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with a shield and arrow at its center. The next year it was altered into a black, red and the additional green tricolor with a shield crossed with a spear and arrow coupled with the initials "KAU" at its center. The black stood for the native people, red for the common blood of all humanity and green
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Kenyatta's intentions were described differently: "What he said must mean that our fertile lands (green) could only be regained by the blood (red) of the African (black). The black was separated from the green by the red: The African could only get to his land through blood." The flag was later
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came up with a compromise that everyone could agree on. This was achieved by combining flags of the two rivaling parties, the KANU flag and that of KADU with the addition the white
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The black,red and green tricolor of the Kenya African Union with the shield crossed with a spear and arrow and the initials "KAU" in the middle
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for the nation's fertile land. The weapons were a reminder for the organized struggle that was the basis for independence.
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A horizontal tricolour of black, white-edged red, and green with two crossed white spears behind a red, white, and black
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symbolise the defence of all the things mentioned above. Many of both colours and symbolic values are shared with the
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The Kenyan flag includes symbols of unity, peace, and defence of the country. The color black represents the
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was added later to symbolise peace, honesty, purity, and innocence. The black, red, and white traditional
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includes specifications of the Kenyan flag, located in the Second Schedule, Article 9, paragraph 6.2.
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The colours of the flag are specified in the Constitution in terms of British Standard 2660.
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Some officials wanted to use the KANU flag as the national flag. This was influenced by
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was created and introduced a flag on September 3, 1951, which was a black and red
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of black, red, and green with two white edges imposed with a red, white and black
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Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
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The "Black over Red over Green" tricolour as devised by
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and was officially adopted on 12 December 1963 after
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National flag
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state ensign
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Flag can be hung vertically by hoisting on a normal pole, then turning the pole 90°
Maasai
Tom Mboya

Lodwar Airport

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Maasai
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spears
Kenya African National Union
Kenya
Kenya African Union
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Kenya African National Union
Kenya Africa Democratic Union

Jomo Kenyatta

Kenya African Democratic Union
Tanganyika
Uganda

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