Independent Group (Kenya)

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The Independent Group of Members of Legislative Council was a right-wing political party in Kenya.

History

Led by Llewellyn Briggs,^[1] the Independent Group was a European party that called for ministerial positions to be awarded without consideration for the racial makeup of the cabinet using the slogan "Merit and Ability",^[2] effectively seeking to exclude Africans from government.^[3] It nominated ten candidates for the fourteen European seats in the 1956 general elections, winning eight seats.^[4]^[5]

In August 1959 Briggs formed the United Party, bringing together the Independent Group with former members of the Federal Independence Party,^[2]^[6] which had failed to win a seat in the 1956 elections.

References

↑ Richard Hughes (2003) Capricorn: David Stirling's African Campaign, The Radcliffe Press, p180
1 2 Kenya from Mau Mau to Independence Michael Farquhar
↑ William Ernest Frank Ward (1963) A History of Africa: Egypt and the Sudan. Uganda. Kenya. Tanganyika, Allen & Unwin, p181
↑ "Results of the General Election in Kenya", East Africa and Rhodesia, 4 October 1956, p150
↑ "General Election in Kenya: Comments in the Press", East Africa and Rhodesia, 11 October 1956, p186
↑ George Bennett & Carl Gustav Rosberg (1961) The Kenyatta Election: Kenya 1960-1961, Oxford University Press, p16

Political parties in Kenya

National Assembly (349)	ODM (96) TNA (89) URP (75) WDM–K (26) UDFP (12) FORD–Kenya (10) KANU (6) NFK (6) APK (5) FORD–P (4) FPK (3) NARC (3) CCU (2) KNC (2) NARC-K (1) PDP (1) KADU–Asili (1) MP (1) TIP (1) MDP (1) Independents (4)

Senate (67)	ODM (17) TNA (17) URP (12) WDM–K (5) FORD–Kenya (5) UDFP (3) KANU (3) APK (3) FPK (1) NARC (1)

Extraparliamentary	Agano Party Alliance for Real Change Chama Cha Mwananchi Conservative Party Democratic Party Farmers Party Grand National Union Kenya Social Congress Kenya National Democratic Alliance Madaraka People's Movement Mazingira Green Party of Kenya Mkenya Solidarity Movement Mwangaza Party National Agenda Party of Kenya National Democratic Movement National Labour Party National Party of Kenya New Democrats Party of Action Party of Democratic Unity Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya Party of National Unity FORD–Asili Labour Party of Kenya National Vision Party Peoples Party of Kenya Progressive Party of Kenya Restore and Build Kenya Saba Saba – Asili Safina Shirikisho Party of Kenya Sisi Kwa Sisi Social Democratic Party of Kenya United Democratic Movement Unity Party of Kenya

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