Opposition To Mau Mau

Question 1

What type of Kenyans benefitted from British?

Answer 1

Conservative chiefs

Question 2

Who opposed the Mau Mau strongly?

Answer 2

Conservative chiefs who had benefitted from British rule

Question 3

What did the conservative chiefs form to protect themselves from Mau Mau?

Answer 3

Kikuyu ‘Home guard’

Question 4

Why was the Kikuyu ‘Home Guard’ formed?

Answer 4

Protect those who had benefitted from British rule and wanted to protect themselves from the Mau Mau

Question 5

When did the British acknowledge the Home guard?

Answer 5

December 1952

Question 6

What happened in December 1952?

Answer 6

British acknowledged Home guard

Question 7

Who acknowledged the Home guard in December 1952?

Answer 7

British

Question 8

What did the British acknowledge on December 1952?

Answer 8

Home guard

Question 9

By January 1953, how many recruits were in the Home guard?

Answer 9

7,600

Question 10

By what year were the 7,600 recruits in the Home guard?

Answer 10

January 1953

Question 11

What percentage of deaths were the home guard responsible for?

Answer 11

42% of all Mau Mau

Question 12

What images shocked the white settlers?

Answer 12

Ruck Family murders

Question 13

What did the white settlers do?

Answer 13

Gathered outside of the Governor’s mansion and demanded the introduction of harsher punishment for the Mau Mau

Question 14

Who gathered outside of the Governors mansion?

Answer 14

White settlers

Question 15

Why did the white settler gather outside of the Governor’s mansion?

Answer 15

Images of Ruck family murder

Question 16

What did white settlers threaten to do after the Ruck family murders?

Answer 16

If the government didn’t react, they would take action into their own hands