Early political organizations in Kenya upto 1939:Kikuyu association
Answer Text: Early political organizations in Kenya upto 1939Kikuyu Association-This was the first political organization in Kenya. It was founded in 1920 by Loyalist Kikuyu chiefs, concerned about the continued grabbing of African land for European settlement.-They also complained about the planned reduction of African wages after the replacement of the rupee with the shilling, the kipande system which they equated to slavery.-The patron was Paramount Chief Kinyanjui wa Gathirimu and Chief Koinange wa Mbiyu was the president.-The Association, being made of loyalist chiefs, was never aggressive in its demands. The members therefore failed to get any meaningful concessions from the government.-Later, Harry Thuku and Abdalla Tairara joined the association together with other Christian converts who were labourers, colonialhouse servants and clerks in Nairobi and central Kenya.
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