Total Pageviews  Sunday, October 31, 2010   As a country,
relative to all of Africa, Kenya is doing well, thank you.
 However, it is a country of recent crises:  1.  Early this
year, there was a corruption scandal that could have brought
down the government.  2.  Last year there was a food crisis.  3.
 There are ethnic conflicts, droughts and more...but...  ...the
country, in general, is doing all right:  1.  Real estate in
Nairobi is booming (due to the Somali pirates investing their
ransom funds there).  2.  Despite challenges, the economy is
doing well.  Kenya ranks #147 in the United Nations Human
Development Index, compared to #149 for Haiti and #140 for
Yemen.  However, the 2009 report (2010 is published in November)
uses data up to 2007, and Haiti has a few new problems.  #1 is
Norway, with the USA at #13.  The equator passes right through
Kenya and Tanzania, and the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club
straddles it.  I fully expected sweltering heat during my safari
stops, but to my shock, it was never ho