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![[Governor's flag]](../images/k/ke_gov.gif)
by António Martins, 28 November 1999
![[Kenya blue ensign]](../images/k/ke~gblue.gif)
by António Martins, 28 Nov 1999
The flag of British East Africa is the national banner of the Empire,
bearing upon the intersection of the crosses a red lion, rampant, or aggressively
walking forward on his hind legs...encircled by a wreath. No explanation
why British East Africa doesn't follow the badge-ensign model.
Josh Fruhlinger, 13 Feb 1996
The Blue Ensign of Kenya, used until 1963 was a traditional blue ensign
with the Union Jack in the upper left corner and a blue background. It
had a white disk on the fly, which contained a red lion standing on its
hind legs.
James Alcock, 12 Oct 1999
![[Governor-General's flag]](../images/k/ke_gg1.gif)
by Željko Heimer, 22 Mar 2003
We have no info on this briefly (if ever) used flag. From Flags of The
World' by Bill Yenne, Published by Bison Books, 1993.
Željko Heimer, 22 Mar 2003
![[Kenya badge]](../images/k/ke-badge.gif){kind=icon}
scan by Jarig Bakker, 13 October 1999
I found three flags and a badge of the Kenya colony without much explanation
in Kannik's 'Vlaggen, Standaarden en Wapens' (n.d.): The blue
ensign has the red lion without the white disk. The lion is "red ensign
red":The other two flags are: Governor of Kenya and the Merchant flag of
Kenya - red ensign with lion in the fly in a white disk:
Jarig Bakker, 13 October 1999
![[Badge - alternative version]](../images/k/ke)br20.gif)
by Martin Grieves, 3 Sep 2005
The famous, and very poorly drawn (Heraldically speaking) Red Lion which defaced the British Blue Ensign of what was British East Africa, and then later Kenya, adorns several flag plates in publications of the highest quality through the ages. We seem to have "settled" on the version from Flaggenbuch, which in turn, derived the drawing from the British Admiralty one presu