The flag of Kenya was adopted on December 12, 1963. Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111100. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
The flag is based on that of Kenya African National Union. The colors symbolize black majority, red for the blood shed during the struggle for freedom and green for natural wealth; the white fimbriation was added later and symbolizes peace. The traditional Maasaishield and two spears symbolize the defense of all the things mentioned above. The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU, ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002. ... A Maasai tribesman The Maasai or Masai, an indigenous African tribe of semi-nomadic people located primarily in Kenya and northern Tanzania, are probably one of the most familiar tribes of East Africa. ... Statue showing a Gallic shield with a butterfly boss. ... Hunting spear and knife, from Mesa Verde National Park. ...
The colours of the flag have been specified by the Kenya National Archives.
Scheme
Red
Green
British Standard Colours
Post office red 0-006
0-010
Source: Flag Specifications at Kenya National Archives. Accessed 16 Feb 2006.
Kenya is a republic; the President of Kenya is both the chief of state and the head of government.
Kenya has had a multi-party system since 1991 via constitutional amendment, with politicians frequently "crossing the floor" or setting up new political parties and coalitions to achieve their political aims.
Kenya is in the process of rewriting its post-colonial constitution and its subsequent amendments that gave the president nearly unlimited powers and sovereign immunity from the law accounting for many of Kenya's current problems with corruption.
Kenya lies astride the equator on the eastern coast of Africa.
Kenya is bordered in the north by Sudan and Ethiopia, in the east by Somalia, on the southeast by the Indian Ocean, on the southwest by Tanzania and to the west by Lake Victoria and Uganda.
The northern section of Kenya, forming three-fifths of the whole territory, is arid and of semidesert character, as is the bulk of the southeastern quarter.
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