Day: November 27, 2022

To ease the burden that  British taxpayers had to put up with at the initial stages of conquest and occupation of Kenya, Britain had to make Kenya economically viable, having set up a system of administration over the colony. Europeans Read More …

By 1900, after dividing Africa among themselves, European powers acquired colonies and concentrated on establishing their rule on Africans, who they recruited as soldiers, chiefs and clerks among other capacities of service in maintaining European rule. Name the European powers Read More …

The colonization of Kenya by the British was a consequence of the European scramble for and Partition of Africa during the second half of the 19th century. The Industrial Revolution was partly responsible for the Scramble.              THE SCRAMBLE Read More …

Name the countries whose citizens/nationals interacted with Africans.  For centuries, foreigners from the following European countries interacted with Africans: Portugal, Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Ø Holland, Ø However, actual European interest in Africa began in the 1st century AD.  Explain Read More …

TOPIC 1 : EUROPEAN INVASION AND COLONIZATION OF AFRICA – Click to view TOPIC 2 : ESTABLISHMENT OF COLONIAL RULE IN KENYA – Click to view TOPIC 3 : COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION – Click to view TOPIC 4 : SOCIO – Read More …

What is democracy? The is derived from the Greek word Democratia (Demos meaning people and Kratas meaning ‘rule or power’). It is a form of government where political decisions are directly in the hands of the citizens. Key aspects of Read More …

The term ‘constitution’ refers to a set of agreed principles and rules which state the structure and powers of a government The constitution of Kenya is a supreme law that binds all people and all state organs at national and Read More …

Despite the high amount of decentralization of African communities in the 19th c , there existed a few who were centralized. For example, Buganda, Ethiopia, Buganda, Asante, Mandinka, Ndebele and shona among others. The Baganda. These were a Bantu speaking Read More …