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Why did the British use direct rule in administering most parts of Kenya.

Why did the British use direct rule in administering most parts of Kenya.

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i. Most communities did not have centralised systems.
ii. Those were many ethnic groups with diverse social cultural systems which made it difficult fort the British to apply direct rule.
iii. Most communities resisted British rule and so they had to be controlled directly.
iv. There was an existing British rule used by IBEAC on which British built their administrative
centres.
v.Had enough manpower
vi.Had capital
joyce2 answered the question on November 4, 2017 at 09:39

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