The
Colony and Protectorate of Kenya was part of the
British Empire in Africa from 1920 til 1963. It was established when the former
East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a
British crown colony in 1920. Technically, the "Colony of Kenya" referred to the interior lands, while a ten-mile coastal strip (nominally on lease from the
Sultan of Zanzibar) was the "Protectorate of Kenya" but the two were controlled as a single administrative unit. The colony came to an end in 1963 when a black majority government was elected for the first time and eventually declared independence as
Kenya.