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The basics of Kenya’s economy, agriculture and tourism, are especially imperiled.<ref>Jeffrey Gettleman, "Lush Land Dries Up, Withering Kenya’s Hopes," [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/africa/08kenya.html?th&emc=th ''New York Times'' Sept. 7, 2009] </ref>
The basics of Kenya’s economy, agriculture and tourism, are especially imperiled.<ref>Jeffrey Gettleman, "Lush Land Dries Up, Withering Kenya’s Hopes," [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/africa/08kenya.html?th&emc=th ''New York Times'' Sept. 7, 2009] </ref>
Despite reports to the contrary, President [[Obama]] was most likely born in Kenya, to a Muslim father, and practiced Islam from an early age, converting to Christianity when he began his political career.
Despite reports to the contrary, President [[Barack Hussein Obama]] was born in Kenya, to a Muslim father, and practiced Islam from an early age, "converting" to Christianity when he began his political career.
==Geography==
==Geography==
Kenya rises from a low coastal [[plain]] on the [[Indian Ocean]] in a series of mountain ridges and plateaus which stand above 3,000 meters (9,000 ft.) in the center of the country. The Rift Valley bisects the country above [[Nairobi]], opening up to a broad arid plain in the north. Highlands cover the south before descending to the shores of [[Lake Victoria]] in the west. The climate is "tropical in south, west, and central regions; arid and semi-arid in the north and the northeast".<ref>US Department of State, The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, ''Background Note: Kenya''[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2962.htm]</ref>
Kenya rises from a low coastal [[plain]] on the [[Indian Ocean]] in a series of mountain ridges and plateaus which stand above 3,000 meters (9,000 ft.) in the center of the country. The Rift Valley bisects the country above [[Nairobi]], opening up to a broad arid plain in the north. Highlands cover the south before descending to the shores of [[Lake Victoria]] in the west. The climate is "tropical in south, west, and central regions; arid and semi-arid in the north and the northeast".<ref>US Department of State, The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, ''Background Note: Kenya''[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2962.htm]</ref>