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Colony and Protectorate of Kenya
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Anthem:
God Save the King
(1920?1952)
God Save the Queen
(1952?1963)
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![Map of British East Africa in 1909](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Africa_1909_16a.png/250px-Africa_1909_16a.png) Map of British East Africa in 1909
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Status
| British colony
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Capital
| Nairobi
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Common languages
| English
(official)
Swahili
,
Kikuyu
,
Kamba
,
Luhya
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Luo
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Gusii
,
Meru
,
Nandi?Markweta
also spoken
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Government
| Colonial administration
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Monarch
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? 1920?1936
| George V
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? 1936
| Edward VIII
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? 1936?1952
| George VI
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? 1952?1963
| Elizabeth II
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Commissioner
or
Governor
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? 1920?1922
(first)
| Maj-Gen
Sir Edward Northey
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? 1937?1939
| ACM
Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
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? 1963
(last)
| Malcolm MacDonald
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Legislature
| Legislative council
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History
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? Established
| 11 June 1920 (Colony)
13 August 1920 (Protectorate)
[1]
1920
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| 12 December 1963
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1924
[2]
| 639,200 km
2
(246,800 sq mi)
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| 2,807,000
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| 6,979,931
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| 8,105,440
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Currency
| East African shilling
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ISO 3166 code
| KE
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Today part of
| Kenya
Somalia
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The
Colony and Protectorate of Kenya
, commonly known as
British Kenya
, was part of the
British Empire
in Africa. It was created when the former
East Africa Protectorate
was transformed into a
British Crown colony
in 1920.