{"id":65428,"date":"2026-08-14T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=65428"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:43:31","slug":"kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kenya Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India welcomed Kenya\u2019s decision to recognise Persons of Indian Origin as indigenous community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kenya<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in <\/span><b>Eastern Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered with <\/span><b>Somalia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North East), <\/span><b>Ethiopia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North), <\/span><b>South Sudan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North West), <\/span><b>Uganda <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(West) and <\/span><b>Tanzania (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime Border:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has a coastline on the <\/span><b>Indian Ocean to the southeast.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nairobi<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nairobi hosts UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/un-habitat\/\" target=\"_blank\">UN-HABITAT<\/a><\/strong> headquarters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Kenya<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate: <\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a<\/span><b> tropical type of climate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major lakes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lake Victoria (shared with Uganda &amp; Tanzania), Lake Turkana.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Athi\/Galana, Tana (Longest river of Kenya), Mara.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mountain Ranges:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Aberdare, Mau Escarpment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Peak:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mount Kenya (second highest in Africa after Kilimanjaro).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Island:<\/b> <b>Lamu Island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, part of the Lamu Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of Lead, zircon, iron, titanium, mica, chaum, oil, coal, diatomite, gypsum.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Famous Tribes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> San Bushmen, Samburu, Maasai.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/india-welcomes-kenyas-decision-to-recognise-persons-of-indian-origin-as-indigenous-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya is located in Eastern Africa. 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