Mention the reasons why white settlement was encouraged by the colonial government during the
colonial period in Kenya.
Answer:
- So as to exploit the agricultural potential of the white highlands which were very fertile.
- So as to meet the administrative coast and the cost for the construction/ maintenance through taxation of the settlers.
- To provide raw materials to the British home industries.
- They wanted to make Kenya a White man’s dominated country.
- So that the white settlers would check/ control the Asian immigration and influence in Kenya.