[wkg]

Found the following at http://www.chr.up.ac.za/hr_docs/constitutions/docs/KenyaC(rev).doc. Note the 1963 adoption date.

CONSTITUTION OF KENYA Adopted in 1963, Amended in 1999

CHAPTER I- THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Article 1

Kenya is a sovereign Republic.

Article 1A

The Republic of Kenya shall be a multiparty democratic state.

Article 2

The Public Seal of Kenya shall be such device as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament.

Article 2A

(Repeated by 12 of 1991, s. 2).

Article 3

This Constitution is the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya and shall have the force of law throughout Kenya and, subject to section 47, if any other law is inconsistent with this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail and the other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.

[Mount Athos]

You bolded the wrong part. You’re citing a document that was amended in 1999. It’s a mistake to cite a 1999 document and pretend that it indicates a document as it existed in 1963.

The original 1963 constitution of Kenya has been posted many times on this discussion. The word republic does not exist within it.

[Uncle Chip]

So then they began to refer to themselves as the Republic of Kenya in December 1963 — Thank You.

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Amended in 1999

You are reading a 1999 article - of course it will say it's a Republic. What was it called in February 64 - 10 MONTHS BEFORE it OFFICIALLY became a REPUBLIC. We cannot assume that it jumped the gun and called itself a Republic before it became officially a Republic in Dec 64.