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Kenya At The 2019 African Games
Kenya competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, 290 athletes were scheduled to represent Kenya at 12th edition of the African Games. This later dropped to 259 athletes. Athletes representing Kenya won 11 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 10 bronze medals and the country finished 7th in the medal table. Medal summary Medal table 3x3 basketball Kenya competed in both the men's and women's tournaments. The men's team lost all their matches in the group phase and did not advance to the semi-finals. The women's team finished in 4th place. Archery Kenya competed in archery. Sayed Mohamed Akeel, Shehzana Anwar and Diramu Golicha Elema competed in several archery events. Athletics In total 61 athletes competed in athletics. Beatrice Chepkoech, Paul Tanui and Julius Yego are among the athletes to represent Kenya in athletics at the 2019 African Games. Hyvin Kiyeng, Conseslus Kipruto, Benjamin Kigen and Joa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Kenya
The Flag of 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 flag is based on that of Kenya African National Union and was officially adopted on 12 December 1963 after Kenya's independence. Grammar The Kenyan flag is on the black over red over the green flag of Kenya African National Union (KANU), the political party that led the fight for the independence of Kenya. Upon independence, the white fimbriation, symbolising peace and unity, and the shield were added. The meaning of the colours of the flag of Kenya match closely to those of the Pan-African flag adopted by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League in 1920. The 2010 revised edition of the Constitution of Kenya includes specifications of the Kenyan flag, located in the Second schedule, Article 9, paragraph 6.2. Symbolism The Kenyan flag includes symbols of unity, peace, and defence of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
