| Kenya is a medium sized country on the eastern part | | | | farmers. The name Kenya was derived from the |
| of Africa. It measures approximately 580,367 km2 | | | | kikuyu, kamba and embu names for Mount Kenya. |
| and it is the 47th largest country in the world. Its | | | | These are Kirinyaga, Kiinya, and Kirinyaa. They |
| capital city is Nairobi which is in central Kenya. Other | | | | believed that the mountain was God's resting place. |
| major cities include Kisumu and Mombasa while major | | | | They treated the mountain as a holy and sacred |
| towns are Nakuru, Kericho, Eldoret and Nyeri. Kenya | | | | place. The word Kenya means God's resting place. |
| has forty different ethnic groups which fall under | | | | Kenya has a tropical climate. At the coast and central |
| Bantu, Nilotic and Cushitic speakers. The Bantu group | | | | Kenya, it is very humid. The northern part of Kenya |
| is the largest with the Agikuyu community dominating | | | | is very dry. The Great Rift Valley passes through the |
| it. Kenya is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the | | | | Kenya's highland making the region very fertile and it |
| south east, Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west, | | | | the best in the area for crop production. Kenya is |
| Somalia to the north east, Ethiopia to the north and | | | | also home of many different species of animals and |
| Tanzania to the south. | | | | birds. This is because o9f the conducive climate. The |
| The biggest ethnic group is the Kikuyu. They are part | | | | big five which are the lion, rhino, elephant, buffalo and |
| of the Bantu speaking people. They occupy the | | | | leopard can be found here too. |
| fertile slopes of Mount Kenya and they are mostly | | | | |