Formation
The Kenya African Union was founded in 1942 under the name Kenya African Study Union. The word study was dropped in 1947 when Jomo Kenyatta joined and became leader of the party. At the time Kenya was among several African colonies experiencing the confusion of their rule after World War II. Kenyan Africans tried to use KAU to gain political rights through peaceful with a nonviolent approach. The Kenya African Union formed to demand independence for Kenya in the early 1950s through a more forceful approach. Many protest and riots leading to the organisation, being proscribed in 1952, and several of its leaders being detained. The guerilla warfare tactics by the Land Freedom Army eventually gave the rebels the name the "Mau Mau" by the colonizers. Displeased by this acquisition Jomo Kenyatta gave a speech in 1952 to prove the Kenya African Union was not what the colonizers believed it was. Kenyatta stated that the Mau Mau was an organization that promoted violence while the KAU was an organization that doesn't fight violently, but fought peacefully. Also in his speech Kenyatta also stated the desire for all of Kenya to be united in order for the people to gain their independence. Along with his speech Kenyatta also said that he would set up a government system to help settle the land differentiations and maintain peace in Kenya. The KAU began weak under the British, but as their supporters grew after Kenyatta's speech and the protest Kenya’s power grew.
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