This is a list of flags used in Kenya .
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1963–Present | Flag of Kenya | The flag is based on that of Kenya African National Union. The colours symbolise black majority, red for the blood shed during the struggle for freedom and green for natural wealth; the white fimbriation was added later and symbolises peace. The traditional Maasai shield and two spears symbolise the defence of all the things mentioned above. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1964–Present | Defence Forces flag | |
 | 1964–Present | Air force flag | |
 | 1964–Present | Naval Ensign | |
 | 1964–Present | Presidential Colour of the Navy |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1963–1970 | First Presidential Standard of Kenya | |
 | 1970–1978 | Presidential Standard of Jomo Kenyatta | |
 | 1978–2002 | Presidential Standard of Daniel Arap Moi | |
 | 2002–2013 | Presidential Standard of Mwai Kibaki | |
 | 2013–2022 | Presidential Standard of Uhuru Kenyatta | |
 | 2022–Present | Presidential Standard of William Ruto, Incumbent President of Kenya |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1498-1521 | Kingdom of Portugal | A white Field with the coat of arms in the center. |
 | 1521-1578 | Kingdom of Portugal | A white Field with the coat of arms in the center. |
 | 1578-1640 | Kingdom of Portugal | A white Field with the coat of arms in the center. |
 | 1616-1640 | Kingdom of Portugal | A white Field with the coat of arms in the center. (putative flag) |
 | 1640-1667 | Kingdom of Portugal | A white Field with the coat of arms in the center. |
 | 1667-1698 | Kingdom of Portugal | A white Field with the coat of arms in the center. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1698-1888 | Omani Empire | A White Field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1885-1890 | German East Africa Company | |
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 | 1885–1890 | German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) |
 | 1885–1890 | Colonial Flag | Horizontal black-white-red fields with the German Reichsadler in a white circle in the middle. |
 | 1890 | German Wituland | 2 horizontal stripes of white and red and a white 5-pointed star in the red stripe. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1893–1920 | Witu Protectorate | A Union Flag (Proportions: 15:27) with a red border, proportions: 37:57 |
 | Ensign of Witu Protectorate | Proportions: 1:2 | |
 | 1880–1895 | Governor's flag | A Union Flag defaced with the crown and beneath it the golden sun |
 | State ensign | British Blue Ensign with the crown and beneath it the golden sun | |
 | Civil ensign | British Red Ensign with the crown and beneath it the golden sun |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1895–1921 | East Africa Protectorate | A British Blue Ensign with an emblem of the protectorate. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1921–1963 | Colony and Protectorate of Kenya | A British Blue Ensign with a red lion |
 | 1952–1962 | Royal East African Navy | A British Blue Ensign with the emblem of the Royal East African Navy in the fly. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1940-1941 | Kingdom of Italy | An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal crown in the middle. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Flag of Nairobi | A heraldic fountain on a quartered yellow and green background |
Nairobi
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa. A member of the African Union with a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, Kenya is the 28th most populous country in the world and 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest and second largest city, is the major port city of Mombasa, situated on Mombasa Island in the Indian Ocean and the surrounding mainland. Mombasa was the capital of the British East Africa Protectorate, which included most of what is now Kenya and southwestern Somalia, from 1889 to 1907. Other important cities include Kisumu and Nakuru. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. Kenya's geography, climate and population vary widely, ranging from cold snow-capped mountaintops with vast surrounding forests, wildlife and fertile agricultural regions to temperate climates in western and rift valley counties and further on to dry less fertile arid and semi-arid areas and absolute deserts.
The Pan-African flag is a tri-color flag consisting of three equal horizontal bands of red, black, and green. The Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) formally adopted it on August 13, 1920, in Article 39 of the Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World, during its month-long convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Variations of the flag can and have been used in various countries and territories in the Americas to represent Garveyist ideologies.
This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia which are depicted with the hoist to the right.
The president of the Republic of Kenya is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Kenya. The president is also the head of the executive branch of the Government of Kenya and is the commander-in-chief of the Kenya Defence Forces. The country's current president is William Ruto since 13 September 2022.
The flag of Kenya is a tricolour of black, red, and green with two white edges imposed with a red, white and black Maasai shield and two crossed spears. The flag is based on that of Kenya African National Union and was officially adopted on 12 December 1963 after Kenya's independence.
Kenya competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, except the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the African and United States boycott.
In heraldry and vexillology, fimbriation is the placement of small stripes of contrasting colour around common charges or ordinaries, usually in order for them to stand out from the background, but often simply due to the designer's subjective aesthetic preferences, or for a more technical reason to avoid what would otherwise be a violation of the rule of tincture. While fimbriation almost invariably applies to both or all sides of a charge, there are very unusual examples of fimbriation on one side only. Another rather rare form is double fimbriation, where the charge or ordinary is accompanied by two stripes of colour instead of only one. In cases of double fimbriation the outer colour is blazoned first. The municipal flag of Mozirje, in Slovenia, show an example of fimbriation that itself is fimbriated.
Kenya sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, from 10–26 February 2006. This was Kenya's third time participating in a Winter Olympic Games. The Kenyan delegation consisted of one athlete, cross-country skier and three-time Olympian Philip Boit. In his only event, he finished 91st in the men's 15 kilometre classical.
These are the various flags of Africa.
Tusker FC is a professional football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the second most successful club in Kenya with thirteen Kenyan league championships. They also have four Kenyan cup titles. In addition, it has won four East African CECAFA Clubs Cup titles.
The coat of arms of Kenya features two lions, a symbol of protection, holding spears and a traditional East African shield. The shield and spears symbolize unity and defence of freedom. The shield contains the national colours, representing:
Kenya first participated at the Olympic Games in 1956, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 and 1980 Games. Kenya participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2018. Kenyan athletes have won 113 medals in total, all from boxing and track and field events, making them the most successful African committee at the Olympics. In terms of total medals won, the most recent Summer Olympics have been Kenya's most successful, producing 42 medals between them.
The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was part of the British Empire in 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 km (10 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 an ethnic Kenyan majority government was elected for the first time and eventually declared independence.
Kenya participated in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore.
Abaluhya Football Club Leopards Sports Club, officially abbreviated as AFC Leopards, or simply known as AFC, Leopards or Ingwe, is a Kenyan association football club based in Nairobi. It currently competes in the Kenyan Premier League, the top tier of the Kenyan football league system, and was founded in 1964 by football lovers from the luhya community. With 12 top-flight league titles to their name, AFC Leopards is Kenya's third most successful club behind Tusker FC and Gor Mahia, the latter with whom they regularly contest the Mashemeji Derby. The team currently plays most of its home games at the Nyayo National Stadium
Sofapaka Football Club is a football club, based in Wundanyi, Taita Taveta County. They play their home games at the Wundanyi Stadium.
The list shows flags for the forty-seven counties of Kenya. Some counties adopted the flag of the defunct municipal or district governments. Other flags adopted in the year after the first county governments were elected which was between 4 March 2013 to the same date on 2014. As of 17 December 2014, not all county assemblies have passed the design of the county flags. It is expected that all counties will adopt their own flags soon.
Kenya–Libya relations are bilateral relations between Kenya and Libya. In 2014, the Kenyan government announced that it was closing Kenya's embassy in Tripoli.
Kenya competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
