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Intervarsity Christian Fellowship/USA:

• Total Area of Kenya: 582,646 square kilometers (224,960 square miles)

• Capital: Nairobi (one of the key communication centers in Africa, particularly for many international Christian organizations)

• Population: 27,885,000

• Ethnic Composition: 22% Kikuyu; 14% Luhya; 13% Luo; 12% Kalenjin; 11% Kamba; 6% Kisii; 6% Meru; 16% other. Kenya has over 70 different people groups living within its borders, divided into three linguistic categories (Bantu, Nilotic, and Cushitic) based upon the ancestry of the language. The Bantu population is made up of tribes such as the Kikuyu and Kamba, the Nilotic by tribes such as the Maasai and Turkana, and the Cushitic by tribes such as the Rendille and Somali. Other language groups and people also reside in Kenya including Asians, Indians, ex-Patriate Americans and British.

• Official Languages: English, Swahili

• Religion: Freedom of religion with: 45% Protestant; 25.9% Roman Catholic; 10% African traditional religions; 6% Islam; 13.1% other; Nominalism is a major issue. Nairobi is 80% "Christian", but only 12% of the population goes to church.

• Unreached People Groups: Approximately 12% of the population belongs to people little affected by the Gospel; the Muslim Somalis in the northeast and cities; pastoral tribes of northern Kenya (Boran, Samburu, Gabbra, and Rendille); tribal people of the Muslim coastal strip (Digo, Bajun, Orma, Upper Pokomo, Boni of Lamu, and coastal Somalis); coastal Swahili and Arab population which are strongly Muslim; and the Asian community (mainly Indians most of which are Hindu).

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• Hull targets success for African aid
  The Age, Australia - 19 hours ago
  Hull, whose two-under-par 71 at Kingston Heath yesterday put her into contention in the Women's Australian Open, says her recent trip to Rwanda and Kenya ...
   

• LETTER: Take deep breath, and vote for Obama
  Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, IL - 1 hour ago
  Barack Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961 to a white mother from Kansas,and a black father from Kenya (who did not practice Islam) Barack was given his ...

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Kenya's crisis is Africa's too, says Inter-Church body
ChristianNewsToday.com - Jan 30, 2008
The story concluded that separately, in a statement issued in Geneva on January 24, the World Student Christian Federation's Africa region called on Kenyan ...

• Zimbabwe gospel musician takes reggae by storm
  Zimbabwe Gazette, Zimbabwe - 16 hours ago
  He has toured Africa extensively and recently he travelled to Kenya where he reportedly wowed crowds with spectacular shows. A live DVD of the Kenya shows ...

• Media Credit: Kevin Alexander — THE BATTALION
  Texas A&M The Battalion, TX - Jan 30, 2008
  However, the place Norwood has spent most of her time is Nairobi, Kenya. "Outside Nairobi, instead of suburbs they have slums," Norwood said. ...

• Kenya: Worldwide Week for Christian Unity Focuses On Constant Prayer
  AllAfrica.com, Washington - Jan 15, 2008
  Christians around the world are preparing for the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which starts Friday. The main biblical text for this year's ...

• Pope and WCC look to Christian unity at ecumenical 'festival'
  Ecumenical News International, Switzerland - Jan 29, 2008
  Samuel Kobia, a Methodist from Kenya, at the service on 25 January at the ancient basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, where, according to tradition, ...

• Baptists tackle big topics at Covenant
  Baylor University The Lariat Online, TX - Jan 30, 2008
  From the civil unrest in Kenya to the history of slavery and discrimination in the United States, Shaw said "there is no peace without justice. ...

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