| 5 Apr 1958 |
the Colony of Kenya and the Kenya Protectorate are placed under the administration of a Governor and Council of Ministers of Kenya on 5 Apr 1958, the date appointed by the Kenya (Constitution) Order in Council, 1958, made on 3 Apr 1958 (Statutory Instruments, 1958, Part I, pp. 961-993) |
| 5 Apr 1958 - 11 Dec 1964 |
Kenya |
| 12 Dec 1963 |
Kenya, including the territories comprised in the Kenya Protectorate, became an independent state on 12 Dec 1963, the date appointed by an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 26 Nov 1963, House of Lords on 3 Dec 1963, received Royal Assent on 3 Dec 1963) (Public General Acts, 1963, pp. 1388-1397) [1] |
| 12 Dec 1963 |
the territories comprised in the Kenya Protectorate cease to form part of the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar and form part of Kenya on the date when Kenya becomes independent, in accordance with an agreement signed in London on 8 Oct 1963 by representatives of the government of the United Kingdom, the Sultan of Zanzibar, the government of Kenya and the government of Zanzibar (UK Command Papers, Cmnd. 2161) |
| 12 Dec 1963 |
the Constitution of Kenya, appended as a Schedule to the Kenya Independence Order in Council 1963, comes into operation immediately before 12 Dec 1963, in accordance with the Kenya Independence Order in Council 1963, made on 4 Dec 1963 (Statutory Instruments, 1963, Part III, pp. 3846-4139; Kenya Gazette, Supplement No. 105, 10 Dec 1963, Legislative Supplement No. 69) |
| 12 Dec 1964 |
Kenya became a sovereign republic in accordance with an act passed by the National Assembly of Kenya (House of Representatives on 3 Nov 1964, Senate on 10 Nov 1964, assented to on 23 Nov 1964), effective on 12 Dec 1964 (Kenya Gazette, Supplement No. 155, 24 Nov 1964, No. 28 of 1964) [1] |
