The coat of arms of Kenya features two lions, a symbol of protection, holding spears and a traditional East African shield.

The shield contains the national colours, representing:[1] On the shield is a rooster holding an axe while moving forward, portraying authority, the will to work, success, and the break of a new dawn.

It is also the symbol of Kenya African National Union (KANU) party that led the country to independence.

The shield and lions stand on a silhouette of Mount Kenya containing in the foreground examples of Kenya agricultural produce - coffee, pyrethrum, sisal, tea, maize and pineapples.

Kenya national law lays forth a heraldic blazon, or official description of the coat of arms:[2] Arms.— Per fess sable and vert, on a fess gules fimbriated argent a cock grasping in the dexter claw an axe also argent.