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-The country relies on importance of oil ignoring other sectors of the economy
- When prices of oil increases sharply Kenya spends large amount of her revenue on importation which affects balance of trade
- Increase in oil prices results in increase in the cost of manufactured goods and services causing inflation in the country
- Oil producing and exporting countries (OPEC) dictates the price without consulting the consumers such as Kenya. This necessitates high taxation to create revenue for importing oil
- Kenya exercises a higher shortage of petroleum product e.g. gas leading to destruction of forests
marto answered the question on September 12, 2019 at 09:38
- The table below shows some of Kenya’s imports and exports in 1987. Use it to answer question (a) and (b).(Solved)
The table below shows some of Kenya’s imports and exports in 1987. Use it to answer question (a) and (b).
a) i) Using a radius of 4cm, draw a piechart to represent the data of imports shown by the table above.
ii) State three advantages of using pie charts to represent statistical data.
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b) Describe the stages involved in coffee production from picking to marketing.
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(i) State four methods the class would use to collect data.
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(b)
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(a)
(i) What is the difference in value between exports and imports from Africa?
(ii) Calculate the total value of imports in the year 2016.
(iii) What is the percentage of the region with the least export value in 2016?
(b)
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