The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral loss in 2002.

The flag of Kenya (Bendera ya 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 Kenya African Union (KAU) was a political organization in colonial Kenya, formed in October 1944 prior to the appointment of the first African to sit in the Legislative Council. In 1960 it became the current Kenya African National Union (KANU).

The party retains the name Kanu, the symbol of the cockerel, and the index finger salute, but provisions have been made to allow party organs to decide on slogans and colours of the flag.

Jun 21, 2019 · Fifty-six years ago, on July 26, 1963, the national flag of the soon to be newly independent state of Kenya was unveiled. The standard was typical of the country that had created it – cobbled together by an elite but imbued with pretensions at unity and forging common cause with common folk.

The flag of Kenya is a tricolor flag of black (top), red, and green horizontal bands separated from each other by two white stripes, with a traditional shield covering crossed spears.

Nairobi — Immediately after independence in 1963, Kanu wanted its flag to become the national one. But the ever cautious Thomas Joseph Mboya, the Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister at...

KANU’s flag has 3 equal horizontal rectangular design of black, red and green respectively. While there is an emblem of a white cockerel at the center of the flag, the national flag has the Kenyan traditional Masaai emblem. The rooster at the center of the shield symbolizes the dawn of …

The flag of Kenya was officially adopted on December 12, 1963, the day Kenya gained its independence from Britain. It is based on the flag of the Kenya African National Union (KANU), the political party that led the struggle for independence.

Nov 11, 2017 · It is based on the black over red over green flag of KANU (Kenya African National Union), the party that led the fight for freedom and independence. The colours symbolize black majority, blood and natural wealth. On independence the white fimbriation was added, symbolizing peace.