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Kapsabet High School Trial - History Paper 1 Question Paper

Kapsabet High School Trial - History Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

Name………………………………………………… Index No. …………………….
CLASS…………………
311/1
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT
PAPER 1
MAY 2008
2 ½ HOURS
KAPSABET HIGH SCHOOL TRIAL I EXAMINATION 2008
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
This paper consists of THREE sections A, B and C.
Answer ALL questions in section A, THREE questions from section B and TWO questions from
section C.
Answer to all questions MUST be written in the answer sheet provided.
Candidates may be penalized for not following the instructions given in this paper.
This paper consists of 4 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
SECTION 1 ( 25 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section in the Answer Sheets provided
1. Identify TWO social reasons for the migration of the plain nilotes into Kenya in the precolonial period. (2mks)
2. Identify ONE cultural practice which the highland Bantus acquired from the cushites.
(1mk)
3. Identify ONE important land mark of the Portuguese along the Kenyan Coast. (1mk)
4. State the MAIN cause of the increased slave trade in East Africa in the 19th Century.
(1mk)
5. Give TWO ways in which one can acquire Kenyan citizenship. (2mks)
6. What is National Integration? (1mk)
7. Identify the constitutional amendment responsible for the re-introduction of multipartism in Kenya in 1991. (1mk)
8. Give the MAIN reason why the British used Company rule in Kenya. (1mk)
9. State TWO reasons for the Nandi resistance against British occupation of their land.
(2mks)
10. State TWO functions of the Governor in colonial Kenya. (2mks)
11. Give TWO ways in which the Africans benefited from the swynnerton plan of 1954.
(2mks)
12. State TWO problems experienced by independent schools in Kenya during the colonial period.
(2mks)
13. State TWO proposals of the Lennox Boyd constitution. (2mks)
14. Name TWO types of elections in Kenya. (2mks)
15. Give the meaning of the concept of Natural justice. (1mk)
16. Identify the chief accounting officer of a municipal council in Kenya. (1mk)
17. Identify ONE example of recurrent expenditure. (1mk)
SECTION B ( 45 MARKS)
Answer any THREE questions from this section in the answer sheet provided.
18. a) Describe the economic organization of the Akamba during the pre-colonial period. (5mks)
b) Describe the political organization of the Ameru. (10mks)
19. a) State FIVE reasons for the success of the Portuguese conquest of the East African Coast in the 16th century. (5mks)
b) Explain the impact of Portuguese rule on the East African Coast. (10mks)
20. a) State FIVE factors that facilitated urbanization in colonial Kenya. (5mks)
b) Outline the contributions made by Oginga Odinga in the struggle for Kenya’s
Independence. (10mks)
21. a) State THREE factors that favoured the Mau Mau fighters in their struggle against the
Europeans colonialists in Kenya. (3mks)
b) Outline the contributions made by Oginga Odinga in the struggle for Kenya’s
independence. (12mks)
SECTION C ( 30 MARKS)
Answer any TWO questions from this section in the answer sheet provided.
22. a) Name FIVE officials of the Electoral Commission of Kenya who assist in General election.
(5mks)
b) Explain the functions of the legislature in Kenya. (10mks)
23. a) Outline the structure of the court system in Kenya. (5mks)
b) Explain how judicial independence is promoted in Kenya. (10mks)
24. a) Identify THREE sources of revenues for local authorities. (3mks)
b) Explain how the government of Kenya controls public finance. (12mks)
END

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