Kenya: Why the British Feared Jomo Kenyatta Rule and Rise of Power Men

10 December 2016
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Newly revealed archival material shows that the British Cabinet, in a meeting on Thursday, November 9, 1961, agreed that Jomo Kenyatta should not rise to become Kenya's leader.

The meeting chaired by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and whose agenda was on Jomo Kenyatta saw the Cabinet conclude that Kenyatta was "an evil man" -- though they did not know what to do about his popularity.

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