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	Kenya - MSN Encarta
		Kenyatta’s arrest and later conviction and imprisonment, and the banning of KAU in 1953, spurred on the Mau Mau rebellion, in which thousands of Africans—the majority of whom were Kikuyu—fought a guerrilla war against colonial rule and settler supremacy.
		As an independent country, Kenya was initially a constitutional monarchy, with the British monarch as its nominal head of state and a prime minister as head of government.
		Kenya’s vice president, an ethnic Luo named Oginga Odinga, resigned from the government in 1966 and formed the Kenya People’s Union (KPU), which drew a great deal of Luo support away from KANU and presented the Kenyatta government with a challenge.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564507_10/Kenya.html#howtocite (1404 words)

	Kenya African National Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was known as Kenya African Union before it was renamed in 1960.
		From October 1952 to December 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the "Mau Mau" rebellion against British colonial rule.
		The Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) was founded in 1960, to challenge KANU.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kenya_African_National_Union (600 words)

	kenya-mail.com's Kenya Safari Guide - Mau Mau - The Mau Mau movement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Africans, too, found no place in the country's legislature, their interests being represented by the official members of the council and by a European unofficial member, usually a missionary.
		In demanding African representation in the legislature, the association was in advance not only of the government but also of most of the members of the tribe.
		As a result of a conference held in London in 1960, Africans became the majority in the Legislative Council and obtained 4 of the 10 unofficial portfolios in the Council of Ministers.
	www.kenya-mail.com /mau_mau.html (2177 words)

	Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: History: The African nationalism
		Winston Churchill, a conservative and a convinced colonialist, wrote after an official visit to Kenya in 1907, when he was Secretary of State for the Colonies, that he did not believe in the myth of the "white man's country", and that education and comprehension should drive an increase in the native tribes' standard of living.
		African nationalism was born during the early colonial times.
		On October the 5th 1944, an African was finally admitted to the Colony's Legislative Council.
	www.kenyalogy.com /eng/info/histo12.html (1335 words)

	Kenya-Country Information
		Kenya has played a leading role in the quest for peace and stability in the turbulent East African region, because of her stability and general neutrality.
		Kenya is bordered to the north by Sudan and Ethiopia, to the east by Somalia, to the west by Uganda, to the south by Tanzania, and to the southeast by the Indian Ocean.
		Kenya’s official language is English and Swahili is the national language; both arewidely used for communication between members of different ethnic groups, education, business, government.
	kabiza.com /Kenya-Country-Information.htm (2521 words)

	Kenya Young Women's Christian Association
		Kenya enjoys a tropical climate. It is hot and humid at the coast, temperate inland and very dry in the north and northeast parts of the country.
		Kenya’s coastline is famous for its hundreds of miles of clean, sandy, palm fringed coral beaches, lapped by the clear, blue waters of Indian ocean.
		Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya, located in Nairobi District, and situated at an elevation of about 1660m (about 5450 ft) in the highlands of the southern part of the country. Nairobi is Kenya’s principal economic, administrative, and cultural center and is one of the largest and fastest growing cities in Africa.
	www.kenyaywca.org /pages/kenya.htm (2195 words)

	Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: History: The Mau-Mau and the end of the Colony
		Today in Kenya, a great part of the land belongs to the native dominant elite, which thrived by the light of those circles sponsored by the colonial regime.
		Kenya, under a state of emergency, was clearly unprofitable.
		Even though, a new Constitution was established confering the Africans 33 seats out of 65, and the transfer of 186,000 land acres from white settlers to African farmers with the World Bank's financial support.
	www.kenyalogy.com /eng/info/histo13.html (2334 words)

	Kenyatta, Jomo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In 1953, during the Mau Mau uprising, Kenyatta was imprisoned by the British as one of its instigators, then sent to internal exile (1959).
		Kenya became a republic in 1964 with Kenyatta as president.
		Influential throughout Africa, Kenyatta was intolerant of dissent in Kenya, outlawing some opposition parties in 1969 and establishing a one-party state in 1974.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ke/Kenyatta.html (248 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Kenyatta,
		The son of a Luo farmer, he was born in the white highlands of Kenya and educated at Roman Catholic mission schools.
		An economist educated at the London School of Economics, he was elected to Kenya's first parliament (1963) as a member of the Kenya African National Union (KANU).
		Kenya is bordered by Somalia on the east, the Indian Ocean on the southeast, Tanzania on the south, Lake Victoria (Victoria Nyanza) on the southwest, Uganda on the west,
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Kenyatta, (584 words)

	A Brief History of Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Luos migrated from southern Sudan to Uganda and settled on the shores of Lake Victoria.
		African economics and politics were closely monitored at a time when the depression of the 1930s and an expanding population showed the inadequacy of the land reserved for the natives.
		The East African Community, an economic union of the three countries established in 1967 and once considered a promising start for political unification, was gradually phased out (although in the early 1980s the community's former members considered reviving it).
	kenya.com /history.html (2507 words)

