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