ate:
2% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
4.033 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
3.981 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
230 million kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
57,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA (2001)

Current account balance:
$-306 million (2003)

Exports:
$2.514 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish,
cement

Exports - partners:
Uganda 12.7%, UK 12.5%, US 9.4%, Netherlands 8.5%, Pakistan 5%,
Egypt 4.6%, Tanzania 4.3% (2003)

Imports:
$3.705 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor
vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics

Imports - partners:
UAE 13.2%, Saudi Arabia 9.6%, South Africa 8.6%, UK 7.4%, China
6.3%, US 5.1%, India 5.1%, Japan 4.9%, Germany 4.2% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$1.455 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$5.916 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$453 million (1997)

Currency:
Kenyan shilling (KES)

Currency code:
KES

Exchange rates:
Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 75.9356 (2003), 78.7491 (2002),
78.5632 (2001), 76.1755 (2000), 70.3262 (1999)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Kenya

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 (2003)

Highways:
total: 63,942 km
paved: 7,737 km
unpaved: 56,205 km (2000)

Waterways:
part of Lake Victoria