State five decisions reached after the first Lancaster House conference of 1960.
Answer:
- Maintenance of the 12 elective seats in the Legco.
- Composition of the Council of Ministers was to be changed to include 4 Africans, 3 Europeans and 1 Asian.
- There were to be 33 open seats in the Legco which were to be contested/vied for on a common roll.
- 20 Seats would be reserved for minorities that is 10 for Europeans, 8 for Asians and 2 for Arabs.
- Formation of country wide political parties were allowed e.g. KANU, KADU etc.
- The State of emergency was lifted.
- A bill of rights would be included in the constitution.