● Financial pressure as economy declined
◆ Urban problems multiplied
KENYA (1963)
Context
➔ Massive settlement of Europeans, about 40 000
➔ Situated on coast: easy trade on India Ocean + fertile land
➔ Kikuyu tribe is nomadic → land taken by settlers
◆ Around 20% of population is Kikuyu
◆ They allow Kikuyu to work but most have to leave area → increasing
rural population
➔ Also large Indian settlement who worked there
Role of Leaders
➔ Jomo Kenyatta
◆ 1947: joined KAU
◆ Raised popularity of KAU but denounced violence of Mau Mau
◆ 1952: arrested for allegedly masterminding Mau Mau
◆ 1960: President of KANU (Kenyan African National Union) still in prison
◆ Released in 1961 ahead of election
➔ Ronald Ngala
◆ 1960 split led to KADU (Kenyan African Democratic Union)
◆ Leader of KADU
➔ Tom Mboya
◆ Formerly part of KAU
◆ Leader of Kenya Federation of Labour (KFL)
◆ intelligence, organisational + oratory skills
◆ 1957 founded Nairobi People’s Convention Party (NPCP) based on CPP
➔ Oginga Odinga
◆ Chairman of African council members
◆ Part of KAU and helped found KIM → part of KANU
◆ Urban problems multiplied
KENYA (1963)
Context
➔ Massive settlement of Europeans, about 40 000
➔ Situated on coast: easy trade on India Ocean + fertile land
➔ Kikuyu tribe is nomadic → land taken by settlers
◆ Around 20% of population is Kikuyu
◆ They allow Kikuyu to work but most have to leave area → increasing
rural population
➔ Also large Indian settlement who worked there
Role of Leaders
➔ Jomo Kenyatta
◆ 1947: joined KAU
◆ Raised popularity of KAU but denounced violence of Mau Mau
◆ 1952: arrested for allegedly masterminding Mau Mau
◆ 1960: President of KANU (Kenyan African National Union) still in prison
◆ Released in 1961 ahead of election
➔ Ronald Ngala
◆ 1960 split led to KADU (Kenyan African Democratic Union)
◆ Leader of KADU
➔ Tom Mboya
◆ Formerly part of KAU
◆ Leader of Kenya Federation of Labour (KFL)
◆ intelligence, organisational + oratory skills
◆ 1957 founded Nairobi People’s Convention Party (NPCP) based on CPP
➔ Oginga Odinga
◆ Chairman of African council members
◆ Part of KAU and helped found KIM → part of KANU
