Many of the fossil remains of ancient Man have been found in Kenya. Kenya was colonized by the British in the 19th century. The colony did not have a peaceful atmosphere like many others.
The tensions between the British and the Kenyans led to the Mau Mau rebellion. Mau Mau was a secret nationalist group and they started terrorist attacks in 1952 which lasted almost seven years. The country was in shatters, thousands of Kenyans died and the British finally granted independence to Kenya in 1963.
The first Kenyan president Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Daniel Arap Moi worked hard to unify its people. Peace was still far away from Kenya. Each elections were followed by episodes of violence; people were killed, property destroyed and citizens dislocated. A peace agreement signed by various political parties reestablished security and stability. Today, there are around fifty different ethnic groups in Kenya.
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