Kenya

Notable facts

• The Great Rift Valley runs through Kenya, and Lake Turkana is the world’s largest desert lake.
• Kenya’s Rift Valley highlands have produced a remarkable share of the world’s elite distance runners.
• The Maasai Mara hosts part of the annual wildebeest migration of well over a million animals.
• M-Pesa, launched in Kenya in 2007, made the country an early world leader in mobile money.

World Heritage 8 sites

• Lake Turkana National Parks 1997 · Natural
• Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest 1997 · Natural
• Lamu Old Town 2001 · Cultural

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National dish

Ugali with sukuma wiki Stiff maize-meal porridge with collard greens fried with onion and tomato.

Nyama choma, meat roasted over charcoal, is the celebratory national dish.