Kenya (Republic of Kenya)

Kenya Republic of Kenya
Status	Independent State
Social and Moral Index	139th best
Capital	Nairobi
Land Area	569 140 km21
Location	Africa
Population	42.75 million (2011)2
Life Expectancy	62.16yrs (2017)3
GNI	$2 881 (2017)4
ISO3166-1 Codes	KE, KEN, 4045
Internet Domain	.ke6
Currency	Shilling (KES)7
Telephone	+2548

1. Overview
2. Kenya National and Social Development
3. Population and Life Expectancy
4. Gender Equality
5. Religion and Beliefs
6. The Internet
7. Public Health Issues
8. More Charts and Comparisons to Other Countries
9. Links

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1. Overview

“Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence in 1963 until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. MOI acceded to internal and external pressure for political liberalization in late 1991. The ethnically fractured opposition failed to dislodge KANU from power in elections in 1992 and 1997, which were marred by violence and fraud, but were viewed as having generally reflected the will of the Kenyan people. President MOI stepped down in December 2002 following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai KIBAKI, running as the candidate of the multiethnic, united opposition group, the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), defeated KANU candidate Uhuru KENYATTA and assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anticorruption platform. KIBAKI's NARC coalition splintered in 2005 over a constitutional review process. Government defectors joined with KANU to form a new opposition coalition, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which defeated the government's draft constitution in a popular referendum in November 2005. KIBAKI's reelection in December 2007 brought charges of vote rigging from ODM candidate Raila ODINGA and unleashed two months of violence in which as many as 1,500 people died. African Union-sponsored mediation led by former UN Secretary General Kofi ANNAN in late February 2008 resulted in a power-sharing accord bringing ODINGA into the government in the restored position of prime minister. The power sharing accord included a broad reform agenda, the centerpiece of which was constitutional reform. In August 2010, Kenyans overwhelmingly adopted a new constitution in a national referendum. The new constitution introduced additional checks and balances to executive power and significant devolution of power and resources to 47 newly created counties. It also eliminated the position of prime minister following the first presidential election under the new constitution, which occurred on March 4, 2013. Uhuru KENYATTA, the son of founding president Jomo KENYATTA, won the March elections in the first round by a close margin and was sworn into office on 9 April 2013.”

CIA's The World Factbook (2013)₉

2. Kenya National and Social Development

UN HDI (2016)10
	Country	Rank Lower is better10
1	Norway	1
2	Australia	2
3	Switzerland	2
	...
143	Cambodia	143
144	Nepal	144
145	Myanmar (Burma)	145
146	Kenya	146
147	Pakistan	147
148	Swaziland	148
149	Syria	149
150	Angola	150
151	Tanzania	151
152	Nigeria	152
153	Cameroon	153
154	Zimbabwe	154
155	Papua New Guinea	154
156	Solomon Islands	156
157	Mauritania	157
158	Madagascar	158
q=188.

Social and Moral Development
	Country	Score
1	Iceland	88.9
2	Denmark	84.5
3	Sweden	84.2
	...
136	Algeria	51.6
137	China	51.1
138	Sao Tome & Principe	51.0
139	Kenya	50.9
140	Haiti	50.6
141	Egypt	50.5
142	Swaziland	50.2
143	Papua New Guinea	50.1
144	Palestine	50.0
145	Lesotho	49.9
146	Cambodia	49.8
147	Comoros	49.5
148	Nepal	49.4
149	Madagascar	48.5
Data Source

The United Nations produces an annual Human Development Report which includes the Human Development Index. The factors taken into account include life expectancy, education and schooling and Gross National Income (GNI) amongst many others..

The Social and Moral Development Index is a formulaic aggregation of many factors. It concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: "What is the Best Country in the World? An Index of Morality, Conscience and Good Life" by Vexen Crabtree (2017).

