enya
Telephones - main lines in use:
328,400 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,590,800 (2003)
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)
Radios:
3.07 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
8 (2002)
Televisions:
730,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ke
Internet hosts:
8,325 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
65 (2001)
Internet users:
400,000 (2002)
Transportation Kenya
Railways:
total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)
Highways:
total: 63,942 km
paved: 7,737 km
unpaved: 56,205 km (2000)
Waterways:
part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya (2004)
Pipelines:
refined products 752 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Mombasa
Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,049 GRT/7,082 DWT
by type: cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1
registered in other countries: 6 (2005)
Airports:
221 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 206
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 110
under 914 m: 84 (2004 est.)
Military Kenya
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 7,303,153 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 3,963,532 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$177.1 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.3% (2004)
Transnational Issues Kenya
Disputes - international:
Kenya served as an important mediator in brokering Sudan's
north-south separation in February 2005; Kenya provides shelter to
approximately a quarter of a million refugees including Ugandans who
flee across the border periodically to seek protection from Lord's
Resistance Army (LRA) rebels; Kenya's administrative limits extend
beyond the treaty border into the Sudan
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