 The country is named after Mount Kenya, a significant landmark and the second among the highest mountain peaks of Africa, and both were originally usually pronounced  in English, though the native pronunciation and the one intended by the original transcription "Kenia" was .During the presidency of Jomo Kenyatta in the 1960s, the current English pronunciation of became widespread because his name retained the native pronunciation.Before 1920, the area now known as Kenya was known as the British East Africa Protectorate and so there was no need to mention "mount" when referring to the mountain.