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In the 2022/23 financial year, the government allocated KSh7.9 billion for orphans and vulnerable children, KSh17.5 billion for cash transfers to elderly persons, KSh1.2 billion in cash transfers to persons with severe disabilities and KSh5.1 billion for the hunger safety net programme. Others were ...

A total of 17.9% of Kenya’s 12 million conventional households reported having access to the internet, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census. More recent data from the World Bank put Kenya’s internet penetration rate at 30% of the total population (roughly 16 million people) ...

In 2020, close to 81% of Kenyans were Christian, 8% were Muslim and 0.1% were atheist or had no religion. ...

Kenya's population was estimated to be 56.2 million in 2022. The 2019 census, the most recent, gave the population as 47.5 million. ...

Data from the United Nations Population Fund put Kenya’s life expectancy in 2022 at 65 years for men and 70 years for women. ...

Kenya's female population stood at 27.6 million in 2021. ...

Kenya's unemployment rate was 5.7% in 2021. ...

The number of indigenous languages spoken in Kenya remains speculative with most sources saying that there are over 40 different indigenous languages and dialects....

According to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, 8.8% of Kenya’s 12 million conventional households reported having either a desktop computer, laptop or tablet....