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Decolonization of Kenya
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DECOLONIZATION OF KENYA
Chronology of Mau Mau uprising:
- 20 October 1952- State of emergency declared...may Mau Mau fled to to forests
- 25 March 1953- Lari massacre
- January 1954- General China captured
- April 1954- Operation Anvil (Nairobi)
- 18 January 1955- an amnesty offered (revoked later)
- June 1956- Land reforms
- 21 October 1956- Dedan Kimathi captured
Independence:
Background:
Constitution:
- 1962 constitution established a 117-member house of representatives and a 41-member state
- Quota system (for non-Africans) was abandoned
- 1964 (Republic), government was further centralised
- The first direct elections for Africans to the Legislative Council took place in 1957
- First Lancaster House Conference 1960
- 1963 KANU of Jomo Kenyatta formed a government
- 12 December 1963- Independence
- 12 December 1964- Republic of Kenya
- British government bought out most white settlers
- British interest was land 1895/1920
- Kikuyu opposition (1880-1900), Nandi Revolt, Giriama uprising
- Uganda railway
- 7,000,000 acres expropriated for white farmers
- Kikuyu forced into labour
MAU MAU UPRISING:
- 1952-1960, involving an anti-colonial Mau Mau group, challenging the colonial powers.
- The movement was violently repressed by the British Army and anti-Mau Mau Kikuyu.
- The conflict created a rift between the European colonial community in Kenya and the Home Office, and as such it set the stage for Kenyan independence.
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