Uhuru: Million Acre Plan

Question 1

What happened in 1962?

Answer 1

British government in Kenya gathered £25 million from both British and world bank to purchase 1 million acres of white settler land

Question 2

How much did the British government in Kenya gather to buy one million acres of white settler land in Kenya in 1962?

Answer 2

£25

Question 3

Why did the British government gather £25 million in 1962?

Answer 3

Buy one million acres of white settler land to give to the landless Kikuyu

Question 4

When did the British government in Kenya gathered £25 million from both British and world bank to purchase 1 million acres of white settler land?

Answer 4

1962

Question 5

What did the colonial administrators negotiate on the terms of the scheme?

Answer 5

Settled 35,000 families of smallholders and landless

Question 6

How many were hectares were bought each year?

Answer 6

80,000 for a period of 5 years

Question 7

How did they get white settlers to buy the land?

Answer 7

Made the terms of payment attractive and generous

Question 8

What was introduced from July 1962?

Answer 8

Full cash payment at the time of buying land

Question 9

When was it made that there was a full cash payment for the purchase of white settler land?

Answer 9

July 1962

Question 10

What did the settlers have the right to choose?

Answer 10

Kenya or London