Some Kenyan grants of arms
Posted: 30 Mar 2016, 13:00
Like Zimbabwe ( viewtopic.php?f=33&t=1054&p=8860#p8860 ), Kenya is also one of the few African countries with an official heraldic register. The Kenya College of Arms, established in 1968, grants arms, and the Registrar-General ( http://www.attorney-general.go.ke/index.php/registrar/ ) keeps the register.
The government appears to take heraldry seriously. After a local government reorganisation a few years ago, the attorney-general (who is ex officio head of the College) told the new local authorities that they were required to register arms. It was necessary, he said, because arms serve as "a sense of recognition, pride, belonging and an encouragement of a lifestyle based on honour and recognition of the responsibility and service to others."
Here, for example, are the arms of the Moyale county council. The format of the document appears to be based on the South African certificate :
Some other examples of Kenyan grants of arms :
Diocese of Mount Kenya South (Anglican) (granted 2008)
Institute of Chartered Public Secretaries (granted 2008)
Institution of Surveyors of Kenya
Kianda School
The government appears to take heraldry seriously. After a local government reorganisation a few years ago, the attorney-general (who is ex officio head of the College) told the new local authorities that they were required to register arms. It was necessary, he said, because arms serve as "a sense of recognition, pride, belonging and an encouragement of a lifestyle based on honour and recognition of the responsibility and service to others."
Here, for example, are the arms of the Moyale county council. The format of the document appears to be based on the South African certificate :
Some other examples of Kenyan grants of arms :
Diocese of Mount Kenya South (Anglican) (granted 2008)
Institute of Chartered Public Secretaries (granted 2008)
Institution of Surveyors of Kenya
Kianda School