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Kenya in 1963

Historical records for Kenya in 1963, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

12Records
8Events
3Named people
0Places
1Categories

Historical records

May

May 1963ElectionJomo Kenyatta

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

KANU wins 83 seats out of 124

June

1 June 1963Constitution of KenyaJomo Kenyatta

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

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

1 June 1963Prime Minister of KenyaJomo Kenyatta

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

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

December

12 December 1963Constitution of KenyaJomo Kenyatta

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

Retains the role of Prime Minister after independence was declared

12 December 1963Independence of KenyaJomo Kenyatta

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

Retains the role of Prime Minister after independence was declared

Other Events

1963Constitution of KenyaThomas Joseph Mboya

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

Appointed Minister of Constitutional Affairs

1963Constitution of KenyaDaniel Toroitich arap Moi

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

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

1963Independence of KenyaDaniel Toroitich arap Moi

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

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

1963KADUDaniel Toroitich arap Moi

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

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

1963Kenya African National Union (KANU)Daniel Toroitich arap Moi

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

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

1963Minister of Constitutional AffairsThomas Joseph Mboya

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

Appointed Minister of Constitutional Affairs

1963Minister of JusticeThomas Joseph Mboya

Government / Kenya African National Union (KANU)

Appointed Minister of Justice

Names involved

Daniel Toroitich arap MoiJomo KenyattaThomas Joseph Mboya

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.