Kenya Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1907-1964
Annual departmental reports relating to Kenya, 1907-1964
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Watch Kenya's 20th century businesses, police and social services develop
The colony of Kenya was managed by the government departments who wrote these A1:F79 reports. They start when Kenya was a part of the East Africa Colony and continue until independence. The statistics for Kenya are included in Colonial Africa in official statistics, 1821-1953. These reports explain why those statistics are at the levels recorded. The contents pages at the front of each report list the departments which existed at that time. Comparing the contents pages reveals how the structure of the colonial government changed over time.
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Kenya Under Colonial Rule, in Government Reports, 1907-1964...
Annual departmental reports relating to Kenya, 1907-1964
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- Annual Departmental Reports differ from Blue Books of Statistics because they include explanations of why the statistics are at the levels recorded.
- These reports are arranged by the departments which they cover within Kenya. Comparing the data in them shows how each area of government has developed over the years.
- These papers cover World War One and World War Two as well as the social services in this colony before independence.
- Kenya left the East Africa Protectorate and became a separate colony in 1920. These reports show what impact that change had on the colony's budgets.
