Kenya is a country located in east Africa. It has a population of 47.6 million people and is ranked 48 largest in the world. Its capital city is Nairobi while it’s oldest town is Mombasa. It borders countries like Ethiopia to the north, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south west, South Sundan to the south west and Somalia to the east.
Kenya is a beautiful country with Kiswahili and English as the national languages
Here are five facts you didn’t know about kenya
1.the first woman to win a Noble peace price was from Kenya. Wangari Maathai
In 1977 she started a movement aimed at discouraging cutting down of trees, this campaign encouraged people to plant trees which led to planting of more than 30 million trees; in 2004 she was awarded the Noble peace price winner for her contribution for sustainable development, democracy and peace
2.kenya has the highest number of medals at the Olympics in Africa.
Kenya first participated in Olympics in 1956 and since then, it has continued to compete in Olympics
Since it’s entry in Olympics, Kenya has acquired a total of 131 golf medals, 38 silver medals and 34 bronze medals
3. Kenya is the home to big five animals
The word ‘big five animals’ intially meant animals which were hard to hunt and include the lion, elephant, rhinos, leopard and buffaloes. Kenya therefore houses all the above animals.
4. Home of the second highest mountain in Kenya
Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya with a height of 5199 meters above the ground. The mountain is located in eastern part of Kenya. This mountain comes second in height in Africa after mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
5. Hunting is illegal in Kenya
So as to protect tourist attractions in Kenya, government has set policies which prohit poaching of wild animals, these policies began to function as early as 1970s. With these policies wild animals are well protected.
