Kenya: Legislative Council Election 1957

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Reference code(s): ICS 43

Title: Kenya: Legislative Council Election 1957

Date(s): 1956 - 1957

Level of description: Fond

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 1 file

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Administrative/Biographical history: In 1957 Kenya was a British Crown Colony, goverened by a Legislative Council with 54 Members. The 1957 election was the first in which African members were elected to the Legislative Council through a restricted franchise. A Luo trade unionist, Tom M'boya, together with other Africans promoted to ministerial posts, refused to assume official responsibilities. A constitutional conference was held in London in January and February, 1960, that led to a transitional constitution legalizing political parties and giving Africans a comfortable majority on the Legislative Council.

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Scope and content: Press cuttings and lists of candidates and parties for Kenya Legislative Council Election 1957; comprising general cuttings, cuttings on individual candidates W B Akatsa (Nyanza North), C M G Argwings-Kodhek (Nairobi), Tom Mboya (Nairobi), C T Munei (Rift Valley), O Odinga (Nyanza Central), B A Ohanga (Nyanza Central), G Orinda (Nyanza South), J K Tipis (Rift Valley); cuttings on constituencies; and cuttings on political parties and groups the Capricorn Africa Society, the Nairobi District African Congress, the Reform Party and the United Front.

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System of arrangement: Four bundles: General cuttings sorted by date; individual candidates; constituencies and political organizations and groups

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002

Interest: Black

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Internal politics

Electoral systems

Elections

Personal/Corporate names

Akatsa W B, fl 1957, Kenyan politician

Kodhek C M G Argwings, fl 1957 Kenyan politican x Argwins-Kodhek

C M G Mboya Tom, fl 1957, Kenyan politician

Munei C T, fl 1957, Kenyan politician

Odinga O, fl 1957, Kenyan politician

Ohanga A, fl 1957, Kenyan politician

Orinda G, fl 1957, Kenyan politician

Tipis J K, fl 1957 , Kenyan politician

Capricorn Africa Society

Kenya Legislative Council

Nairobi District African Congress

Reform Party, Kenya

United Front, Kenya

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Kenya