Identify the ways in which the colonial government controlled the movement of Africans to urban centers during the colonial period in Kenya.
Answer:
- Introduction of the Kipande system.
- The creation of African reserves.
- Taking head counts of those who were supposed to live in urban centers.
- Ensuring that only those who had specific activities to undertake urban centers lived there/Repatriation of unemployed. Africans back to the rural areas
- Arrest and repatriation to rural areas of Africans who did not have specific jobs in urban areas e.g. vagrants and prostitutes.