Flag of Kenya

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.

How to recognise it

Black, red and green horizontal bands split by thin white stripes, with a tall red, white and black shield and two white spears in the centre.

Name in the quiz: Kenya
UN member state name: Kenya
ISO 3166-1 code: KE
Atlas Play pack: Africa

Practise the Africa pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

UgandaBlack and red horizontal stripes with an emblem in the centre.
ZambiaGreen, red and black with an emblem.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kenya (A horizontal tricolour of black, white-edged red, and green with two crossed white spears behind a red, white and black Maasai shield; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ke.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 c55ca54ba63d…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.