1886-1918 1939-1963







Stamps used in both Kenya and Uganda; despite being separate administrative units,
the British treated these territories as an economic and partially administrative unit.



Kenya 1918-1939



In 1920, The British East Africa protectorate was renamed the KENYA COLONY AND PROTECTORATE, consisting of the coastal strip, capital Mombasa, held by Britain on behalf of the Sultan of Zanzibar (the Kenya Protectorate) and the larger inland region, the Kenya colony, a CROWN COLONY. The minority of white settlers dominated political life in the colony.
In 1925 the KIKUYU CENTRAL ORGANIZATION was formed to voice the Kikuyu's dissatisfaction with the political situation; JOMO KENYATTA emerged as their leader. In 1930 a PENAL CODE was published.
In 1937 INCOME TAX was introduced. In 1921 a new currency, the EAST AFRICAN FLORIN was introduced, common to Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika; the latter had joined the customs union between Kenya and Uganda in 1927. In the 1930es GOLD MINING expanded.
Britain, in order to appease Mussolini's Italy - Italy had been made promises of considerable territorial gain in 1915, gains which had only partially materialized - ceded the JUBALAND to Italy in 1926, a sparsely populated region in Kenya's east, inhabited by Somalis. Simultaneously, Kenya's territory was expanded westward, now including the west bank of Lake Turkana.
In 1935, Italian troops invaded Ethiopia. For Kenya, war was just around the corner.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Articles from Infoplease : Kenya
Kenyan History, by Timothy F. Bliss
Mombasa's History, from Mombasa Online
Links on Kenyan History from Looksmart
Timeline of Kenyan History, from Africanet; detailed timeline from Kenyaweb
The Partition of Africa and the 'Lunatic Express' 1884 - 1902 , from Kenya Online : Hakuna Matata; Pioneers and White Hunters 1902 to 1931, from Kenya Online : Hakuna Matata
History of the East African Community, from EAC
DOCUMENTS Map of Kenya, from Timothy F. Bliss
Map of British Kenya, from FOTW
Paper Money of the East African Currency Board, from African Banknotes
REFERENCE South and East African Year Book and Guide, 49th edition, 1949, pp.755-757, 770-808 [G]
Michael Twaddle, The Settlement of South Asians in East Africa, pp.74-76 in : Robin Cohen, The Cambridge Survey of World Migration, Cambridge : UP 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. 304.809 C678c
Article : British East Africa : East African Protectorate, in : Statesman's Year Book 1919 pp.179-182 [G]
Article : British East Africa : Kenya Colony and Protectorate, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1924 pp.188-191, 1925 pp.191-195, 1926 pp.195-199, 1928 pp.193-197, 1929 pp.194-198, 1932 pp.197-201, 1937 pp.216-220, 227 [G]
Article : Kenya Colony and Protectorate, in : Americana Annual 1927 p.478, 1928 p.434, 1930 p.426, 1931 pp.426-427, 1932 pp.393-394, 1933 p.418, 1934 pp.323-324, 1935 p.386, 1936 p.393, 1937 p.372, 1938 p.362, 1939 p.462, 1940 pp.415-416 [G]
Article : British East Africa, in : Americana Annual 1930 pp.129-131, 1931 pp.125-126 [G]



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First posted in 2001, last revised on August 27th 2007

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