State the achievements of the Imperial British East African Company between 1888 and 1895 during the colonial period in Kenya.
Answer:
- It established a rubber industry at the coast and in the interior of Kenya.
- It secured the freedom for several slaves.
- It built several forts laying the basis for colonial administration e.g. Fort Kibwezi, Fort Hall, Fort Smith, Fort Dagoretti etc.
- It built roads such as the scatters road between Kibwezi and Busia which eased the transportation of railway building materials.
-It helped suppress local resistance from the Nandi, Maasai, Akamba etc.