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Hon. Mutahi Kagwe - Minister of Communications in Kenya Kenya is in the process of entering a $280 million cable deal that will link it up the rest of the world. But close sources indicate that Kenya might pull out. The man in charge of communication is Hon Mutahi Kagwe pitured left.

The transport ministry has a policy of ensuring there are standard guidelines and policy direction in the service delivery and operations in the sector, the Ministry is in charge of developing/reviewing and overseeing enforcement of policies in the transport and meteorological sectors.

Telecom Facilities in Kenya of Kenya

Telephones in Kenya- main lines in use:	299,300 (2004)
Telephones in Kenya - mobile cellular:	2,546,200 (2004)
Telephone system in Kenya:	general assessment: unreliable; little attempt to modernize except for service to business domestic: trunks are primarily microwave radio relay; business data commonly transferred by a very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system international: country code - 254; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations in Kenya:	AM 24, FM 18, shortwave 6 (2001)
Radios in Kenya:	3.07 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations in Kenya:	8 (2002)
Televisions in Kenya:	730,000 (1997)
Internet country code:	.ke
Internet hosts in Kenya:	11,645 (2005)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	65 (2001)
Internet users in Kenya:	1.5 million (2005)

Tansportation Facilities in Kenya

Airports:
224 (2005)

Airports - with paved runways in Kenya:
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 1 (2005)

Airports - with unpaved runways in Kenya:
total: 209
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 114
under 914 m: 84 (2005)

Pipelines:
refined products 752 km (2004)

Railways in Kenya:
total: 2,778 km
narrow gauge: 2,778 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)

Roadways in Kenya:
total: 63,942 km
paved: 7,737 km
unpaved: 56,205 km (2000)

Waterways:
part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya (2003)

Merchant marine in Kenya:
total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 6,049 GRT/7,082 DWT
by type: cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1
registered in other countries: 6 (The Bahamas 1, Comoros 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, unknown 1) (2005)

Ports and terminals:
Mombasa