Jomo KenyattaJune 1951
The Central Committee quickly forms armed squads to enforce its policies, protect members from the police, and kill informers and collaborators
Kenya · Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
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 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
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 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
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