Jomo Kenyatta Timeline of Events

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Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyattapron.] served as the first Prime Minister and President of Kenya. He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation....

Timeline of Events

1952

10.20.1952

Governor Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya.

1953

4.8.1953

Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.

1964

12.12.1964

Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.