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The Kenya African Union political party elect Jomo Kenyatta as their president.He begins recieving death threats immediatly thereafter by white settlers.
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A small faction of the KAU form a group known as the Mau Mau were they participate in terrorist acts against white british settlers.Kenya is declared in a stae of emergency until 8 years later when the British deem Kenya safe again.
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The British free Jomo Kenyatta from jail who was imprisoned immediatly after the Mau Mau Uprising began due to their belief that he had a role in the terrorist attacks.He assumes the seat of president of the KANU.
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Kenya gains independence from the United K.ingdom.KANU takes over and forms an emergency government with Kenyatta as prime minister.
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Kenya becomes a republic and Kenyatta's title is now president of Kenya and his vice-president is Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
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The government minister of economic planning and development, Tom Mboyo is gunned down and assassinated after leaving a Kenyan pharmacy.His death sparks ethnic unrest,leads to the KPU banment and the arrest of Odinga who was its founder.
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Kenya's president,serving in his second term dies of natural causes at his home in Mombasa.His vice-president Daniel arap Moi becomes president.
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The Kenya Air Force attempts a coup which leads to a change in the constitution that dictates KANU the only legal political party.
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Due to domestic protests and international pressures Moi amands the constitution to allow for a multi-party system.This is a stark contrast to his June 1,1982 amendment to the constitution stating that KANU only legal party.
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An estimated two thousand Kikuyu were slaughtered in the Rift Valley by Kalenjin and Masai warriors.300,000 were forced to flee from theirs homes while the others were murdered.Their crime had been to vote for the political opposition,against KANU.
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The majority of the public vote Moi back into office for another 5 years.KANU party majority.(elected again in1997)
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Hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions ate the U.S embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.The attacks were linked to local members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and Osama bin Laden.
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Following the end of Moi's presidential term,elections are held for a new president.Mwai Kibaki, a Kikuyu and the leader of the National Rainbow Coalition (NRC) defeats the KANU candidate.Kibaki promises to end government corruption,ethnic favoritism,improve living standard,and the economy in Kenya.
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The NRC enacts the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and the Public Officer Ethics Act aimed at fighting corruption in the government.Helped increase internation investment and foreign aid to Kenya.
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The presidents of Kenya,Tanzania,and Uganda part of the East African Community whose goals are to harmonize tariffs and customs regimes,extend the freedom of their people and to improve regional infrastructures.They sign a Customs Union Agreement today
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The Kenyan governent unveiled an economic blueprint called vision 2030 whose purpose is to transform Kenya into a “middle-income country providing a high quality life to all its citizens by the year 2030”.
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Kenya holds presidential elections.Kibaki runs as leader of the Party of National Union.Raila Odinga opposes him as the leader of the Orange Democratic Movement.3 days later Kibaki is announced the winner and is sworn in to office.Because his party suffered National Assembly losses in several regions of Kenya,Odinga accuses Kibaki of election fraud and demands a recount.
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Odinga and Kibaki sign a power sharing agreement inder which Kibaki would remain as president and Odinga as prime minister with the power to coordinate the functions of the government.
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President Kibaki created a grand coalition cabinet of 41 members,unitingthe two largest political parties into one.
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A change in the constittuion is proposed that would eliminate the position of prime minister and reduce the powers of the prime minister.A referendum to vote on the proposed changes is today.It passes by a wide margin.
