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- The experience of ex-servicemen made them realize that Europeans were not superior
- Acquisition of western education by many Africans enabled them to understand political
developments at
international level and forcefully demanded for independence.
- Realization by Britain that colonies were expensive to manage hence the need to grant them
independence/the rise
of Labour Party
- Failure by the government to reward the ex-soldiers increased agitation for independence
- The establishment of political parties by African nationalists like KANU, KADU, APP enhanced
mobilization of
the masses against colonial rule.
- The Mau Mau uprising forced the British to realize the need of granting Kenya independence.
- Nomination and election of Africans to the Legco enabled them to use the House as a forum to
agitate for
independence
- Emergence of Trade Union movement which helped to mobilize workers to fight for their rights.
- Pan- African movement and other global bodies helped in the establishment of Afro- Asian
people solidarity
organization which supported the course of Africa nationalists in Kenya.
- Independence of other countries e.g. Ghana and India inspired African nationalists in Kenya to
fight for their
independence.
- The formation of the UNO and the pressure exercised on the European powers to decolonize by
the super powers
- Signing of Atlantic Charter in 1941.
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