	Kenya~An African Nation
		Bibliography: "Kenya Condemned for Arrests" Staff Reporter Nairobi October 2, 2003 Summary: Three Kenyan journalists have been arrested because of a published story that revealed a potential political connection to the murder of academic Crispin Odhiambo Mbai.
		Kenya's efforts in ending terrorism, AIDS and helping with the Sudan/Somalia peace process are very admirable.
		Granted, Kenya is certainly not a leading power in our global system but I do believe Kenya has a chance to become a leading nation in the continent of Africa at the very least.
	www.angelfire.com /pro/kenyainfo (1745 words)

	FACT SHEET: Republic of Kenya at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kenya is the heart of African safari country, boasting the most diverse collection of wild animals on the continent.
		Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula invited colonization, and Arab and Persian settlements sprouted along the coast by the eighth century.
		The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union made itself the sole legal party in Kenya.
	deploymentlink.osd.mil /deploy/info/africa/kenya/index.shtml (1323 words)

	Kikuyu colonial history - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya
		Unwilling to accept that the 'primitive' people of Kenya were capable of conceiving the notion of land ownership, the British thought it within their rights to take the land and do of it what they wanted.
		In also demanding African representation in the legislature, the association was in advance not only of the government but also of most of the members of the tribe.
		At first, the KAU drew its support from the Kikuyu elite, but quickly began gathering support from the Kikuyu masses, believing that it was possible to consolidate their support through the administration of a oath (see the section on the Mau Mau).
	www.bluegecko.org /kenya/tribes/kikuyu/history2.htm (2772 words)

	Kenya - HISTORY
		During this process many Africans lost their land; they were then forced onto inferior land or onto the labour market as a result of hut taxes imposed by the colonial administration.
		The consequence of this was the formation of guerrilla troops, Mau Mau, who all took an oath to commit themselves to expelling all white settlers in Kenya and to eliminate the Africans who cooperated with or benefited from colonial rule.
		The KAU was the successor to the Kikuyu Central Association, Dedan Kimathi the leader of the armed rebellion was executed.
	www.africanet.com /africanet/country/kenya/history.htm (869 words)

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		KAU was unsuccessful, however, and African resistance to colonial policies and the supremacy of European settlers in Kenya took on a more militant tone.
		Kenya was established as a republic in December 1964, and Kenyatta was elected Kenya's first president the same month.
		For the remainder of his presidency, Kenya was effectively a one-party state, and Kenyatta made use of detention, appeals to ethnic loyalties, and careful appointment of government jobs to maintain his commanding position in Kenya's political system.
	www.lsu.edu /student_organizations/aso/kenyatta.htm (1017 words)

	AfricanTribute
		KANU thus became Kenya's true national party and the sole pulpit for advocating Kenyan demands to the colonial government.
		The rising peasant population that worked in the colonial firms was growing increasingly agitated at the colonial regime because of the income disparities they were witnessing between them and their white counterparts.
		The East African Association was founded in 1921 by Harry Thuku, Jessie Kariuki, Joseph Kangethe, Abdulla Tairara, Norman Mboya and a Ugandan by the name Ssetongo.
	kenya740.tripod.com /kanu.html (1095 words)

	Kenya
		The flag of Kenya was adopted on 12 December 1963.
		It is based on the fl over red over green flag of KANU (Kenya African National Union), the party that led the fight for freedom and independence.
		Harambee is the motto of the chief political party KANU (Kenya African National Union) and means "all pull together".
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ke.html (411 words)

	Foodnet-Uganda > Market Information
		Kenya was a British colony and protectorate from the 1890s until independence in December 1963.
		Kenya's total foreign debt is high, but debt service is fairly reasonable, at 27 percent of foreign exchange receipts in 2000, because of the large proportion of concessional debt.
		Kenya is the richest country in the region and has enjoyed several decades of relative stability.
	www.foodnet.cgiar.org /market/Kenya/Kenya.htm (1604 words)

	History of kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Arab traders began frequenting the Kenya coast around the first century A.D. Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula invited colonization, and Arab and Persian settlements sprouted along the coast by the eighth century.
		In 1895, the U.K. Government established the East African Protectorate and, soon after, opened the fertile highlands to white settlers.
		The minority party, Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU), representing a coalition of small ethnic groups that had feared dominance by larger ones, dissolved itself voluntarily in 1964 and joined KANU.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/kenya.html (602 words)

	Kikuyu feature articles - Jomo Kenyatta - Traditional Music & Cultures of Kenya
		KAU is you and you are the KAU If we unite now, each and every one of us, and each tribe to another, we will cause the implementation in this country of that which the European calls democracy.
		KAU seeks to remedy this situation and I tell you now it despises thieving, robbery and murder for these practices ruin our country.
		KAU is not a fighting union that uses fists and weapons.
	www.bluegecko.org /kenya/tribes/kikuyu/articles-speech.htm (1287 words)

