HISTORY LIFEWORK 1. a. He suffered a heart attack in 1966 b. He failed to mold kenya into a homogenous multi ethnic state c. His resettlement of many Kikuyu tribes men in the rift valley province is widely considered to have been done unfairly 2. a. b. c. d. Creation of ministry of culture The educational syllabus has been tailored to include cultural studies The government encourages intermarriage between ethnic groups The government encourages music and drama festival annually as a way of promoting cultural exchange e. Schools are encouraged to admit people from different communities f. The government developed cultural heritage centers e.g The bomas of kenya and national museum of kenya 3. a. Public land -held by the central and local government b. Community land- owned by a group of people on the basis of customary norms c. Private land-this is land held under registered entitlement 4. a. Drought and famine in various parts of the country b. Rapid increase in population which is faster than the rate of increase in agricultural production c. Famine inputs are expensive yet the world market prices of agricultural commodities went down d. Corruption and mismanagement of corporations leading to little earnings for key cash crops in kenya e. Grabbing of research land by government officials 5. a. Tom Mboya- was assassinated in 1969 after visiting a Pharmacy on Moi avenue b. Robert Ouko- killed on 13th february 1990 c. Josiah Mwangi Kariuki- assassinated in 1975 6. a. Stagnation of investment in the first years due to massive transfer of capital from the country by white settlers b. Europeans being in control of the economy before and after independence c. Lack of qualified manpower to run the technical sector in the economy d. Serious economic disparity e. The problem of landlessness among africans whose land was alienated by the white settlers 7. a. b. c. d. December 1991-Establishment of a multiparty system August 1992- Masinde Muliro died December 1992- First multiparty elections held December 1994- Jaramogi Oginga Odinga died HISTORY LIFEWORK e. 2002- several opposition parties formed a coalition that overwhelmingly defeated KANU in the general elections f. January 2003- National rainbow coalition formed the new government with Mwai Kibaki as the president g. August 2003- Wamalwa Kijana the vice president of the coalition government died h. 2011-The international criminal court proceedings against Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto and Co 8. The third and final Lancaster conference resulted in the drafting of the Kenya’s first independent constitution The 1963 constitution established a parliamentary system where the cabinet was headed by the prime minister In 1964 its was changed and kenya became a republic and the executive became the president In 1966 the voting majority for changing the constitution was changed to two-thirds of mps The term region was replace with province In 1974 voting age lowered from 21 to 18 In 1975 bills should be presented in english and debated in english or swahili In 1987 The post of Chief secretary was abolished In 1988 the president was empowered to dismiss high court judges and chairman of public service at will 1990 President's term reduced to two 5 year terms 2A was replaced and kenya became a multiparty state 9. a. The Kenya Education Commission (1964)(The Ominde commission) that recommended overhaul of curriculum to make it relevant b. The National Committee on Education Objectives and Policies-Gachathi commission(1976)that looked into the possibility of setting up second university c. Presidential Working Party on the Second university- The Mackey commission(1982)that established the 8-4-4 system and proposed emphasis of vocational subjects such as art.craft,music, agriculture and home science d. The Kamunge commission (1988) which recommended cost sharing in education e. The Koech commission (1999) which recommended reintroduction of A level system in form of Totally integrated Quality Education and Training 10. Existence of raw materials Existence of fish resource in numerous water bodies promoting the fish processing industry Existence of expansive forests which provide timber needed in the furniture industry The rich scenery and rich wildlife prompted the tourism industry 11. Ministry of health was created to oversee health matters Expansion of health facilities through harambee and donor funds Many health training institutions were started Improvement in hygiene through provision of piped water HISTORY LIFEWORK Establishment of several research institutes on human diseases Provision on more basic education in order to uplift hygiene standards 12. Corruption in health sector Illegal abortions and early pregnancies endager the mothers life Poor transport and communication in some areas undermine the provision of services TRaditional and cultural practices have frustrated the government's effort to provide health care High population growth rate strains the government's ability to finance health services 13. Promoted freedom of association by providing alternative parties for people Provided people with a forum to express their views MAdde the government more accountable to people through constant criticism Has provide system of scrutinizing government expenditure
