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State of Emergency

Kenya · Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1952Date range
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Chronological records

1952

Jomo Kenyatta20 October 1952

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

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

Names involved

Jomo Kenyatta

Provenance

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