Identify five immediate impact of the colonial land policies on the Africans in Kenya.
Answer:
-Crownland ordinance of 1915 deprived Africans of their tittles, even the resources.
-Led to overcrowding in reserves.
-Increased overuse of land for agriculture and livestock led to serious soil erosion.
-Brought misery and poverty to the affected African communities.
-The policies hindered progressive and enterprising development of African agriculture as the reserves could only produce subsistence crops.
-Africans were forced to work on settler farms to raise money to pay taxes