Hi, our names are Alex, Zach, and Blythe. We’re writing about Kenya’s

sports, animals, and food. Ready to hear some facts! Well, let’s go

Kenya has lots of sports and great athletes. Did you know that their

country has won 32 Olympic medals? Soccer is their most popular

sport, and fans come from all over the world. Car racing, cricket, and

wrestling have become popular sports in Kenya.

Basketball has become Kenya’s fastest growing sport. Dhow racing is

held around the island of Lamu. Hiking has become a popular choice in

the mountain areas.

The national woman’s volleyball team established itself as the top team

in the continent. Joshiphine Owino became the first Kenyan women to

be drafted to the WNBA. In rugby, Kenya has taken its place amongst

the top 5 teams in the IRB sevens series.

Conjestina Acheing became the first women to hold a world title in

professional boxing. Kenyans won about 90% of the major city

marathons. That’s great! Dickson Wamwiri became the first Kenyan

man to win a gold medal in martial arts.

Kenya’s diet has lots of varieties of food. From fruit to even zebra. Even

though their country is very poor, they are able to have their own

economy because all of the rich farming soil. Did you know that Kenya

is one of the leading exporters of tea?

Tropical fruit is an important part of the Kenyan diet. This fruit is

commonly served for breakfast. Another healthy Kenyan people do, is

cook with grains and vegetables a lot of the time.

Meat is also very important part of the Kenyan diet. At the typical

Kenyan festive meals, they have lots of roasted meat. The most

commonly eaten meat is either goat or sheep. Another commonly

eaten meat is chicken.

A snack that is the most commonly eaten in Kenya is mandaazi.

Mandaazi is snack that is sweet and deep fried. A dough cake is

wrapped around a pancake, fried eggs, and minced meat.

Kenya has lots of animals. A lot of people in Kenya live on farms and

raise animals. Crowed Crain live in Kenya and have lots of fur. Superb

Starling lives in Kenya and live in the forest.

Donkeys live in Kenya and they walk through town. Rhinos live in Kenya

and are one of the biggest animals. There are a lot of verities of animals

in Kenya.

Lots and lots of spiders live in Kenya and most spiders are poisonous.

Most animals that live in Kenya, get killed by their predators. For some

people hunting, it is very fun because there is so many animals.

Most people in Kenya have animals for pets. They have cows for pets,

so do I. Elephants and lions live in the Kenya area.