What were the factors that led to the Mau Mau uprising in colonial Kenya?

      

What were the factors that led to the Mau Mau uprising in colonial Kenya?

  

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Gregory
- Africans wanted proper representation in the in the legislative council i.e. wanted elected members not nominated .
- Africans wanted to regain their lost land i.e. land taken for taken for white settlements.
- The squater system where Africans were grouped on white farms where they provided labour, worked for long hours at low pay.
- Emergence of ex-servicemen whose world outlook was wide. Those wanted constitutional changes and attainment of independence now.
- Formation of National political parties like K.A.U. encouraged the mau mau. The leaders of those political parties supported mau mau as they fought for same principles.
- The assumption of K.A.U. leaders by Radical group made the movement forceful.
- The 1949 oathings in squatters and central province bound people together in support of mau mau.
- The formation of forty group by ex-servicemen in 1946 led to organised opposition against Europeans .They stopped the kikuyu people from terracing under control of District officer .
- The group emerged as freedom fighters.
Gregorymasila1 answered the question on March 2, 2018 at 20:37


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