Protectorate of British East Africa (1885-1963)

During the Berlin Conference of 1885, Britain declared control over Kenya and Uganda in the East African Protectorate.  When the Imperial British East Africa Company began to fail, Britain declared a protectorate on Kenya and other countries in 1920, meaning that Kenya is protected diplomatically or militarily by Britain, and in exchange for this, Britain accepts specified obligations like part of their land and money.  Kenya is still, however, a state under international law.  At this time, Kenya was known as the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya.  The colony came to an end in 1963 when independence was agreed with the British. After independence, the former colony became known as just Kenya.  Imperial rule by the British was peaceful.  For the most part, the British left the Kenyan people alone.  Everything was peaceful until the Mau Mau uprising, because the Kenyans did not like British presence and wanted independence. 

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