Kenya Economy, People, Culture, Flag

According to the 1989 Census, there were 42 tribes living in Kenya, as well as all of the non-African people groups. Therefore there are 42 ethnic languages spoken in Kenya apart from English and Swahili. The average life expectancy at birth in Kenya is 45 years. The low life expectancy and years of high birth rates have combined to give Kenya a young population: 41 percent of the people were younger than age 15 in 2003. Some 66 percent of Kenya's population lives in rural areas, most concentrated in the fertile southern half of the country.

The Kenyan Flag contains three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in

white; a large warrior's shield covering crossed spears is superimposed at the center. Black represents the people of Kenya. Red represents the blood shed in the fight for independence. Green represents the fertility of the land. White represents peace. The shield of the warrior represents Kenya's pride and tradition.
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Kenyan economy has been traditionally based on agriculture. Although during the past decades the growth of industry and tourism has decreased agriculture's dominance, farming activity still accounts for the major part of the country's economy.

Kenya, as a nation, has a unique way of life of the people in terms of social institutions values, norms, ethics, attire and the various forms of artistic and literacy expression. This way of life constitutes the culture, expressed in the nation's unique artifacts, songs, art, dance, theatre, literature and a variety of other traditions. These cultural values represent the realization of national unit and cohesion as well as the creation of national pride and a sense of identity. Kenyans see and define culture in a dynamic context that embodies responsiveness to the changing social economic physical, political and technological environment.