Explain the reasons why there were no political associations in Kenya up to 1919.
Answer:
- Many Africans had not been enlightened / they were uneducated.
- Communities lived independent from each other with a lot of suspicion and mistrust.
- There was less movement of people leading to little diffusion of ideas.
- There were inter community conflicts and wars which took most of their time e.g. cattle rustling.
- Most African societies co-existed peacefully with each other before the establishment of colonial rule hence saw no need to start political associations.