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    The Kenya African Union (KAU) was a political organization in colonial Kenya, formed in October 1944 prior to the appointment of the first African to sit...
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  • known as Kenya African Union (KAU) from 1944 but due to pressure from the colonial government, KAU changed its name to Kenya African Study Union (KASU)...
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    The Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU) was a political party in Kenya. It was founded in 1960 when several leading politicians refused to join Jomo...
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    chairman of the multi-tribal Kenya African Study Union (KASU), which in 1946 became the Kenya African Union (KAU). It was an African nationalist organization...
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    early 20th century. The East African Currency Board provided a common currency from 1919 to 1966. The customs union between Kenya and Uganda in 1917, which...
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    Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. A member of the African Union with a population of more...
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    Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was part of the British Empire in Africa from 1920 until 1963. It...
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    based on that of Kenya African National Union and was officially adopted on 12 December 1963 after Kenya's independence. The Kenyan flag is red over black...
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    The Kenya national rugby union team, commonly known as the Simbas (Swahili for lions), is the country's national team managed by the Kenya Rugby Union. The...
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  • Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) is a national trade union center in Kenya. It was founded in 1965 upon the dissolution on the Kenya Federation of Labour...
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    Luo people (redirect from Luo (Kenya))
    Kikuyu politician, founded the Kenya African Study Union in 1944 which later became the Kenya African Union. This was an African nationalist organisation that...
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    The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) (Swahili: Majeshi ya Ulinzi ya Kenya, stylized as "KENYA ARMED FORCES" capitalized on its coat of arms) are the armed forces...
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    that comprised the old colonial forces were not part of the Kenya African National Union [KANU], and many Kikuyu openly referred to the KAR as the "KADU...
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    the KIM's leadership established the Kenya African National Union through a merger with the Kenya African Union and the National People's Convention Party...
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    the East African Community in the African Great Lakes region – Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Somalia...
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    The Chairperson of the African Union is the ceremonial head of the African Union (AU) elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for a one-year...
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    East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as...
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    investigation. The Kenyan Cabinet was expected to establish a formal commission of inquiry. The African Union's Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana...
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    The Kenya Army is the land arm of the Kenya Defence Forces. The origin of the present day Kenya Army lie with the British Army's King's African Rifles...
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    The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in...
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  • governing Kenya African National Union (KANU) instigated a mass defection from the party and formed the KPU. KANU responded by amending Kenya's constitution...
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    all the failings of the Kenya African Union (KAU)—was bound to win power in the end? Did Mau Mau aim at freedom for all Kenyans? or did moderate, constitutional...
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    The Kenya African Democratic Development Union (KADDU) is a political party in Kenya. KADDU was established in 2006 by former MP Cyrus Jirongo and Mr....
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  • Kikuyu Central Association (category 1920s establishments in Kenya)
    however, saw the new type of African organisation that went beyond tribal boundaries with the rise of the Kenya African Union that later became KANU. Reasons...
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    into Kenya as it had into British Somaliland. The King's African Rifles (KAR), responsible for the defence of the whole of British-occupied east Africa with...
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    embraced anti-colonialist and Pan-African ideas, co-organising the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester. He returned to Kenya in 1946 and became a school...
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    over Kenya's Amina Mohamed. He was re-elected in 2021 for another four year term which ends in 2025. Chairperson of the African Union African Union (1 July...
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  • agreement. On February 3, Odinga called for African Union peacekeepers to be sent to Kenya. South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa was unanimously chosen by Annan's...
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    Significant Indian migration to modern-day Kenya began following the creation of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1895, which had strong infrastructure...
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    down her colonial control in East Africa, the Royal East African Navy (REAN) was established in 1953, covering Kenya Colony, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Following...
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