3. Population and Life Expectancy

Life Expectancy (2015)11
	Country	Years Higher is better11
1	Hong Kong	84.16
2	Japan	83.68
3	Italy	83.34
	...
157	Congo, (Brazzaville)	62.89
158	Papua New Guinea	62.77
159	Djibouti	62.30
160	Kenya	62.16
161	Niger	61.94
162	Ghana	61.53
163	Liberia	61.19
164	Zambia	60.82
q=190.

Fertility Rate (2013)12
	Country	Value Lower is better12
1	Korea, N.	2.00
2	Brunei	1.99
3	St Vincent & Grenadines	2.01
	...
151	Central African Rep.	4.46
152	Madagascar	4.52
153	Iraq	4.57
154	Kenya	4.64
155	Senegal	4.65
156	Gambia	4.73
157	Mozambique	4.75
158	Comoros	4.78
q=180.

Population (m=millions)
	Country	People	Per km2
1	China	1 353.6m	145
2	India	1 258.35m	423
3	USA	315.79m	35
	...
28	Colombia	47.55m	43
29	Spain	46.77m	94
30	Ukraine	44.94m	78
31	Kenya	42.75m	75
32	Argentina	41.12m	15
33	Poland	38.32m	126
34	Algeria	36.49m	15
Data Source

Old-Age Dependency Ratio (2016)13
	Country	Per 100 Lower is better13
1	Uganda	04.3
2	Mali	04.5
3	Chad	04.7
	...
27	Guinea	06.1
28	Guinea-Bissau	06.1
29	Lesotho	06.1
30	Kenya	06.1
31	S. Sudan	06.2
32	Tanzania	06.2
33	Sao Tome & Principe	06.2
34	Comoros	06.3
q=185.

Kenya's population is predicted to rise to 65.93 million by 2030. These millions of extra people will all need space to live, food to eat, energy to consume, and will increase the burden on the planet's resources. This country has a fertility rate of 4.64. The fertility rate is, in simple terms, the average amount of children that each woman has. The higher the figure, the quicker the population is growing, although, to calculate the rate you also need to take into account morbidity, i.e., the rate at which people die. If people live healthy and long lives and morbidity is low, then, 2.0 approximates to the replacement rate, which would keep the population stable. If all countries had such a fertility rate, population growth would end. The actual replacement rate in most developed countries is around 2.1.

• The Overpopulation of the Earth
• Abortion, Birth Control and Contraception: How Religion is Making Overpopulation Worse

4. Gender Equality

Female Vote and Stand
1	New Zealand	1893
2	Australia	1902
3	Finland	1906
	...
142	Fiji	1963
143	Iran	1963
144	Morocco	1963
145	Kenya	1963
146	Sudan	1964
147	Libya	1964
148	Papua New Guinea	1964
149	Lesotho	1965

Gender Inequality (2015)14
	Country	Value Lower is better14
1	Switzerland	0.04
2	Denmark	0.04
3	Netherlands	0.04
	...
132	Lesotho	0.55
133	Syria	0.55
134	Togo	0.56
135	Kenya	0.56
136	Egypt	0.57
137	Swaziland	0.57
138	Cameroon	0.57
139	Mozambique	0.57
q=159.

Gender inequality is not a necessary part of early human development. Although a separation of roles is almost universal due to different strengths between the genders, this does not have to mean that women are subdued, and, such patriarchialism is not universal in ancient history. Those cultures and peoples who shed, or never developed, the idea that mankind ought to dominate womankind, are better cultures and peoples than those who, even today, cling violently to those mores.

Kenya is notable for its equality between the sexes.

See:

• "Religion Versus Womankind" by Vexen Crabtree (2007)

5. Religion and Beliefs

#buddhism #christianity #hinduism #islam #judaism

Disbelief In God
1	Vietnam	81%
2	Japan	65%
3	Sweden	64%
	...
109	Oman	0%
110	Nigeria	0%
111	Liberia	0%
112	Kenya	0%
113	Niger	0%
114	Jordan	0%
115	Malawi	0%
116	Malaysia	0%
Data Source

How Many Are Religious?
1	Estonia	16%
2	Sweden	17%
3	Denmark	19%
	...
81	Uganda	93%
82	Nepal	93%
83	Sudan	93%
84	Kenya	94%
85	Bahrain	94%
86	Congo, DR	94%
87	Algeria	95%
88	Rwanda	95%
Data Source

