ʻO ke kī ʻeleʻele o Kenya noho i kahi ʻono kūʻokoʻa, a me kāna mīkini hana kīʻeleʻelehe mana no hoi. He kūlana koʻikoʻi ka ʻoihana kī i ka ʻoihana Kenyan. Me ka kofe a me nā pua, ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻekolu mau ʻoihana loaʻa kālā haole ma Kenya. Ma hope o kekahi, ʻike ʻia nā kīhāpai kī, e like me nā ʻōpala ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hohola ʻia ma nā puʻu a me nā awāwa, a aia pū kekahi poʻe mahiʻai kī i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma luna o ke "kāpena ʻōmaʻomaʻo" e kulou ana e ʻohi kī. I ka nana ana a puni, ua like ke kahua o ka hihio me ka pena kii aina nani.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Kina, ka home o ke kī, Kenya he pōkole moʻolelo o ka ulu kī, a me kakīkīhāpainā mīkinihoʻohana ʻia mai nā ʻāina ʻē mai. Mai ka makahiki 1903 i ka wā i hoʻolauna aku ai ka poʻe Pelekāne i nā kumulāʻau kī i Kenya a hiki i kēia lā, ua lilo ʻo Kenya i mea hana kī nui loa ma ʻApelika a ʻo ka mea hoʻopuka nui loa o ke kī ʻeleʻele ma ka honua i loko o hoʻokahi haneli. Maikaʻi ka maikaʻi o ke kī Kenyan. Ma muli o ka mahana awelika makahiki o 21 ° C, lawa ka lā, nui ka ua, liʻiliʻi nā pests, a me ke kiʻekiʻe ma waena o 1500 a me 2700 mika, a me ka lepo lehu lua pele liʻiliʻi, ua lilo ʻo Kenya i kumu o ka ʻāina kiʻekiʻe. kī. kumu kūpono. Māhele ʻia nā kīhāpai kī ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke awāwa ʻo Great Rift ma ʻApelika Hikina, a ma ka ʻaoʻao hema hema o ka wahi kokoke i ka hema o ka equator.

ʻO nā kumulāʻau kī ma Kenya he mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo a puni ka makahiki. I ka mahina o Iune a me Iulai i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e ʻohi ka poʻe mahiʻai kī i nā lau kī ma ka awelika i kēlā me kēia pule ʻelua a ʻekolu paha; i ke kau gula o ke kohi kī i ʻOkakopa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, hiki iā lākou ke koho i hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia ʻelima a ʻeono lā. Ke ʻohi ti, hoʻohana kekahi poʻe mahiʻai kī i ka lole e kau ai i ka hīnaʻi kī ma ko lākou lae a ma hope o ko lākou kua, a e ʻohi mālie i hoʻokahi a ʻelua ʻāpana o ka piko o ka lāʻau kī a hoʻokomo i loko o ka hīnaʻi. Ma lalo o nā kūlana maʻamau, hiki i kēlā me kēia 3.5-4 kilokani o nā lau palupalu ke hoʻohua i hoʻokahi kilokani kī maikaʻi me ka waihoʻoluʻu gula a me ka ʻala ikaika.

Hāʻawi nā kūlana kūlohelohe kūikawā i ke kī ʻeleʻele Kenyan me kahi ʻono kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ke kī ʻeleʻele i hana ʻia ma ʻaneʻi he kī ʻeleʻele haʻihaʻi. ʻAʻole like me nā lau kī Kina, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā lau. Ke waiho ʻoe i loko o kahi palupalukīʻaha kī,hiki iā ʻoe ke honi i kahi ʻala ikaika a hou. ʻO ke kala o ka sopa he ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula, ʻono ka ʻono, a kiʻekiʻe ka maikaʻi. A ʻo ke kī ʻeleʻele e like me ke ʻano o nā Kenyans, me ka ʻono ikaika, mellow a me ka ʻono ʻoluʻolu, a me ka makemake a me ka maʻalahi.