Independent Group (Kenya)

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

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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 of them.[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
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

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Parliamentary (National Assembly seats)	Jubilee Party (171) Orange Democratic Movement (76) Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya (23) Amani National Congress (14) FORD–Kenya (12) Kenya African National Union (10) Economic Freedom Party (5) Maendeleo Chap Chap Party (4) Party of Development and Reforms (4) Chama Cha Mashinani (2) Kenya National Congress (2) Kenya People's Party (2) Peoples Democratic Party (2) Chama Cha Uzalendo (1) Muungano Party (1) New Democrats (1) Party of National Unity (1) Democratic Party (1) Frontier Alliance Party (1) National Agenda Party (1)
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