Explain six factors that led to the decline of the Portuguese rule over the Kenyan coast.

- The decline of the Indian Ocean trade denied them revenue to support their administrative programmes.
- Some Portuguese officials were corrupt and pocketed funds which would have
been used to manage the empire.
- Portuguese officers were cruel/ruthless to the Africans and Arabs who resented them and therefore did not co-operative.
- There were constant rebellion against the Portuguese which weakened the control.
- Combined attacks from Persins, Arabs and Turks proved formidable for the Portuguese.
- The Portuguese faced stiff competition from the British and Dutch which reduced their profits.
- The Portuguese had inadequate capital to pay the administrators at the coast and that demoralized them.
-Portugal was forcefully united with Spain and this reduced her autonomy.
- The Portuguese at the coast were attacked by the Zimba warriors who were cannibals and this reduced their population.
- Distance from Portugal delayed reinforcement.
- The defeat and departure of fort Jesus by the Omani Arabs brought Portuguese rule to an end.