Dang, this Republic thing is going to ruin all the fun, unless someone turns up another circa Dec 1963-Dec 1964 Kenyan document calling it the Republic of Kenya.
Dang, this Republic thing is going to ruin all the fun, unless someone turns up another circa Dec 1963-Dec 1964 Kenyan document calling it the Republic of Kenya.
Don't the NORKs call themselves a republic?
Republic is just a common word. It's use is NOT governed by a "use of the word republic police" that go around the globe preventing nation states from calling themselves a republic.
I still think this may be a VALID BC.
I wouldn’t put too much weight on ‘Republic’ being pre-printed letterhead thingy ruining it. It was only months later that they did officially become the Republic, but Kenya was ballyhooing the upcoming Republic.
wouldn’t orly and wnd have already researched this?
freepers were able to do this and if that “Republic” designation sinks this, orly is looking foolish.
I've poured over numerous documents and research essays that DEEPLY explore the Islamic secessionist movement in the 10 mile coastal strip of the British Protectorate leading up to and including 1964.
That area of land, which was part of what is now Coastal Province in Kenya where Mombasa lies, became independent on October 5, 1963 from an agreement in the exchange of letters between the Prime Ministers of Kenya and Zanzibar Messrs Jomo Kenyatta and M. Shamte.
It seems the Coastal Registrar's office started calling itself the "Republic of Kenya" BEFORE Dec. 12, 1964 to protect its rights and not be annexed by neighboring Zanzibar.
The facts still line up for the Kenyan birth certificate to be legitimate.