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But even better is the 1963 Kenyan Constitution. Here's how it begins (emphasis added): CHAPTER I- THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA Article 1 Kenya is a sovereign Republic.

Hi Aruanan!!! Congratulations, you are the 342 freeper to link a 1998 modern, amended version of the Kenyan constitution and misrepresent it as being the 1963 one. BZZZZZT

Debunked for the umpteenth time. The 1963 does not call Kenya a republic anywhere. The head of state is the Queen of England, not a republic.

Hi Aruanan!!! Congratulations, you are the 342 freeper to link a 1998 modern, amended version of the Kenyan constitution and misrepresent it as being the 1963 one. BZZZZZT

I don't think that's the part that's amended; my reference is described as the 1963 Constitution with later amendments. Besides, the Republic of Kenya was referred to in news articles from 1963 and mid-1964 as the "Republic of Kenya."

The Republican Constitution of Kenya: Historical Background and Analysis, Chanan Singh, The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul., 1965), pp. 878-949 has a lot of good background, but it doesn't actually give the text of the 1963 Constitution. It does, though, point out that from the beginning of independence in 1963 Kenya was going to be a republic but that it would go through a short transitional period as a dominion as more and more of the government became ruled by the Kenyan state rather than the Crown. It doesn't say, though, whether or not parts of the government that came under self rule before December 1964 started using "Republic of Kenya"on official records.

Nice of you to overlook the web history of "Dominion of Kenya," though; it seems to fit your M.O..