• British started their activities in Kenya in the nineteenth century
• In 1822, the East African locals sought assistance from the British for help against Seyyid Said of Oman. The British used this advantage to declare the East coast their protectorate.
• 1847, the British started moving into the interior.
• 1877, the British obtained concession from the Sultan of Zanzibar to control East Africa through the British East Africa Company.
• 1888, the Imperial British East Africa Company started developments in Kenya.
• 1895, the British protectorate was formed and was named British East Africa.
• 1907, The British moved their Kenyan administration from Mombasa to Nairobi.
• 1914, the British recruited Africans to fight for them in World War 1.
• 1922, Africans started resisting the British: Young Kikuyu Association was formed.
• 1939-Labour unions became very strong.
• 1944-Kenya African National Union is formed.
• 1952-MAUMAU rebellion against the British starts.
• 1963-Kenya gets independence.

The first impression that I get from reading the history of colonization of Kenya is the fact that Kenyans first sought the assistance of the British to fight the Arabs. This is ironical, since the British only got a chance to colonize Kenya. It impresses again how the British ignored the Kenyan peoples and negotiated with the Sultan of Zanzibar to gain concession to control East Africa. Unfair enough is even when the British recruit Africans to fight for them in the First World War. From this discussion, I learn that the British colonized Kenya, not with the intention of developing the country, but for the gains of their mother country. It is also notable that for them to establish the colony, they got a lot of resistance from Kenyans.

Work Cited

Gather, M.R. Kenya: from colonization to independence, 1888-1970. North Carolina: McFarland and Company Inc., Publishers. 2005. Print.