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Article: Positive outcomes of the Kenya prison service's rapid results initiative.(International)
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- Corrections Compendium
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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The Republic of Kenya, with a population of nearly 40 million, contains one of Africa's most successful agricultural regions, hosts Africa's second highest peak (Mount Kenya) and is a major tourist destination. In addition to two bodies of water, the Indian Ocean and Lake Victoria, Kenya's neighbors include arguably some of Africa's most volatile nations--Somalia to the east, Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Uganda to the west and Tanzania along the southern border. According to The World Factbook 2007, published by the CIA, Christianity is the religion of nearly 78 percent of the population; 10 percent are Muslim; and 10 percent hold various indigenous ...