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What is the reason for this PR?

  • A new feature — Adding Kenyan locale provider (en_KE) for Faker.

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Summary of changes

  • Added Person provider for Kenyan locale (en_KE) with male and female first names, plus surnames.
  • Names sourced primarily from forebears.io to reflect Kenyan diversity (Christian and Islamic names).
  • This addition helps Faker users generate realistic Kenyan person names for testing and data seeding.

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  • All tests pass locally
  • Changes added to CHANGELOG.md
  • Changes approved by a maintainer

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Add Kenyan-specific Faker providers for Company, Internet, Payment, P…
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…erson, and PhoneNumber

- Implemented a Company provider with a list of well-known Kenyan companies and suffixes.
- Created an Internet provider featuring common email domains and TLDs used in Kenya.
- Developed a Payment provider that includes mobile money services, banks, and Paybill numbers.
- Added a Person provider with a diverse set of Kenyan first names and surnames.
- Introduced a PhoneNumber provider with formats for local and international phone numbers.
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Fix namespace declarations in Kenyan Faker provider classes and add t…
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…ests for Address, Company, Internet, Payment, Person, and PhoneNumber
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Fix timezone configuration in phpunit.xml.dist and update regex patte…
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…rns in PaymentTest
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Refactor Kenyan male and female first names in Person provider with c…
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…omprehensive lists
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Enhance Kenyan Faker providers by adding references to external sourc…
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…es in Address, Company, and Person classes
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Updated composer to support KE
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Better composer
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