History Russell McGillivray Kenya The British colonization of Kenya destroyed the culture and economy of the native people‚ but it established a democratic government and left Kenya a more modernized country.[1] During the 1880’s through 1914‚ the start of WWI‚ was an age of imperialism. One place that felt victim to this imperialism was Africa. At this time Africa was a wholly unmodernized continent. The reason the Europeans went after Africa was the introduction of the idea of
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Kenya is a country in the continent of Africa‚ on the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa. This country has land on both sides of the equator. This report is going to tell you all about this fascinating country. Jambo (Hello)‚ and we can begin our safari (journey). "Jambo" and "safari" are Kiswahili words‚ one of the languages of Kenya. Kenya is about two times the size of Nevada. It’s slightly smaller than Texas and slightly larger than California‚ our 2nd and 3rd largest states respectively. The
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and external security matters of a country.1 In August 2012‚ a series of ethnic clashes between the Orma and Pokomo tribes of Kenya’s Tana River District resulted in the deaths of at least fifty-two people. The violence was the worst of its kind in Kenya since the country’s 2007–08 crises. The violence left 118 people dead and more than 13‚500 displaced and another more than 30‚000 people affected by the ethno-political clashes. Over 50% of the 13500 are children the rest being women and elderly.2
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did to the Africans. Even though the British created a developed civilization with many aspects they brought to Kenya‚ they affected the Africans politically‚ economically‚ socially‚ and culturally. The British colonization of Kenya destroyed the culture of the native people‚ but it established a democratic government and left Kenya a more modernized country. With this being said‚ Kenya would not be the country it is today if it weren’t for the British. All through the continent of Africa‚ foreign
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References: 1. Republic of Kenya (1997).Kajiado District Development Plan for 1997-2001. 2. Republic of Kenya (2001).Kajiado District Poverty Reduction Strategy‚ papers 2001-2004. 3. Population projections for Kajiado district based on the 1999 census in Kenya sources from Republic of Kenya (2002).Kenya 1999 Population and Housing census. Analytical Report on Population projections-volume 7. 4. Integrated labour force survey‚ 1998/1999‚ Central Bureau of Statistics. 1. Republic of Kenya (1997).Kajiado District
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CONTRACT NO. RD. 0474 1. CONTRACT DETAILS Financing - Government of Kenya Development Vote Engineer - Chief Engineer (Roads)‚ MOR&PW Contractor - Aegis Construction Ltd. Design - Sapamo Consulting Engineers Design Fee - Kshs.10‚971‚048.00 Contract sum - Kshs.502‚026‚888.00 Contract Period - 15 Months Date of commencement - 4th April‚ 2007 Contractual Date of completion - 5th July‚ 2008 Period of time elapsed - 7 months (47%) Amount certified to date - Kshs.64‚396
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the local people in Kenya and their culture. - Key Ideas - Sustainable development - The building of environmentally damaging infrastructure‚ and coral bleaching due to tourism. + Introduction of eco-friendly camping in the game reserve with tents and locally sourced food. -Managing the environment to ensure I’s available for future generations -Economic development (Increasing urbanisation and bigger income due to tourism based employment specifically Mombasa in Kenya.) The Maasai Mara tribe
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‘Decolonisation was a vast process of adaptation for both sides‚ hitherto colonised countries and the colonial powers‚ not just for the former.’ Explain how far‚ and for what reasons‚ you agree this statement. In 1939‚ “France controlled a colonial empire…over twenty times as large as the home country‚ and it contained one and a half times as many inhabitants” (Costa). One such country controlled by France –and my focus for the purposes of this essay- was Algeria. From its initial occupation in
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John de Bhal Singapore achieved independence in 1959 due to a lack of British colonial retaliation to the Japanese occupation during World War II. In 1965‚ it achieved independence for a second time as a result of poor leadership within the Federation of Malaysia from both Tunku Abdul Rahman and Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore‚ unlike most other states and nations‚ has achieved independence twice: once in 1959 when it was decolonised by the British;1 then again after it was expelled from the Federation
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To what extent was Britain able to retain control over decolonisation in Africa between 1959 and 1964? By 1959 decolonisation in British Africa was well under way‚ for example‚ the Gold Coast in West Africa had become independent in 1957‚ Nigeria and Sierra Leone were well on their way to independence‚ and agitation and advances towards independence were already taking place in Kenya and Tanganyika in Eastern Africa. By 1964 this had spread throughout Britain’s African territories and many more
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