Jomo Kenyatta Biography

Birth of Jomo Kenyatta

Nationalists form the Kikuyu Central Association with Jomo Kenyatta as leader

Studies economics in Moscow at the Comintern school

Studies economics in Moscow at the Comintern school

Enrolls at University College London

Studies social anthropology under Bronislaw Malinowski at the London School of Economics

Studies social anthropology under Bronislaw Malinowski at the London School of Economics

Kenyatta founds the Pan-African Federation with Kwame Nkruma

Helps found KANU, a nationalist group seeking political rights for black

Appointed Party Leader of the KANU

The EATUC officers call for a general strike that paralyzes Nairobi for nine days

The EATUC officers call for a general strike that paralyzes Nairobi for nine days

The EATUC officers call for a general strike that paralyzes Nairobi for nine days

The EATUC officers call for a general strike that paralyzes Nairobi for nine days. Following a demand for Kenyan independence on 1 May 1950, the leadership of the EATUC is arrested. Broken only after 300 workers had been arrested and the British authorities made a show of overwhelming military force

The EATUC officers call for a general strike that paralyzes Nairobi for nine days

Griffith ignores the KAUs demands and proposes a Legislative Council in which the 30,000 white settlers receive 14 representatives, the 100,000 Asians got six, the 24,000 Arabs one, and the five million Africans five representatives

This record states: British Colonial Secretary, James Griffiths, visits Kenya, where the Kenya African Union presents a list of demands ranging from the removal of discriminatory legislation to the inclusion of 12 elected black representatives on the Legislative Council.

This record states: Griffith ignores the KAUs demands and proposes a Legislative Council in which the 30,000 white settlers receive 14 representatives, the 100,000 Asians got six, the 24,000 Arabs one, and the five million Africans five representatives.

This record states: Pressure from the radicals forces the KAU to adopt a pro-independence position for the first time.

British Colonial Secretary, James Griffiths, visits Kenya, where the Kenya African Union presents a list of demands ranging from the removal of discriminatory legislation to the inclusion of 12 elected black representatives on the Legislative Council

Griffith ignores the KAUs demands and proposes a Legislative Council in which the 30,000 white settlers receive 14 representatives, the 100,000 Asians got six, the 24,000 Arabs one, and the five million Africans five representatives.

The Central Committee quickly forms armed squads to enforce its policies, protect members from the police, and kill informers and collaborators.

The Nairobi radicals attempt to take control of the national KAU at a countrywide conference, but are outmanoeuvred by Jomo Kenyatta, who secures the election for himself. Pressure from the radicals forces the KAU to adopt a pro-independence position for the first time.

The urban radicals capture control of the formerly loyalist Nairobi KAU by packing KAU meetings with trade union members then create a secret Central Committee to organize the oath campaign throughout Nairobi

The Central Committee quickly forms armed squads to enforce its policies, protect members from the police, and kill informers and collaborators

The urban radicals capture control of the formerly loyalist Nairobi KAU by packing KAU meetings with trade union members then create a secret Central Committee to organize the oath campaign throughout Nairobi

The urban radicals capture control of the formerly loyalist Nairobi KAU by packing KAU meetings with trade union members then create a secret Central Committee to organize the oath campaign throughout Nairobi

The Nairobi radicals attempt to take control of the national KAU at a countrywide conference, but are outmanoeuvred by Jomo Kenyatta, who secures the election for himself

Pressure from the radicals forces the KAU to adopt a pro-independence position for the first time

The Nairobi radicals attempt to take control of the national KAU at a countrywide conference, but are outmanoeuvred by Jomo Kenyatta, who secures the election for himself. Pressure from the radicals forces the KAU to adopt a pro-independence position for the first time

The Mau Mau Uprising of 1952 to 1960 is an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonialist rule. The core of the resistance is formed by members of the Kikuyu ethnic group, along with smaller numbers of Embu and Meru. A rift is created between the white colonial community in Kenya and the Home Office in London that sets the stage for Kenyan independence in 1963

On the same day as the Emergency is declared, troops and police arrest nearly 100 leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, in an operation named Jock Scott

On the same day as the Emergency is declared, troops and police arrest nearly 100 leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, in an operation named Jock Scott

On the same day as the Emergency is declared, troops and police arrest nearly 100 leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, in an operation named Jock Scott

Arrested and indicted with six others on the charges of "managing and being a member" of the Mau Mau Society

Arrested and indicted with six others on the charges of "managing and being a member" of the Mau Mau Society

The Nairobi Central Committee had reconstituted its senior ranks and renamed itself the Council of Freedom. The lack of large numbers of initial British troops, a high degree of popular support, and the low quality of colonial intelligence gave the Land and Freedom Armies the upper hand for the first half of 1953. Begins a 10 year campaign for Kenyan independence

The Nairobi Central Committee had reconstituted its senior ranks and renamed itself the Council of Freedom. The lack of large numbers of initial British troops, a high degree of popular support, and the low quality of colonial intelligence gave the Land and Freedom Armies the upper hand for the first half of 1953

The lack of large numbers of initial British troops, a high degree of popular support, and the low quality of colonial intelligence gave the Land and Freedom Armies the upper hand for the first half of 1953

The Nairobi Central Committee had reconstituted its senior ranks and renamed itself the Council of Freedom

The Nairobi Central Committee had reconstituted its senior ranks and renamed itself the Council of Freedom

The Nairobi Central Committee had reconstituted its senior ranks and renamed itself the Council of Freedom

Found guilty of organizing a terrorist campaign to drive out white settlers from Kenya

The court sentences Kenyatta to seven years of hard labor, sent into exile on probation in Lodwar, a remote part of Kenya

Completes his sentence for the Mau Mau risings

Kenyatta is elected KANU President in absentia

Appointed Chairman of KANU

Fully released

KANU wins 83 seats out of 124

Kenyatta is appointed Prime Minister of the autonomous Kenyan Government, and is known as mzee (a Swahili word meaning old man or elder)

Kenyatta is appointed Prime Minister of the autonomous Kenyan Government, and is known as mzee (a Swahili word meaning old man or elder)

Retains the role of Prime Minister after independence was declared

Retains the role of Prime Minister after independence was declared

Asks for British troops help against Somali rebels Shiftas in the northeast and an army mutiny in Nairobi

Appointed President on the inauguration of the Republic of Kenya

KADUs representatives join the ranks of KANU, forming a single party

KADUs representatives join the ranks of KANU, forming a single party

Kenya becomes a republic, with Kenyatta as executive president

Kenya becomes a republic, with Kenyatta as executive president

Changes the constitution to gain extended powers

Kenyatta is re-elected

The Kenya peoples union is outlawed & those who do not join KANU are detained

Re-elected in elections that are neither free nor fair, in which he runs alone

Death of Jomo Kenyatta

Death of Jomo Kenyatta