The Kenya Freedom Party (KFP) was a political party in Kenya.

History

The Kenya Freedom Party was established in February 1960 by Indians including Chanan Singh who felt that the

Kenya Indian Congress The Kenya Indian Congress (KIC) was a political party in Kenya. History The party was established at a meeting on 7 March 1914 as the East African Indian National Congress (EAINC), and initially aimed to represent Indian interests across British ...

(KIC) was no sufficiently supportive of independence.Robert M. Maxon & Thomas P. Ofcansky (2014) ''Historical Dictionary of Kenya'', Rowman & Littlefield, p336 Calling for immediate independence and universal suffrage, in the 1961 general elections it received 0.6% of the vote, winning two of the 53 elected seats in the Legislative Council, whilst the KIC won three seats. The party allied itself with the

Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral loss in 2002. It was known as Kenya African Union (KAU) from 19 ...

, and merged into it in 1963.Michel Adam (2015) ''Indian Africa: Minorities of Indian-Pakistani Origin in Eastern Africa'', Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, p12

References

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