Note for the folks at home: English is pronounced uniquely in Kenya. While the accent tends much more towards British than it does American, (as made obvious in words with that troublesome A, like "commentary" and "hat",) the Kenyan English accent has some characteristics of its own. An R is either unpronounced (as in "are" - spoken "ahh") or pronounced with a touch of the tongue to the roof of the mouth (producing an L or light D sound, as in words like "radio" or "royalty"). (R may even be rolled, although this is more common in some ethnic communities than others --- the Samburu are notable R-rollers.) H is always pronounced (the name of the letter H is even pronounced with one : "haytch"), so "herb" is pronounced just like it's spelled. Due to the influence of the Kiswahili language, vowels are generally pronounced with one standard sound each: A "ah", E "eh", I "ee", O "oh", U "oo". Note lack of "aye", "uh", "ai", "ih", etc.
