1. Kenya
By: Emily Kingston, Jen Beattie, and
Charlotte Suszynski

2. Independence
• UK : encouraged British and European citizens to
settle there
• Large farms established by Europeans
o Kenyans hired to work on European farms
• Kenyans opposed British rule
• Mau Mau Rebellion
o Rebel movement developed among Kikuyu members
o Defeated, but forced UK into negotiations that led to Kenyan
independence

3. Independence
• December 12, 1963
• December 12, 1963
• Prime Minister Kenyatta • Constitutional
Monarchy
• Became a republic
• Prime Minister:
• Replaced British Kenyatta
colonial economic and
cultural system and
school system
• Non-Africans were
allowed to keep their
land

4. Economy
• Developing economy
and a high
unemployment rate
• Population growing at
a rapid rate
• Many people live in
poverty
• Foreign aid and
remittances from
Kenyans working
abroad are a helpful
source of income

5. Economy
• Agriculture
o chief economic activity
o Accounts for about ¼ of the
country’s economic production
o Employs about ¾ of Kenya’s
people
o Divided equally between the
production of cash crops and
subsistence
• Cash crops: products raised for sale
• Subsistence: crops raised by farmers
for their own use
o Most popular crops grown:
tea, corn, avocados, bananas, cof
fee, cotton, pineapples, potatoes, t
omatoes, wheat, sugar cane
• Tea: Kenya is one of the world’s
largest producers of tea
Tea plantation in Kenya
• Corn: country’s main subsistence
crop
o Farmland owned or rented from
the government

6. Economy
• Manufacturing
o Nairobi and Mombasa
• Kenya’s most important
industrial centers
o Food processing
• Major industrial activity in
Kenya
o Petroleum refinery
• Refines oil imported from
other countries
o Produces a small but diverse
amount of manufactured
products
• Soft
drinks, cement, clothing, leat
her goods, motor
vehicles, paper products

7. Economy
• Tourism
o Vital to economy
o Second largest source of foreign
income
o About 1 million tourists visit Kenya
annually
• Mining
o Has few valuable minerals
o Some mined products:
• Gold, gemstones
• International Trade
o Exports less than it imports
o Tea is main export
o Imports food products, industrial
machinery, transportation
materials, and plastics
o Chief trading partners
• China, India, Japan, UK, US,
Uganda, South Africa

8. Society
• About 40 ethnic groups
• Largest ethnic group,
Kikuyu
o Makes up more than 15 percent
of population
• Most ethnic groups have
their own language or
dialect
• Ethnic groups divided by
separate languages
and ways of life
• Kenyan government has
struggled to overcome
ethnic divisions
o Can’t provide a sense of unity

9. Society
• Most people live on
small farm settlements
o Raise crops and livestock for a
living
• Rural farm families
produce food for their
own use
• Farmers also hold part-
time jobs to add to
their income
• Work part time on large
farm estates

10. • Republic
Politics
• Constitution
o 1963
o Freedom of speech and religion
• 18 years may vote
• President
• Voters elect the members of the Natio
• Divided into 47 counties
o For purposes of local government
o Each is run by a governor, count assembly, and other local authorities
• From 1982-1991
o Only one political party allowed
• Kenya African National Union (KANU)
• 1991
o Other parties legalized
o Orange Democratic Movement and Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya

11. Works Cited
Corrigan, Jim. Kenya. Ed. Robert I Rotberg. Philadelphia : Mason Crest
Publishers , 2005. Print.
Gatheru, R. Mugo. Kenya: From Colonization to Independence, 1888-1970.
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2005. Print.
"Kenya." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2012. Web. 17 May 2012.
Melton, J. Gordon. "Kenya." World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy.
ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 21 May 2012.
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