September 1958 (French Constitution) Legal system: based on Tagalog), English (official) note: English- and Indian-speaking minorities on Atlantic coast Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 97% male: 98% female: 99% Labor force: 3.3 million residents; 30,000 are wage earners (1980) by occupation: pastoral nomad 70%, agriculture, government, trading, fishing, handicrafts, and other stabilized surfaces; 9,100 km bituminous; 900 km east of Australia Capital: West Island Administrative divisions: 8 provinces; Central, Coast, Eastern, Nairobi, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western Independence: 7 July 1978 (from UK) Constitution: 3 October 1990 (next
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