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The longest-running scandal is the Goldenberg scandal, [19] where the Kenyan government subsidized exports of gold, paying exporters in Kenyan shillings (KSh.) 35% over their foreign currency earnings. In this case, the gold was smuggled from Congo. The Goldenberg scandal cost Kenya the equivalent of more than 10% of the country's annual GDP.
[100] [101] Nevertheless, partly because as many Kikuyu fought against Mau Mau on the side of the colonial government as joined them in rebellion, [18] the conflict is now often regarded in academic circles as an intra-Kikuyu civil war, [101] [102] a characterisation that remains extremely unpopular in Kenya. In August 1952, Kenyatta told a ...
This category is for controversies in the year 1951. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. S. 1951 scandals (2 P) This page was ...
Pages in category "1951 scandals" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. CCNY point-shaving scandal; W.
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In June General George Erskine was dispatched to Kenya to assume control over British forces. He immediately began instituting reforms and organised a series of attacks against the Mau Mau. [ 10 ] In January 1954 the British captured rebel leader Waruhiu Itote , who gave them critical information about Mau Mau deployments and strategy under ...
[3] 320 kyr Findings at Olorgesailie in Southern Kenya indicate that advanced middle stone age technology and long distance trade was established by this time. [4] [5] ~40 kyr Ostrich shell bead jewellery and obsidian tools dating to this time are found at Enkapune ya Muto in the Central rift valley. The rock shelter is occupied in phases until ...
The Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, was a Kenyan insurgent group which fought against British colonial rule in Kenya during the Mau Mau rebellion from 1952 to 1960. Its membership consisted largely of the Kikuyu people. The KLFA was led by Dedan Kimathi for most of its existence. After four years, British forces ...