[Mount Athos]

I would guess that many Kenyans were using the term "Republic" even though the British Order in Parliament simply reads "Kenya"

I have yet to see any evidence of Kenyans calling their country a republic before Dec 12th 1964. I don't see that you have provided any evidence of it.

A group of officials saying they wish their country was a republic is very different from a government officially putting REPUBLIC in official document headers and seals before they actually adopt it!

In any case, the first public annoucement that they intended to move in a Republican direction did not occur before mid August 1964, 6 months after the document in question was issued. I don't understand why you would guess that many Kenyans would use the word "Republic" when they weren't one. The Queen of England was their head of state.

[jcsjcm]

Kenya’s independence

http://kenyadocuments.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=69&Itemid=53&vmcchk=1&Itemid=53

And another dated 10/12/2003 talking about China and Republic of Kenya December 14, 1963:
http://www.chineseembassy.org/eng/wjb/zzjg/fzs/gjlb/3014/

There’s much more, but I’m too tired to find it all!