Kenya

Question 1

Where is Kenya?

Answer 1

East Africa, on the equator and on the coast of the Indian Ocean

Question 2

Where is Lake Victoria?

Answer 2

On the western boarder

Question 3

What continent is Kenya in?

Answer 3

Africa

Question 4

Capital of Kenya

Answer 4

Nairobi

Question 5

Population

Answer 5

52.5 millions

Question 6

Life expectancy

Answer 6

66

Question 7

Adult literacy

Answer 7

81.5%

Question 8

Population under nourished

Answer 8

29.4%

Question 9

Gross national income per capita

Answer 9

$1750

Question 10

Cell phones per 100 people

Answer 10

103.8

Question 11

In terms of income, how would you describe Kenya?

Answer 11

Low Income Country (LIC) poor

Question 12

Country to south of Kenya

Answer 12

Tanzania

Question 13

Country to east of Kenya

Answer 13

Somalia

Question 14

Country to west of Kenya

Answer 14

Uganda

Question 15

Country to north of Kenya

Answer 15

South Sudan, Ethiopia

Question 16

What are Nairobi’s coldest months?

Answer 16

July and August

Question 17

What is the lowest monthly rainfall in Nairobi

Answer 17

20mm

Question 18

Max/min temp in Nairobi

Answer 18

26/21°C

Question 19

What is Kibera?

Answer 19

It is a squatter settlement (shanty town) - area of illegal makeshift housing - found in Nairobi, Kenya.

Question 20

What are houses like in Kibera?

Answer 20

12ft x 12ft built with mud walls, screened with concrete, a corrugated tin roof, dirt or concrete floor
House up to 8 people
Built on marshland or by rubbish dumps

Question 21

Negative Conditions and problems in Kibera

Answer 21

Public transport is dangerous, overcrowded, limited
Rubbish causes smells/disease (dysentery or cholera)
Few schools, little education
Little medical care
Major crime issues
Drug problems
Children work

Question 22

Positives in Kibera

Answer 22

Close to family and friends
Cheap rent/housing

Question 23

Water and sanitation in Kibera

Answer 23

No drains/sewers
Poor water supply
1000’s share a tap and toilet
Until recently water was collected from the Nairobi dam causing typhoid and cholera

Question 24

Maasai food

Answer 24

Meat, milk, blood and fat from a cow
Honey
Tree bark

Most wild game, chicken, fish and salt are forbidden!

Question 25

Maasai shelters

Answer 25

Loaf shape, made of mud and grass, cow dung and cow urine. Some homes are made with thorns to protect them and their cattle
Females build and dismantle the homes as men are usually hunting
Hold 3-5 family members
Hold 1-50 cattle

Question 26

Maasai cattle

Answer 26

Loved, they are sacred and a gift from god
They believe enkia created cattle purely for them
The bond has led them into a notmadic way of life, by following rainfall
The tribe measures wealth by the number of cattle (and children) they have