[savedbygrace]

Kenya’s 1963 Constitution names it the Republic of Kenya:

http://www.constitutionnet.org/en/vl/constitution-republic-kenya-1963-amended-2008

This is the version amended through 2008. Any amendments/changes from the 1963 Constitution are noted and dated. Therefore, the Republic of Kenya designation is apparently original from 1963 not 1964.

[Cicero]

Kenya’s 1963 Constitution names it the Republic of Kenya: http://www.constitutionnet.org/en/vl/constitution-republic-kenya-1963-amended-2008 This is the version amended through 2008. Any amendments/changes from the 1963 Constitution are noted and dated. Therefore, the Republic of Kenya designation is apparently original from 1963 not 1964.

Very important point, although I think it wants further digging. A ton of people have picked up that argument about "Republic" and are saying it's a fake. But they seem to be going by possibly unreliable sources rather than primary documents.

[Mount Athos]

Kenya’s 1963 Constitution names it the Republic of Kenya: http://www.constitutionnet.org/en/vl/constitution-republic-kenya-1963-amended-2008 This is the version amended through 2008. Any amendments/changes from the 1963 Constitution are noted and dated. Therefore, the Republic of Kenya designation is apparently original from 1963 not 1964.

Wrong! You can read Kenyan history on their official government websites that explains that while Kenya was independent in 1963, it was not a republic until december 1964, a full year later.

You can also read their original constitution from 1963 -- the word republic is not found anywhere in it. Link:

http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/KEL63-002.pdf

[Cheburashka]

Here is the Constitution of Kenya as of 1963, before it was proclaimed a republic.

http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/KEL63-002.pdf

You’ll note that it refers to a Governor-General in Chapter III and refers to him as the as Her Majesty’s representative in Kenya.

Dominions have Governors-General and Queens. Republics have Presidents.