WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who led the fight to free Kenya from British control?
A
Nelson Mandela
B
Desmond Tutu
C
Kwame Nkrumah
D
Jomo Kenyatta
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Despite these government actions, Kikuyu resistance spearheaded the Kenya independence movement, and Jomo Kenyatta, who had been jailed as a Mau Mau leader in 1953, became prime minister of an independent Kenya 10 years later.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jomo Kenyatta, a former leader of the Kenya African National Union whom the British had imprisoned on false charges after the Mau Mau Uprising, was sworn in as Kenya’s Prime Minister on June 1, 1963, in preparation for the transition to independence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sardar Makhan Singh was the first Trade Unionist and arguably played the most pivotal role in the Kenyan Freedom Movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -He was the country’s first indigenous president and played a significant role in the transformation of Kenya from a colony of the British Empire into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and conservative, he led the Kenya African National Union (KANU) party from 1961 until his death.

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