Tribes and political parties in Kenya

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Title:	Tribes and political parties in Kenya
Author:	Gulliver, P.H.
Year:	1964
Periodical:	News Letter
Pages:	21-25
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	political parties ethnicity
Abstract:	Even before that long-standing problem of Kenya's history - the question of black-white supremacy - was cleared away, there emerged the overt opposition between Africans themselves, decisively divided on the question of the fundamental form of African government Essentially, this resolved into an alliance of the smaller tribes in favour of regional autonomy to counteract the feared dominance of the few large tribes, who proposed a strong centralised state in the new Kenya The author explains why and how the controversy between the smaller and the large tribes found expression in the political aims of the KADU, proposing a regional form of government and those of the KANU (Kenyatta and Mboya), proposing a strong centralised government. Table showing the tribal membership of the political parties in Kenya a little before independence (based on the 1948 Census). Suppl. Statistical table issued by the Min. of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism&Tourism, Nairobi, Kenya, Showing percentages of membership of KANU, KADU, and other parties grouped in percentages as per current affairs and as claimed by the parties among 64 tribes.