Question

anti-colonial movement in Kenya

Answer 1

1) Nationalism in India was purely based on non – violence efforts and principles of Mahatma Gandhi who advocated mass movements through non – cooperation, civil disobedience, boycott, hartals, etc

2) But, Kenyan situation was entirely different as the Mau Mau movement of Kenya was a murderous bunch of thugs. As the fight for freedom grew, the Kikuyu formed secret societies which united with one objective, to break British rule

3) These societies encouraged oath taking ceremonies which bound the participants to wage war against Europeans and any Africans who were thought to be collaborators.

4) Thus, Kikuyu dominated Mau Mau organisation was formed and Kenya’s struggle was a ‘war of liberation’ and moreover it is a terrorist campaign run by Mau Mau.

5) In Kenya, the Mau Mau went over for a long period of time, and British were forced to take extreme steps like identification of accused and conducting secret trials, suspension of civil rights, etc

Answer 2

In Kenya, the fight for freedom struggle was entirely different from Indian freedom struggle. The Mau-Mau movement in Kenya was a murderous bunch of thugs. It was totally involved in violence and gorilla warfare. The Mau-Mau movement went for a long time in Kenya and British were forced to take extreme steps like identification of accused and conducting of secret trials, suspension of civil rights etc.
While the Indian nationalist movement was based on Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence and peaceful efforts and various movements like Civil Disobedience, Non-Cooperation movement, Boycott etc.