Jomo Kenyatta1950
The EATUC officers call for a general strike that paralyzes Nairobi for nine days
Kenya · Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The EATUC officers call for a general strike that paralyzes Nairobi for nine days
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
Pressure from the radicals forces the KAU to adopt a pro-independence position for the first time
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.
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
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 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
Retains the role of Prime Minister after independence was declared
Kenyatta convinces Moi that KADU and KANU should be merged to complete the process of decolonisation, Kenya becomes a de facto single-party state, dominated by the Kikuyu-Luo alliance
Kenya becomes a republic, with Kenyatta as executive president
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