	Kenya in Brief
		They visited mainly the East African Coast from as early as the first century A.D. While the majority of the visitors went back to their countries, some settled, and intermarried with the local populations giving rise to a new Swahili culture along the Coast.
		Western Kenya and most parts of Nyanza experience heavy conventional rain and have two rain seasons, the long rains from April to June and the short rains from October to November.
		Kenya’s warm climate is favourable for tourism during the drier season that is between September and March.
	www.statehousekenya.go.ke /kenya.html (1686 words)

	A short history of Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Present-day Kenya is inhabited since around 1000 by Bantu tribes, followed since 1500 by the Masai and the Luo.
		Arab traders begin frequenting the Kenya coast around the first century A.D. Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula invite colonization, and Arab and Persian settlements sproute along the coast by the eighth century.
		Arab dominance on the coast is eclipsed by the arrival in 1498 of the Portuguese, who give way in turn to islamic control under the Oman in the 1600s, later from Zanzibar.
	www.electionworld.org /history/kenya.htm (506 words)

	Kenya African National Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It seems the Kenya African national Union (KANU) and the National Development Party (NDP) are merged or about to.
		Before Kenya became independent the KANU used the flag, listed as the KAU-flag; the KANU's emblem was the cockerel with the battle-axe.
		Kenya African Union (pre-independence predecessor to KANU), proportions 2:3.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/ke}kanu.html (384 words)

	Jubilee Research: Jubilee 2000: Profile: Kenya
		Kenya is officially on the HIPC initiative list, but is considered to already have a sustainable debt burden according to the official HIPC initiative criteria.
		Kenya has already approached the Paris Club in order to obtain debt relief. Twice the Paris Club rescheduled Kenya’s debt: in 1994 for $535 million and in 2000 for $300 million. The debt was rescheduled, not cancelled, i.e.
		While it brought little benefit to Kenya’s population, it is still forcing the government to spend more on debt servicing than on basic needs and development programmes. Kenya needs justice from the international community to pursue a better future for its people.
	www.jubileeresearch.org /databank/profiles/kenya.htm (1633 words)

	AEGiS: Republic of Kenya
		Kenya has the challenge of meeting the reproductive health needs of a rapidly expanding population in the era of AIDS and under the constraint of shrinking health resources.
		Kenya is a country located in Africa the has a "national disaster" of AIDS and HIV.
		The Kenya AIDS Watch Institute, KAWI, is an independent, apolitical and impartial monitoring organization established to gather and disseminate objective information and critical analysis of the effectiveness and relevance of all the current and future anti-HIV/AIDS programmes.
	www.aegis.com /countries/kenya.html (1533 words)

	Kenya Bank Notes
		In 1953, during the Mau Mau uprising, Kenyatta was imprisoned by the British as one of its instigators, and was sent to internal exile in 1959.
		Kenya gained independence in 1963, and became a republic in 1964 with Kenyatta as its first president.
		Kenya, located on the east coast of southern Africa, was a British colony from 1920 until 1963 when it achieved self-government.
	www.tomchao.com /af/af40.html (378 words)

	Kenya
		Cushitic-speaking people, who occupied the area from about 1000 B.C., traded with Arab merchants by the first century A.D. Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula invited colonization, and Arab and Persian settlements were established along the coast by the 8th century A.D. By then, Bantu and Nilotic peoples had moved into the area.
		In 1895, the British Government established the East African Protectorate and, soon after, opened the fertile highlands to white settlers.
		The minority party, Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU), representing a coalition of small tribes that had feared dominance by larger ones, dissolved itself voluntarily in 1964 and joined KANU.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/countries/Kenya.html (437 words)

	Historical Background (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The trade union movement in Kenya, which became an important feature of our country's life, is a child of economic, social and political strives.
		Tom Mboya became the General Secretary of Kenya Local Government Workers Union and was later elected the General Secretary of the Kenya Federation of Registered Trade Unions which gave way to the formation of KENYA FEDERATION OF LABOUR (KFL).
		African Socialism and its Application to Planning in Kenya, which calls for "one central organisation for trade unions in the country".
	www.cotu-kenya.org.cob-web.org:8888 /historical_background.htm (761 words)

	Kenya African Democratic Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kenya African Democratic Union was a political party in Kenya.
		It was founded in 1960 as an alternative to Jomo Kenyatta's Kenya African National Union (KANU).
		KADU's aim was to defend the interests of the tribes so-called KAMATUSA (an acronym for Kalenjin, Maasai, Turkana and Samburu), against the dominance of the larger Luo (Kenya) and Kĩkũyũ tribes that comprised the majority of KANU's membership.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kenya_African_Democratic_Union (158 words)

	History of Kenya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kenya's proximity to the Arabian Peninsula invited colonization, and Arab and Persian settlements sprouted along the coast by the 8th century.
		African participation in the political process developed rapidly during the latter part of the period as British policymakers sought to isolate the insurgents and their supporters.
		Despite British hopes of handing power to more "moderate" African rivals, it was the Kenya African National Union (KANU) of Jomo Kenyatta, a member of the large Kĩkũyũ tribe and former prisoner under the emergency, which formed a government shortly before Kenya became independent on December 12, 1963.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/History_of_Kenya (1128 words)

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