Electoral Reforms · The story

First African Member

1944 · Colonial constitutional order

Source date
1944
Event type
Institutional change
Reform area
Representation and boundaries

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The essential point

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Kenya’s Legislative Council gained its first African member in 1944 through nomination. Parliament’s official history records this as the first African membership milestone in LEGCO, establishing the date and route of entry without claiming a wider franchise change.

Evidence: Historical Background, body paragraph 2

Why it matters

This records the first African membership milestone in LEGCO and identifies nomination as the route of entry.

Evidence: Historical Background, body paragraph 2

Open the key points and evidence
  1. Parliament’s official history identifies the first African member of LEGCO.

    Historical Background, body paragraph 2
  2. The source identifies nomination as the route of entry.

    Historical Background, body paragraph 2
  3. Parliament’s history dates the nomination to 1944.

    Historical Background, body paragraph 2
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Official-source wording

What the official record says

The first African Member was nominated in 1944.

Verbatim excerpt · Historical Background, body paragraph 2 · Parliament of Kenya — Historical Background

Evidence stack

Sources behind this record

  1. Parliament of Kenya — Historical BackgroundHistorical Background, body paragraph 2 · Official Kenyan public authority · admitted for public claims