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Apart from independent Churches and Schools, explain six other factors that speeded the achievement of independence in Kenya after 1945

      

Apart from independent Churches and Schools, explain six other factors that speeded
the achievement of independence in Kenya after 1945

  

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gideon
- 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.
gideon1 answered the question on October 6, 2017 at 09:25


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