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| 1952 | Arrest Kenyatta, Jomo |  |
| 25th Nov Arrested and indicted with six others on the charges of "managing and being a member" of the Mau Mau Society |
| 1959 | Arrest Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 14th April Completes his sentence for the Mau Mau risings |
| 1961 | Arrest Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 21st Aug Fully released |
| 1969 | Assassination Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| 5th July Nairobi Assassinated by a member of the Kikuyu |
| 1895 | Birth Thuku, Harry | |
| Birth of Harry Thuku |
| 1930 | Birth Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| Luo Birth of Thomas Joseph Mboya |
| 1960 | Conference of London Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| London Joins Kenyatta as a delegate |
| 1963 | Constitution 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 |
| 1963 | Constitution 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 |
| 1964 | Constitution Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 12th Dec Kenya becomes a republic, with Kenyatta as executive president |
| 1966 | Constitution Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Changes the Constitution to gain extended powers |
| 1969 | Death Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| 5th July Nairobi Death of Thomas Joseph Mboya, assassinated |
| 1978 | Death Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 22nd Aug Mombasa Death of Jomo Kenyatta |
| 1963 | Election Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| May KANU wins 83 seats out of 124 |
| 1966 | Election Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Kenyatta is re-elected |
| 1974 | Election Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Re-elected in elections that are neither free nor fair, in which he runs alone |
| 1953 | Independence Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Begins a 10 year campaign for Kenyan independence |
| 1963 | Independence 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 |
| 1963 | Independence Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 12th Dec Retains the role of prime minister after independence was declared |
| 1964 | Independence Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 12th Dec Kenya becomes a republic, with Kenyatta as executive president |
| 1963 | KADU 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 | KADU Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 10th Nov KADU's representatives join the ranks of KANU, forming a single party |
| 1928 | KANU Thuku, Harry | |
| Founds a movement which becomes KANU, the Kenyan African National Union |
| 1947 | KANU Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Helps found KANU, a nationalist group seeking political rights for black |
| 1960 | KANU Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| Helps found the Kenyan African National Union |
| 1963 | KANU 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 | KANU Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 10th Nov KADU's representatives join the ranks of KANU, forming a single party |
| 1952 | Mau Mau Society Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 25th Nov Arrested and indicted with six others on the charges of "managing and being a member" of the Mau Mau Society |
| 1963 | Minister of Constitution Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| Appointed Minister of Constitutional Affairs |
| 1964 | Minister of Economics Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| Appointed Minister of Economic Planning & Development |
| 1964 | Minister of Home Affairs Moi, Daniel Toroitich arap | |
| Appointeed Minister for Home Affairs |
| 1963 | Minister of Justice Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| Appointed Minister of Justice |
| 1962 | Minister of Labour Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| Appointed Minister of Labour |
| 1947 | Party Leader Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the KANU |
| 1964 | President Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 1st June Appointed President on the inauguration of the Republic of Kenya |
| 1960 | President of KANU Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Kenyatta is elected KANU President in absentia |
| 1963 | Prime Minister 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) |
| 1952 | Rebellion Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 24th Aug Denounces the Mau Mau risings |
| 19th Oct British troops are despatched to Kenya |
| 20th Oct Organizes the Mau Mau, black terrorists, to drive out the white settlers from Kenya |
| 1953 | Rebellion Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 8th April Arrested for leading the Mau Mau risings & sentenced to 7 years hard Labour |
| 1964 | Rebellion Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| Asks for British troops' help against Somali rebels Shiftas in the northeast and an army mutiny in Nairobi |
| 1953 | Treasurer KANU Mboya, Thomas Joseph | |
| Appointed Treasurer of the Kenyan African National Union |
| 1953 | Trial Kenyatta, Jomo | |
| 8th April Found guilty of organizing a terrorist campaign to drive out white settlers from Kenya |
| 8th April Lodwar The court sentences Kenyatta to seven years of hard labor, sent into exile on probation in Lodwar, a remote part of Kenya |
| 1967 | Vice President Moi, Daniel Toroitich arap | |
| Appointed Vice President of Kenya |
