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.