:
Kenyan shillings per US dollar - 72.7649 (2006), 75.554 (2005),
79.174 (2004), 75.936 (2003), 78.749 (2002)

Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June

Communications Kenya

Telephones - main lines in use:
281,800 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.5 million (2006)

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:
13,274 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
65 (2001)

Internet users:
1,054,900 (2005)

Transportation Kenya

Airports:
225 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 210
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 115
under 914 m: 84 (2006)

Pipelines:
refined products 894 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 63,265 km (interurban roads)
paved: 8,933 km
unpaved: 54,332 km
note: there also are 100,000 km of rural roads and 14,500 km of
urban roads for a national total of 177,765 km (2004)

Waterways:
part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya (2003)

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 6,049 GRT/7,082 DWT
by type: passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1
registered in other countries: 6 (Bahamas 1, Comoros 1, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Tuvalu 1, unknown 1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Mombasa

Military Kenya

Military branches:
Kenyan Army, Kenyan Navy, Kenyan Air Force (2006)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.) (2004)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 7,303,153
females age 18-49: 7,083,726 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 3,963,532
females age 18-49: 3,471,926 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$280.5 million (2005 est.)

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