Uhuru: British Economics Reforms In Kenya Flashcards
When was the Swynnerton Plan?
1954
What was the Swynnerton plan?
Provided 600,000 African families with 10 acres of land
What Provided 600,000 African families with 10 acres of land?
Swynnerton plan
How many families were provided with 10 acres of land in the Swynnerton plan?
600,000
How much land were 600,000 families given in the Swynnerton plan?
10 acres
What was the Carpenter Committee report?
Proposed a minimum wage for urban workers
What proposed a minimum wage for urban workers?
Carpenter Committee report
What was the Lidbury Commission?
Promised equal salaries for government employees of all races
What Promised equal salaries for government employees of all races?
Lidbury Commission
What was the plan of the Swynnerton plan?
Create family holdings which would be large enough to create family holdings which would be large enough to keep the family self-sufficient in food and practice alternate husbandry, thus developing a cash income
With the Swynnerton plan, what was the aim of raising the average productivity cash sales of families?
From £10 to £100 a year after providing their own needs
What restrictions were removed?
Restriction against African production of lucrative cash crops (e.g. coffee, tea, pyrethrum, hybrid maize and dairy products)
What happened to lucrative cash crops (e.g. coffee, tea, pyrethrum, hybrid maize and dairy products) in the Swynnerton plan?
Restrictions on Africans removed
What did the imperial government want?
Create a middle class among the African population
What enabled the government to adopt reforms to the wage structure in the Carpenter Committee report?
Conditions imposed by the State of Emergency
Desire of the imperial government
