[FR_addict]

They had a Constitution. They were independent. A Republic is:
1. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2. any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
3. a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state.

If they were independent in 63 and had a Constitution in-place that has not changed that much except amendments according to their site, I don't know what else they would be called.

It sounds like the difference was that in 64, they declared themselves a Sovereign Republic.

[wtc911]

Yes, they had a constitution and that constitution was amended so that Kenya became the Republic of Kenya on 12/13/64. If anyone can show official Kenyan documents that are letter-headed Republic of Kenya prior to this date then this is a non-issue. Until then it is a hole in this theory.