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'''UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI''' | '''UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI''' | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Vert in chief a lion passant guardant and in base three torches two in saltire and one in pale or enflamed proper; the crest: On a wreath of the colours three clasped hands each couped at the wrist one erect carnat the others fesse-wise sable and or ensigned with an open book proper bound gules edged gold; and the supporters: On the dexter side a crowned crane and on the sinister side a giraffe proper each gorged with a chain or pendent therefrom an escutcheon vert charged with a pair of calipers gold. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted in 1955 to the Royal Technical College of East Africa, which became the University of Nairobi in 1970. | |||
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[[Category:Universities]] | [[Category:Universities]] | ||
[[Category:Educational heraldry of Kenya]] | [[Category:Educational heraldry of Kenya]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1955]] | |||