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Newspaper reports indicate that Jomo Kenyatta did not announce that Kenya would move from commonwealth to republic status until August 1964. From the New York Times News Service: "Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta announced the government's decision Friday." (Des Moines Register, August 15, 1964, p. 16)

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“In October 1963, Nigeria altered its relationship with the United Kingdom by proclaiming itself a federal republic and promulgating a new constitution.”

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Just for comparison to Kenya