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Kenya:
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Other pages in this profile of Kenya:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Kenyan Army, Kenyan Navy, Kenyan Air Force (2007) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 years of age (est.) for voluntary service, with a 9-year obligation (2007) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 9,044,685 females age 16-49: 8,805,736 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 5,688,259 females age 16-49: 5,396,166 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 2.8% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition Kenya served as an important mediator in brokering Sudan's north-south separation in February 2005; Kenya provides shelter to almost a quarter of a million refugees, including Ugandans who flee across the border periodically to seek protection from Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels; Kenya works hard to prevent the clan and militia fighting in Somalia from spreading across the border, which has long been open to nomadic pastoralists; the boundary that separates Kenya's and Sudan's sovereignty is unclear in the "Ilemi Triangle," which Kenya has administered since colonial times |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition refugees (country of origin): 173,702 (Somalia); 73,004 (Sudan); 16,428 (Ethiopia) IDPs: 250,000-400,000 (2007 post-election violence; KANU attacks on opposition tribal groups in 1990s) (2007) |
Illicit drugs |
Definition widespread harvesting of small plots of marijuana; transit country for South Asian heroin destined for Europe and North America; Indian methaqualone also transits on way to South Africa; significant potential for money-laundering activity given the country's status as a regional financial center; massive corruption, and relatively high levels of narcotics-associated activities |
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