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 Social and economic developments during the colonial period in Kenya

Settler farming and colonial land policies in Kenya and reasons why the colonial government encouraged it

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SETTLER FARMING AND COLONIAL LAND POLICIES IN KENYA
As a means of raising revenue to meet the cost of administering the Kenya colony and maintain the Uganda railway, the colonial government encouraged the influx of white settlers to the ‘white Highlands’.
The administration did this by;
a) providing efficient railway transport connecting the coast and the interior
b) Alienating of the white highlands for European settlement.
c) advertising the availability of free land in foreign newspapers
d) giving loan incentives
e) providing security.


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