Displaying out of 80 results. News Current Issue. About us Contact us FAQ. Log In Subscribe Renew Alerts. It is thought that here he changed his name from Johnstone to Jomo, as the publisher thought the name Jomo would attract a wider readership within England. Though there was little evidence that he was involved, Kenyatta and 97 other KAU leaders were arrested in and put on trial for the murder of Chief Waruhiu Kungu and for managing the Mau Mau Rebellion.
Kenyatta was sentenced to seven years and indefinite restriction thereafter. Kenyatta was released in after national and international protests. In the general elections which brought Kenya into independence, KANU won the majority of seats in the new national assembly and the following year Kenyatta was named president.
Kenyatta established agencies that offered assistance to indigenous Kenyans, granted former settler farms to squatters and ex-Mau Mau members, abolished British colonial laws which allowed racial discrimination, and promoted educational reforms.
Though he expanded presidential powers and although his administration was marred by corruption accusations, his presidency is widely respected today for its many accomplishments and for the stability and peace which Kenyatta ensured. Jomo Kenyatta died in Mombasa on August 22, Exactly one year later, with the proclamation of a republic, Kenyatta became Kenya's first president.
Although he initially appealed to all sectors of Kenya's population, appointing members of government form various ethnic groups - he did this more to avoid the development of an ethnically based opposition.
But the central core of his government was strongly Kikuyu in makeup. Kenyatta also sought to gain the trust of the white settlers of the Central Highlands. He outlined a programme of conciliation, asking them not to flee form the country but to stay and help make it an economic and social success.
His slogan for these early years of his presidency was Harambee! Kenyatta also rejected calls by African socialists to nationalise property, following a pro-Western, capitalist approach instead. Amongst those alienated by his policies was his first vice-president Oginga Odinga. He brooked no opposition, and over the years several of his critics died under mysterious circumstances, and a few of his political opponents were arrested and detained without trial.
But by the party had been outlawed and Odinga and several other prominent members were in detention. His murder, on 5 July, sent shock waves through the nation and led to tension and violence between the Luo and Kikuyu. Kenyatta's position was, however, unaffected, and he was re-elected for a second presidential term at the end of the year. By , riding on a decade of high economic growth based on exports of cash crops and financial aid from the West, Kenyatta won a third presidential term he was, however, the only candidate.
But the cracks were starting to appear. Kenyatta's family and political friends had gained considerable wealth at the expense of the average Kenyan. And the Kikuyu were openly acting as elite, especially a small clique known as the Kiambu Mafia who had greatly benefited from land redistribution in the early days of Kenyatta's presidency.
Since , Kenyatta's vice president had been Daniel arap Moi, a Kalenjin the collective name for several small ethnic groups who were mainly settled in the Rift Valley. When Kenyatta suffered his second heart attack in his first was in the Kiambu Mafia became worried: according to the constitution when the president died the vice-president would automatically take over.
They however, wanted the presidency to remain in Kikuyu hands. It is to Kenyatta's merit that he safeguarded Moi's position when a constitutional drafting group attempted to have this rule changed. Jomo Kenyatta died in his sleep on 22 August Daniel arap Moi took office as Kenya's second president, and pledged to continue Kenyatta's good work - under a system he called Nyoyo , a Swahili word for 'footsteps'.
Kenyatta's legacy, corruption notwithstanding, was a country which had been stable both politically and economically. Kenyatta had also maintained a friendly relationship with the West, despite his treatment by the British as a suspected Mau Mau leader. Many sources now cite 20 October as the correct date. Boddy-Evans, A. Available at www. Accessed on 13 July Marriage and Family In he met and married his first wife Grace Wahu, according to Kikuyu tradition. The Territory's Future in Question Worried about the future of its East African territories, the British government began toying with the idea of forming a union of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.
Representing the Kikuyu Kenyatta had achieved a goal with the move to independent African educational institutions, although they were still opposed by the colonial authorities.
Pan-Africanism in London and Manchester As the war progressed, Kenyatta became involved with a group of anti-colonial and African nationalists from around the African continent and the Diaspora. On 8 April Kenyatta was sentenced to sevenManaging the Mau Mau, Allegedly The trial, which lasted several months, was a travesty, witnesses perjured themselves, and the judge was openly hostile to Kenyatta. Independence for Kenya By the British government had conceded the principle of one man-one vote for Kenya, and in Kenyatta went to the Lancaster Conference in London to negotiate the terms of Kenya's independence.
Heading to an Effective One-Party State Although he initially appealed to all sectors of Kenya's population, appointing members of government form various ethnic groups - he did this more to avoid the development of an ethnically based opposition.
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