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How do most Kenyans learn the National Anthem? [Quiz]

Miriam Mwende

April 11, 2024 3:22 PM

There are a few things that only happen in Kenya.

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Matatus (PSVs) are huge in Kenya's urban culture. Which option below is not an element that defines matatu culture?

Matatu route, Sacco, and the neighbourhoods it serves

Pop culture icons graffitied on matatus

Keen passenger service from the matatu crew

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Urban culture across Kenya incorporates routes with the most hype matatus such as Route 111 (Ngong, Karen), Route 125 (Rongai), Saccos with the most souped-out rides such as Umoinner Sacco, Risen Sacco, Dakika Sacco and even the modern graffiti most matatus carry. A keenness with customer service is, unfortunately, not a priority in matatu culture.

Kenyans drink more tea than they do coffee. Which of the following is NOT a common way to enjoy Kenyan tea?

Chai ya masala

Lemon iced tea

Tangawizi tea

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Unlike the popularity of black tea in European cultures, a Kenyan understanding of the beverage is milk tea which is often taken at breakfast, as part of a 4 O'clock snack or to welcome visiting guests to your home in lieu of a meal. Aside from sugar, Kenyans also enjoy masala or tangawizi (ginger) in tea. The lemon iced tea phenomenon has yet to catch on.

Almost everyone who has never lived in Kenya or interacted with Kenyans will mistakenly assume this is how all Kenyans greet each other

Jambo? or Hujambo?

Sasa?

Mambo?

Jambo? or Hujambo? Next question

While "Jambo? Hujambo?" is the correct form of a Swahili greeting, Kenyans rarely adhere to the standard. In everyday contexts most people will use "Sasa? or Mambo?" with peers or younger age groups, "Habari?" in more formal contexts, or often they will use the forms of greeting in their mother tongue. In urban settings "Hi and Hey" are also quite common.

Approximately how many tribes (ethnic groups) are there in Kenya?

Over 70

Up to 46

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For a long time, there were 42 recognised Kenyan tribes but toward the end of President Uhuru Kenyatta's tenure more tribes were recognised raising the number to 46.

Which Kenyan community is particularly known for their expertise in long-distance running?

Kikuyu

Luo

Kalenjin

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Unlike what pop culture would have us believe, not all Kenyans are runners and majority of the well-known athletics champions in the world specifically have their roots in the Kalenjin ethnic group or the police and prisons professions.

Pick a meal that most Kenyans would have on special occasions not as a staple

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Ugali and Sukuma Wiki

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Fried Chicken

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Githeri

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Most Kenyans reserve chicken for special occasions, not an everyday meal like Ugali-Sukuma or Githeri

In Kenyan weddings, a common tradition involves the groom's family doing what as a sign of appreciation to the bride's family?

Performing a traditional dance

Singing a folk song

Presenting a dowry

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Most of Kenya's ethnic groups have a form of dowry payment assigned to the groom.

Kenyan culture is tolerant of physical punishment when disciplining children, even then________ is unacceptable.

A mom using a rubber slipper on her 8-year-old

A teacher using a cane on a Grade 4 pupil

All of it

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Despite tolerance within culture, the Kenyan Constitution (2010) outlawed corporal punishment of children in all settings - including the family home - as a matter of human rights.

Not a Kenyan meme...

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Why are you gay?

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Sina Maoni

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Mambo ni matatu

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Ugandan journalist Simon Kagwa Njala popularised the phrase and became a meme that is widely used in everyday Kenyan conversations.