The
military of Kenya spent a whooping $280 million in
2005. This represent 1.6% of their economy.
Kenya's military is
divided into three main branches. These are
the Army, Navy and the Air Force
Facts on the Military of Kenya
Military
branches in Kenya:
Army, Navy, Air
Force
Military
service age in Kenya:
18 years of age
(est.) (2004)
Manpower
available for military service:
males age
18-49: 7,303,153 females age 18-49: 7,083,726 (2005
est.)
Manpower
fit for military service in Kenya:
males age
18-49: 3,963,532 females age 18-49: 3,471,926 (2005
est.)
Military
expenditures of Kenya - dollar figure:
$280.5 million
(2005 est.)
Military
expenditures of Kenya - percent of GDP:
1.6% (2005 est.)
Transnational
Issues in Kenya
Disputes
- international of Kenya:
Kenya served as
an important mediator in brokering Sudan's
north-south separation in February 2005;
Kenya provides shelter to approximately a
quarter of a million refugees including
Ugandans who flee across the border
periodically to seek protection from Lord's
Resistance Army (LRA) rebels; the
Kenya-Somalia border is open to pastoralists
and is susceptible to cross-border clan
insurgencies; Kenya's administrative limits
extend beyond the treaty border into the
Sudan, creating the Ilemi Triangle
Refugees
and internally displaced persons:
refugees
(country of origin): 153,627 (Somalia)
12,595 (Ethiopia) 67,556 (Sudan) IDPs: 360,000 (KANU attacks on
opposition tribal groups in 1990s) (2005)
Illicit
drugs in Kenya:
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
The
military of Kenya spent a whooping $280 million in
2005. This represent 1.6% of their economy.
