who has been accused of corruption in the past.

The president reconstituted his cabinet in a televised broadcast on 7th December. The defeat however created a political vacuum, as Kibaki responded to calls from the Orange Democratic Movement (supporters of the NO vote) for his resignation, by dissolving his cabinet. The president never actively involved himself in the referendum process and instead insisted on letting Kenyans make an independent decision free from political influence. Research by independent observer groups indicated that the majority of voters were oblivious of the proposed constitution's content owing largely to the tribal voting lines that leaders propagated and partly to a failed civic education program.

After a long-lasting public debate, the people of Kenya rejected the government-supported draft constitution with a 57-43 majority in the historical November 21st referendum. The right-leaning NAK favours a centralized Presidential system, while the left leaning LDP -led by Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka- favor a parliamentary system with Prime Minister. Constitutional reform is being delayed by disagreement amongst the coalition members. Kenya is in the process of rewriting its post-colonial constitution and its subsequent amendments that gave the president nearly unlimited powers and immunity from the law accounting for many of Kenya's current problems with corruption.

He was also the former Secretary General of Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya's first lecturers' union. Kilemi Mwiria, who received his doctorate in Education from Stanford University. The coalition consists of some of the brightest minds in Kenya such as Dr. The NAK and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) formed the NARC coalition that currently governs Kenya.

In December 2002, Kenya held democratic and open elections and elected Mwai Kǐbakǐ as president from the National Alliance Party of Kenya (NAK) as president. Kenya has had a multi-party system since 1991 via constitutional amendment, with politicians frequently "crossing the floor" or setting up new political parties and coalitions to achieve their political aims. The judiciary is headed by a High Court, consisting of a chief justice and High Court judges, and judges of Kenya's Court of Appeal (no associate judges), all appointed by the president. The attorney general and the speaker are ex officio members of the Assembly.

The president appoints the vice president and cabinet members from among those elected to the National Assembly. Kenya has a unicameral National Assembly consisting of 210 members elected to a term of up to five years from single-member constituencies, plus 12 members nominated by political parties on a proportional representation basis. Kenya is a republic; the President of Kenya is both the chief of state and the head of government. Main article: Politics of Kenya.

The elections, judged free and fair by local and international observers, marked a turning point in Kenya's democratic evolution. In 2002, Moi was constitutionally barred from running, and Mwai Kǐbakǐ, running for the opposition coalition "National Rainbow Coalition" — NARC, was elected President. In democratic but flawed multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997, Daniel arap Moi won re-election. Several contentious clauses, including the one allowing only one political party were changed in the following years.

This was seen as the climax of a very undemocratic regime and it led to widespread agitation for constitutional reform. The election held in 1988 saw the advent of the infamous mlolongo (queueing) system where voters were supposed to line up behind their favourite candidates instead of secret ballot. This event led to the disbanding of the entire Airforce and a large number of its former members were either dismissed or court-martialled. The attempt was quickly suppressed by Loyalist forces led by the Army, the General Service Unit (GSU) — paramilitary wing of the police — and later the regular police, but not without civilian casualties.

The abortive coup was masterminded by a lowly ranked Airforce serviceman, Senior Private Hezekiah Ochuka and was staged mainly by enlisted men in the Airforce. The 1983 elections were held a year early, and were a direct result of an abortive military coup attempt on 01/08/1982. Daniel arap Moi retained the Presidency, being unopposed in elections held in 1979, 1983 (snap elections) and 1988, all of which were held under the single party constitution. At Kenyatta's death in 1978, Daniel arap Moi became President.

A year later, Kenyatta became Kenya's first president. Despite British hopes of handing power to "moderate" African rivals, it was the Kenya African National Union (KANU) of Jomo Kenyatta, that formed a government shortly before Kenya became independent on 12th December 1963. The first direct elections for Africans to the Legislative Council took place in 1957. The capture of Dedan Kimathi on 21 October 1956 in Nyeri signified the ultimate defeat of the Mau Mau and essentially ended the military offensive.

By the end of the emergency the Home Guard had killed no fewer than 4,686 Mau Mau, amounting to 42% of the total insurgents. The Home Guard formed the core of the government's anti-Mau Mau strategy as it was composed of loyalist Africans, not foreign forces like the British Army and King's African Rifles. May 1953 also saw the Home Guard officially recognized as a branch of the Security Forces. The operation effectively placed Nairobi under military siege, and the occupants were screened and the Mau Mau supporters moved to detention camps.

Operation Anvil opened on 24 April 1954 after weeks of planning by the army with the approval of the War Council. The capture of Warǔhiǔ Itote (General China) on 15 January 1954 and the subsequent interrogation led to a better understanding of the Mau Mau command structure. The situation did not improve for lack of intelligence, so General Sir George Erskine was appointed commander-in-chief of the colony's armed forces in May 1953, with the personal backing of Winston Churchill. In January 1953, Major General Hinde was appointed as director of counter-insurgency operations.

The governor requested and obtained British and African troops, including the King's African Rifles. From October 1952 to December 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the Mau Mau rebellion against British rule. A massive exodus to the cities ensued as their ability to provide a living from the land dwindled. To protect their interests, the settlers banned the growing of coffee, introduced a hut tax, and the landless were granted less and less land in exchange for their labour.

The area was already home to over a million members of the Kĩkũyũ tribe, most of whom had no land claims in European terms (but the land belonged to the ethnic group), and lived as itinerant farmers. By the 1930's, approximately 30,000 settlers lived in the area and were offered undue political powers because of their effects on the economy. During the early part of the 20th century, the interior central highlands were settled by British and other European farmers, who became wealthy farming coffee. It is believed that the Nandi were the first tribe to be put in a native reserve to stop them from disrupting the building of the railway.

Although this was also resisted by some tribes, notably the Nandi led by Orkoiyot Koitalel arap Samoei for ten years between 1895 to 1905, these did not stop the British building the railway. This followed the building of the Kenya-Uganda railway passing through the country. Incipient imperial rivalry was forestalled when Germany handed its coastal holdings to Britain in 1890. However, most historians consider that the colonial history of Kenya dates from the establishment of a German protectorate over the Sultan of Zanzibar's coastal possessions in 1885, followed by the arrival of the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1888.

There followed a period of Portuguese rule centered mainly on the coastal strip ranging from Malindi to Mombasa. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to explore Kenya, with Vasco da Gama having visited Mombasa in 1498. Recent finds near Kenya's Lake Turkana indicate that hominids such as Homo habilis and Homo erectus lived in Kenya from 2.6 million years ago. Fossils found in East Africa suggest that protohumans roamed the area more than 20 million years ago.

Main article: History of Kenya. . It is bordered by Ethiopia to the North, Somalia to the East, Tanzania to the South, Uganda to the West, and Sudan to the North-West, with the Indian Ocean running down the South-East Border. The Republic of Kenya, or Kenya (IPA: /ˈkɛnjə/), is an East African Country.

National parks (Kenya). Music of Kenya. List of writers from Kenya. List of Kenyans.

List of cities in Kenya. Western. Rift Valley. Nyanza.

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