SeattleBruce, sorry to rain on your parade, but the original Kenyan constitution does not appear to mention the word "Republic." You keep citing a later version as if it was the original. That is akin to reading the current US Constitution and concluding that the original US Constitution had 27 amendments.
You can read the original Kenyan constitution here. I found it on this page. If you search this original, you wont find the word "Republic." Note that the "Schedules" are not included, so it is possible that they include the word "Republic."
SeattleBruce, sorry to rain on your parade, but the original Kenyan constitution does not appear to mention the word “Republic.”
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Please see my post #951 and tell me what you think. Both the document that doesn’t and document that does refer “Kenya is a sovereign Republic” appear to have their origin in 1963 - perhaps even in Dec. 1963?
We don’t date our Constitution today as US Constitution 1787, as amended through 1992 [which was the date of the last amendment to the US Constitution.]
Why is this document dated (by this website granted), as “THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, 1963
(as Amended to 2008)” with the amendments clearly marked, and which amendments don’t include the declaration of the Republic.
http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/Kenyan%20constitution%20amended%202008.pdf
In any case, what matters, is how Kenya referred to itself in the interim period.
This is not case closed...
We need other official documents from the interim period.
You keep citing a later version as if it was the original.
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How much later is this version (without its amendments):
http://www.constitutionnet.org/en/vl/constitution-republic-kenya-1963-amended-2008
than this one:
http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/KEL63-002.pdf
It could have been weeks or a month or two - still within the range of the Taitz document. Further, the later document appears to be a rearrangement of the earlier document.
What matters is how Kenya referred to itself in the transition, also. Clearly, if they weren’t officially a Republic of the Commonwealth of Great Britain (which did happen on 12-12-1964 clearly according to many reports of which this is one:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FxYUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jZYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1278,509858&dq=republic+of+kenya
...they may have officially (Kenyan wise) thought of themselves as a Republic, or they were headed in that direction very quickly.
In any occasion, this is not case closed, just on that phrase alone.