Kenya Colony
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former UK possession in Africa between 1920 and 1963
Key facts
- 1924
- 639,200 km (246,800 sq mi)
- 1931
- 3,040,940
- 1955
- 6,979,931
- 1960
- 8,105,440
- Status
- British colony
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Common languages
- English (official), Swahili , Kikuyu , Kamba , Luhya , Luo , Gusii , Meru , Nandi–Markweta , Somali , Arabic
- Governor of the kenya colony
- Edward Northey (First)
- Governor of the protectorate of kenya
- Ali bin Salim Al-Busaidi (1920 - 1940)
- Legislature
- Legislative council
- Colony established
- 23 July 1920
- Protectorate established
- 29 November 1920
- Self rule
- 1 June 1963
- Independent as kenya
- 12 December 1963
- Currency
- East African florin (1920–21) , East African shilling (1921–60)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofKenya Somalia
The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was a colony part of the British Empire located in East Africa from 1920 until 1963. It was established when the former East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British Crown colony in 1920. Technically, the "Colony of Kenya" referred to the interior lands, while a 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) coastal strip, nominally on lease from the Sultan of Zanzibar, was the "Protectorate of Kenya", but the two were controlled as a single administrative unit. The colony came to an end in 1963 when a native Kenyan majority government was elected for the first time and eventually declared independence.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kenya Colony” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.