Data from the Pew Forum, a professional polling outfit, states that in 2010 the religious makeup of this country was as follows in the table below₁₅:

Christian	84.8%
Muslim	9.7%
Hindu	0.1%
Buddhist	0.1%
Folk Religion	1.7%
Jew	0.1%
Unaffiliated	2.5%

The CIA World Factbook has slightly different data, and states: Christian 82.5% (Protestant 47.4%, Catholic 23.3%, other 11.8%), Muslim 11.1%, Traditionalists 1.6%, other 1.7%, none 2.4%, unspecified 0.7% (2009 census)₁₆.

Kenya: A Pew Forum poll in 2006 found that nearly half or more of all Protestants in several countries, including Kenya, identified as Pentecostal Christians₁₇.

Links:

• A List of All Religions and Belief Systems
• Secularisation Theory: Will Modern Society Reject Religion? What is Secularism?

6. The Internet

Internet Freedom
1	Estonia	10
2	USA	12
3	Germany	15
	...
10	S. Africa	26
11	Brazil	27
12	Ukraine	27
13	Kenya	29
14	Georgia	30
15	Nigeria	33
16	Korea, S.	34
17	Uganda	34
Data Source

IT Security Risks
271	USA	3.68
270	Russia	2.42
269	India	2.10
	...
225	Ivory Coast	0.82
224	Burkina Faso	0.79
223	Cameroon	0.77
222	Kenya	0.77
221	Zambia	0.76
220	Moldova	0.71
219	Uzbekistan	0.69
218	Guinea-Bissau	0.67
Data Source

Internet Users (2016)18
	Country	Value Higher is better18
1	Iceland	100%
2	Faroe Islands	99%
3	Norway	98%
	...
107	Jordan	46%
108	Panama	45%
109	Mexico	45%
110	Kenya	45%
111	Belize	45%
112	Ukraine	44%
113	Philippines	44%
114	Jamaica	43%
q=201.

Internet access has become an essential research tool. It facilitates an endless list of life improvements, from the ability to network and socialize without constraint, to access to a seemingly infinite repository of technical and procedural information on pretty much any task. The universal availability of data has sped up industrial development and personal learning at the national and personal level. Individuals can read any topic they wish regardless of the locality of expert teachers, and, entire nations can develop their technology and understanding of the world simply because they are now exposed to advanced societies and moral discourses online. Like every communications medium, the Internet has issues and causes a small range of problems, but these are insignificant compared to the advantages of having an online populace.

Links:

• The Internet and Religion

7. Public Health Issues

Adolescent Birth Rate (2015)14
	Country	Per 1000 Lower is better14
1	Korea, N.	0.5
2	Korea, S.	1.6
3	Switzerland	2.9
	...
155	Nicaragua	88.8
156	Guinea-Bissau	89.5
157	Zambia	90.4
158	Kenya	90.9
159	Central African Rep.	91.9
160	Togo	92.0
161	Lesotho	92.7
162	Dominican Rep.	97.9
q=185.

Alcohol Consumption (2010)19
	Country	Per Capita Lower is better19
1	Libya	0.1
2	Pakistan	0.1
3	Kuwait	0.1
	...
69	Guinea-Bissau	4
70	Ethiopia	4.2
71	Kyrgyzstan	4.3
72	Kenya	4.3
73	Turkmenistan	4.3
74	UAE	4.3
75	India	4.3
76	Chad	4.4
q=191.

Immunizations 2011-2015 (2015)20
	Country	Avg % Higher is better20
1	Hungary	99.0
2	China	99.0
3	Uzbekistan	98.9
	...
124	Ireland	89.2
125	Sudan	89.2
126	Honduras	88.8
127	Kenya	88.5
128	Costa Rica	88.5
129	Colombia	88.4
130	Kiribati	88.4
131	Netherlands	88.1
q=194.

8. More Charts and Comparisons to Other Countries