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Kenya independence 1963

CTL-E-0056 · Event

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Combined Graph record U-01426 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0056. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Kenya became independent on December 12, 1963. Stored date 1963-12-12 confirmed. (The fetched history is the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Kenya country history; it also records Jomo Kenyatta as first President.)

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Kenya became independent on December 12, 1963. Stored date 1963-12-12 confirmed. (The fetched history is the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Kenya country history; it also records Jomo Kenyatta as first President.)

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Kenya became independent on December 12, 1963. Stored date 1963-12-12 confirmed. (The fetched history is the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Kenya country history; it also records Jomo Kenyatta as first President.)

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