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Constitution
History of Kenya
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| | 1963 | Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 1st June Kenyatta is appointed Prime Minister of the autonomous Kenyan government, and is known as mzee (a Swahili word meaning old man or elder) |
| 12th Dec Retains the role of prime minister after independence was declared |
| 1963 | Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| Appointed Minister of Constitutional Affairs |
| 1963 | Moi, Daniel Toroitich arap | |
| Kenyatta convinces Moi that KADU and KANU should be merged to complete the process of decolonisation, Kenya becomes a de facto single-party state, dominated by the Kikuyu-Luo alliance |
| 1964 | Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 12th Dec Kenya becomes a republic, with Kenyatta as executive president |
| 1966 | Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Changes the constitution to gain extended powers |
| 1969 | Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| The Kenya people's union is outlawed & those who do not join KANU are detained |
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