Explain the factors which favoured the spread of Christianity in Kenya between 1900 and 1914.

      

Explain the factors which favoured the spread of Christianity in Kenya
between 1900 and 1914.

  

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johnson
-The completion of the Uganda railway linking the coast to the hinterland of Kenya made it easier/ safer for the missionaries to travel to the mainland
-The colonization of Kenya by the British helped in the establishment of law and order which enabled the missionaries
Settle among different communities/ carry on with their work
-The building of towns roads/ the installation of other infrastructure by the colonial government connecting their administrative centers enabled the missionaries to move with relative ease.
-The colonial administration favoured the missionaries ( whom they saw as complementing their work) by ready giving them land certificates of occupation. ( the missionaries enjoyed support of the colonial administration as both were working as allies to introduce western concepts.
-The colonial administration provided security/ protection necessary for the successful work of the missionaries
-Some Africans were not so successfully in their tribal setting and were quick to join the new religion where they were recognized
-The need for western education provided by the missionaries attracted Africans to the mission stations. ( some people were quick to realize the importance of education in the new colonial set ups e.g. acquisition of job employment/ better living standards
-The missionaries/ colonial administration used chiefs to persuade their people to send their children to mission schools
-The need for western medicine ( led to the establishment of hospitals/ health centers/ dispensaries/ clinics by the missionaries made some Africans who sought treatment to come in to contact with Christianity.
johnson mwenjera answered the question on March 12, 2018 at 10:49


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