1. KENYA
By Taylor Lett

2. Relative Location of Kenya to Africa
Kenya is in the south eastern part of Africa. Its capital is Nairobi. Countries that border it include, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, and Ethiopia.

3. Kenya’s Imports and Exports
Exports: $3.76 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.): tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement.
Imports: $7.602 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.): machinery and transportation equipment, petroleum products, motor vehicles, iron and steel, resins and plastics.

4. Currency Kenya uses shillings 1 Kenyan shilling = 0.01308 U.S. dollars
                                          
Caption: Ten shillings coin: Shilling expected to gain further against the dollar towards the end of the year
Kenya uses shillings  
1 Kenyan shilling = U.S. dollars
100 Kenyan shillings
20 shilling (1994), portrait of Daniel arap Moi

5. First Major Event
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to explore the region of current-day Kenya, Vasco da Gama visited Mombasa in 1498.

6. Second Major Event
The Portuguese invades, slaughters and robs most cities on the East Coast of Africa. Dom Francisco de Almeida arrives with 23 ships and approximately 1500 soldiers. Mombasa is bombed and the occupied by Portuguese troops in 1505.

7. Third Major Event
Kenya was colonized by Arab traders from the 10th century and by the British in 1895.

8. Economy Now Capital = Languages = Government = President =
Population =
Nairobi
Swahili, and English
Semi-presidential rep.
Mwai Kibaki
37,953,840

9. Bibliography www.wikipedia.org www.google.com www.ask.com