Kenyatta was born in 1894. He was a Kikuyu by tribe. He received western education at first in Kenya but later he moved to England.
He was true sighted, determined and courageous.
He started involving himself in Kenyan politics as far back as 1922 when he participated in a protest against white domination.
Kenyatta eagerly joined the Kikuyu Association and he even became its secretary.
Kenyatta worked in the civil government of the British in Kenya.
Kenyatta’s courage enabled him to start a newspaper called K.C.A which became vocal in fighting colonialism in Kenya.
Kenyatta went to England to present different topics about the suffering of Kenyan natives over land.
Kenyatta went to different European countries and Russia from where he got influenced with socialism. Kenyatta was among the Africans who strongly protested against the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935.
Jomo-Kenyatta had vowed not to shave his beards until Ethiopian soil had been vacated by the Italians.
In 1938, Kenyatta wrote an article called” Facing Mountain Kenya”, in which he praised African culture attacked British cultures and so on.
In. 1945, Kenyatta was among those who attended the Pan African Conference in Manchester where he met other strong African Nationalists like Nkrumah of Ghana.
From Manchester, Kenyatta came back a truly changed African Nationalist; he had learnt a lot from those interactions.
When Kenyatta came back in Kenya, he immediately joined the KAU which soon gave him its presidency in 1947.
Kenyatta encouraged teachers, students and other educated people to join the KAU.
When the Mau-Mau started in Kenya Kenyatta was implicated and thereafter, he was imprisoned.
KANU was formed while Kenyatta was still serving his sentence in prison.
When Kenyatta was released in around 1961, he took over leadership of KANU and gave it enthusiasm or vibrancy in its work.
He struggled for the last stages in Kenyan independence.
He became the first Kenyan Prime Minister on 12th, December, 1964.