Explain the causes of the Agiriama resistance against the British colonial rule in Kenya.
Answer:
- They were being forced to produce 1000 able bodied men within a month for military duties in the Kings African Rifles (KAR).
- The British officials fornicated with and raped their women. This annoyed them.
- The British had disrupted the Agiriama trading activities.
- They were against forced labour in the European farms for little or no pay.
- Alienation of Agiriama land which was taken by the British settlers.
- The Agiriama were being forced to pay taxes in the form of labour.
- They resented IBEAC officials in their region because they were harsh and ruthless.
- They protested against the appointment of African chiefs and headmen whose duties included collection of taxes and recruitment of labourers.
- The British officials fornicated with and raped their women. This annoyed them.
- The British had disrupted the Agiriama trading activities.
- They were against forced labour in the European farms for little or no pay.
- Alienation of Agiriama land which was taken by the British settlers.
- The Agiriama were being forced to pay taxes in the form of labour.
- They resented IBEAC officials in their region because they were harsh and ruthless.
- They protested against the appointment of African chiefs and headmen whose duties included collection of taxes and recruitment of labourers.
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