Kenya Casts Off Chains: Independence Dawns Under Kenyatta
Kenya declared independence from Britain under the leadership of Jomo Kenyatta and the Kenya African National Union, ending decades of colonial rule. The new nation immediately faced the Shifta War with Somali separatists in the north, but Kenyatta's government consolidated power and a year later proclaimed the Republic of Kenya.
December 12, 1963
63 years ago
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