Identify five methods that the colonial government used to discourage the activities of the mau mau movement in Kenya.
Answer:
- Africans were confined in emergency villages which were secured to prevent the mau mau from getting any assistance from these villages.
- They dug deep trenches round the forests to prevent the mau mau from crossing over to the village.
- They dealt harshly/ruthlessly with the mau mau fighters to discourage others from joining the movement.
- They engaged African spies who reported to them the movements of the mau mau fighters.
- The Europeans got reinforcement from Britain and other British colonies to deal with the mau mau fighters.
- They arrested and executed mau mau leaders which demoralized the fighters e.g. Dedan Kimathi.
- They dug deep trenches round the forests to prevent the mau mau from crossing over to the village.
- They dealt harshly/ruthlessly with the mau mau fighters to discourage others from joining the movement.
- They engaged African spies who reported to them the movements of the mau mau fighters.
- The Europeans got reinforcement from Britain and other British colonies to deal with the mau mau fighters.
- They arrested and executed mau mau leaders which demoralized the fighters e.g. Dedan Kimathi.
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