[autumnraine]

Mombasa was TECHNICALLY belonging to Zanzibar (no, it was not IN Zanzibar. Zanzibar is an island and they owned a 10 mile strip of land in the Coast Province in Kenyan terroritory that they LEASED to the British for use in the Dominion Kenya. In order for Zanzibar to gain it’s own independence, they had to cede Mombasa to Kenya.

This is like you renting a house and using that address as your Home Address. It IS yours as you are paying for the use of it, although it is deeded in someone elses name.

[conimbricenses]

This is like you renting a house and using that address as your Home Address. It IS yours as you are paying for the use of it, although it is deeded in someone elses name. It's even more than that - it's comparable to Hong Kong when it was a British colony on a 99 year lease. Nobody in their right mind would have declared that "but Hong Kong is part of China" around - say - 1961. The lease to Mombassa (which simply came from another British-controlled colony in the same protectorate) gave them the full power of government there.