1. Nationalism refers to ones love for his country, it was the desire for East Africans to administer themselves thus it involved activities that aimed at gaining independence. 2. The influence of having so many Europeans who controlled the economy of the Kenyans for quite along period. 3. The large number of Asians especially Indians in Kenya also who controlled Business in Kenya hindered the rise of nationalism. 4. Disagreements among Kenya nationalists, for example Tom Mboya of KANU disagreed with Ngala of KADU. 5. Poor Kenyans were not trained as leaders in their country by the British. 6. Divisionism and ethnicity in Kenya, for example Kikuyu against Masai. 7. The British system of divide and rule of administration led to divisionism among the Kenyans. 8. The banning of political party activities in Kenya earlier on also delayed Nationalism, for example KAU in 1953. 9. The British harsh treatment on the earlier nationalists, for example Kenyatta and his colleagues were all at one time imprisoned. 16 | P a g e 10. British proved to be much more militarily superior to the level of Kenyans, this disorganized the Kenyans. 11. The slow level of constitutionalism in Kenya also delayed the development of nationalism. 12. The natives of Kenya were too illiterate. They were not in apposition to follow what was going on Kenya despite the attempts made to put things in writing. 13. Too much poverty among the natives of Kenya, this meant that Kenyans had more pressing issues than independence to handle for sometime due to poverty.
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