The Kikuyu Central Association (KCA), led by James Beauttah and Joseph Kang'ethe, was a political organisation in colonial Kenya formed in 1924 to act on behalf of the Gĩkũyũ community by presenting their concerns to the British government . One of its greatest grievances was the expropriation of the most productive land by British settlers from African farmers. Most members of the organisation were from the Gĩkũyũ tribe.
7-522: KCA was formed after the colonial government banned the earlier Young Kikuyu Association founded by Harry Thuku and the East African Association. In either 1925 or early 1926, Beauttah moved to Uganda, although remained in contact with Kenyatta. When the KCA wrote to Beauttah and asked him to travel to London as their representative, he declined but recommended that Kenyatta who had a good command of
14-679: A break away organisation from the Kikuyu Association (KA). In July 1921 it was renamed the East Africa Association (EAA). Harry Thuku , who had previously been secretary of the KA, felt that the KA was not demanding enough from the British Authorities in Kenya and that grievances should be sent directly to London. Young Kikuyu Association was formed to protest against; land alienation by
21-479: A continuation of KCA and even called themselves KCA. The end of World War II, however, saw the new type of African organisation that went beyond tribal boundaries with the rise of the Kenya African Union that later became KANU . Reasons for formation of KCA: 1)return of African Land 2)abolition of Kipande system 3)release of Harry Thuku 4)provision of quality education 5)end forced labour KCA published
28-544: The English language go in his place. Kenyatta accepted, probably on the condition that the Association matched his pre-existing wage. He thus became the group's secretary. Jomo Kenyatta , later the first president of Kenya, joined it to become its General Secretary in 1927. The Kikuyu Central Association was banned in 1940 when World War II reached East Africa. Some fighters of the later Mau-Mau still understood their struggle as
35-514: The Muiguithania ("the reconciler"), a Kikuyu language newspaper. It was banned alongside KCA in 1940. This Kenya related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a political organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Young Kikuyu Association The Young Kikuyu Association ( YKA ) was formed in Kenya on 10 June 1921, as
42-687: The colonial government The kipande system taxation on Africans Poor wages and poor working conditions Harry Thuku held public meetings where he addressed
49-516: The evils of colonial rule. he advocated on total liberation of african land from the colonial government Thuku through YKA sent a document containing the grievances to the Native commissioner O.H. Watkins but never sorted them out. Harry Thuku felt that YKA
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