Possible Clues:

• Its one-shilling coin features a giraffe
• Nation understanding you
• Clue: 'A welcoming northern country'
• Maasai Mara National Reserve location
• Crucial opening for Africa involves northern country there
• Endpoint of the Great Wildebeest Migration
• African country, independent since 1963, with Swahili and English as its official languages
• Neighbor of Tanzania
• Country with many Swahili speakers
• African home country of Eliud Kipchoge, winner of the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathons