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The agikuyu mixed reaction to british and its causes

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The Agikuyu mixed reaction to British
The Agikuyu was also a highly segmented nature lacking in territorial unity. This explains why they had mixed reaction against the British.
The causes of Agikuyu resistance.
a) The British failed to respect Agikuyu traditions and customs. The missionaries campaigned against female circumcision and Kikuyu forms of worship.
b) Misconduct of company officials. They stole from the local people, killing some of them, and raped Agikuyu women.
c) The Agikuyu were revolting against the forced supply of grains and water, by their women, to the British soldiers.
d) There was massive land alienation, which had left many landless or pushed to unproductive land.
e) Harassment of the Agikuyu, by British punitive expeditions.