Hist 310:Economic History Of Kenya Question Paper
Hist 310:Economic History Of Kenya
Course:Education
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2013
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 3RDTRIMESTER 2013 (SB) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : HIST 310
UNIT TITLE : ECONOMIC HISTORY OF KENYA
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any four questions
All the questions carry equal marks
Question One
State how the new KANU government organized the economic development in Kenya at independent? (15 marks)
Question Two
State the economic reasons that explain why the British established a colony in Kenya (15 Marks)
Question Three
State the challenges that confronted Kenya immediately after achieving independence from the British in 1963? (15 Marks)
Question Four
Outline the factors which accelerated the rapid growth of urban centers in Kenya? (15 marks)
Question Five
What were the main traditional economic activities of the Kenyan ethnic groups shown below? (15 Marks)
Cushites
Nilotes
Bantu
Question Six
State some of the intervening measures that the Kenyan government has put in place in order to deal with economic decline? (15 Marks)
Question Seven
Outline the measures the Kenyan Government took to streamline the industrial growth in Kenya?
(8 Marks)
State the reasons that explain the rapid growth of Jua Kali industries in Kenya?
(7 Marks)
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