Kenya
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Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Eastern Africa. At 580,367 square kilometres (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by area. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, Kenya is the 29th most populous country in the world. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest, currently second largest city, and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third-largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria. Other important urban centers include Nakuru and Eldoret. As of 2020, Kenya is the third-largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and South Africa. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. Its geography, climate, and population vary widely, ranging from cold snow-capped mountaintops (Batian, Nelion, and Point Lenana on Mount Kenya) with vast surrounding forests, wildlife, and fertile agricultural regions to temperate climates in western and rift valley counties and dry, less fertile arid and semi-arid areas and absolute deserts (the Chalbi Desert and Nyiri Desert).
Kenya's earliest inhabitants were hunter-gatherers, like the present-day Hadza people. According to archaeological dating of associated artifacts and skeletal material, Cushitic speakers first settled in Kenya's lowlands between 3,200 and 1,300 BC, a phase known as the Lowland Savanna Pastoral Neolithic. Nilotic-speaking pastoralists (ancestral to Kenya's Nilotic speakers) began migrating from present-day South Sudan into Kenya around 500 BC. Bantu people settled at the coast and the interior between 250 BC and 500 AD. European contact began in 1500 AD with the Portuguese Empire, and effective colonization of Kenya began in the 19th century during the European exploration of the interior. Modern-day Kenya emerged from a protectorate established by the British Empire in 1895 and the subsequent Kenya Colony, which began in 1920. Numerous disputes between the UK and the colony led to the Mau Mau revolution, which began in 1952, and the declaration of independence in 1963. After independence, Kenya remained a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The current constitution was adopted in 2010 and replaced the 1963 independence constitution.
Kenya is a presidential representative democratic republic, in which elected officials represent the people and the president is the head of state and government. Kenya is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, COMESA, International Criminal Court, and other international organisations. With a GNI of 1,840, Kenya is a lower-middle-income economy. Kenya's economy is the largest in eastern and central Africa, with Nairobi serving as a major regional commercial hub. Agriculture is the largest sector: tea and coffee are traditional cash crops, while fresh flowers are a fast-growing export. The service industry is also a major economic driver, particularly tourism. Kenya is a member of the East African Community trade bloc, though some international trade organizations categorize it as part of the Greater Horn of Africa. Africa is Kenya's largest export market, followed by the European Union.
Tourism
Tourism in Kenya is the second-largest source of foreign exchange revenue, following agriculture. The Kenya Tourism Board is responsible for maintaining information about tourism in Kenya. The main tourist attractions are photo safaris through the 60 national parks and game reserves. Other attractions include the wildebeest migration at the Masaai Mara, which is considered to be the 7th wonder of the world; historical mosques and colonial-era forts at Mombasa, Malindi, and Lamu; renowned scenery such as the white-capped Mount Kenya and the Great Rift Valley; tea plantations at Kericho; coffee plantations at Thika; a splendid view of Mount Kilimanjaro across the border into Tanzania; and the beaches along the Swahili Coast, in the Indian Ocean. Tourists, the largest number being from Germany and the United Kingdom, are attracted mainly to the coastal beaches and the game reserves, notably the expansive East and Tsavo West National Park, 20,808 square kilometers (8,034 sq mi) to the southeast.
Prostitution in Kenya
The Kenyan Penal Code does not criminalize sex work. However, it criminalizes third parties who live on the earnings of prostitution. The Penal Code defines two types of offenses with respect to sex work namely “living on the earnings of prostitution” and “soliciting or importuning for immoral purposes.”
- See NSWP website
Spanking in Kenya
Judicial corporal punishment, in the form of caning, was applied to juveniles frequently under British rule and, for serious offenses, to adult males.[1] It continued to be used after independence until it was outlawed in 2003.[2]
School corporal punishment, usually taking the form of British-style caning, was banned in 2001,[3] but student discipline is widely perceived to have suffered as a result, and many schools have continued to use the cane in defiance of the ban.[4]
The parental spanking of children is still lawful according to Article 127 of the Children Act 2001, which gives parents the right to "administer reasonable punishment".
A traditional spanking implement used in Africa including Kenya is the sjambok, a kind of single-tail whip made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.
Kenyan spanking art
There is no Kenyan spanking artist known so far.
The following British television films feature spanking scenes set in Kenya: The Flame Trees of Thika (1981) and The Happy Valley (1987).
See also
- Wikipedia article: Kenya
References
- ↑ Kenya: Judicial CP at World Corporal Punishment Research.
- ↑ Bowry, Pravin (16 September 2003)."Changes in criminal law significant". Daily Nation (Nairobi).
- ↑ Aduda, David (11 April 2001). "Minister outlaws caning in schools". Daily Nation (Nairobi).
- ↑ Kenya: School CP at World Corporal Punishment Research.
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