evidence: Kenya (/ˈkɛnjə/; locally [ˈkɛɲa]), officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi. Kenya's territory lies on the equator and overlies the East African Rift, covering a diverse and expansive terrain that extends roughly from Lake Victoria to Lake Turkana (formerly called Lake Rudolf) and further south-east to the Indian Ocean.