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Why did the Africans move to urban centres in colonial Kenya?

      

Give reasons why Africans moved to urban centers in colonial Kenya

  

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Raphael
1. To get away from forced labor and taxation.

2. To look for employment opportunities in industries.

3. To escape poverty and overcrowding in reserves.

4. The urban areas had good social facilities e.g. tapped water, lighting.

The recreational facilities and other amenities in urban centers attracted Africans

There were job prospects in towns with better wages than in rural areas

Africans were seeking alternative livelihood and settlements in towns due to land alienated which had pushed them into congested reserves

Rural-urban migration was a way of escaping force labour and taxation

The African entrepreneurs wanted to take advantage of the wide markets in the towns to escape poverty
raphael answered the question on May 3, 2017 at 15:38


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