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Kenya African National Union
Abbreviation
KANU
Chairman
Gideon Moi
Secretary-General
Tom Mboya
Spokesperson
Pasta Kinoti M'Ndungata
Founder
James Gichuru Oginga Odinga Tom Mboya
Founded
14 May 1960 (14 May 1960)
Merger of
KAU KIM NPCP
Headquarters
Chania Avenue, off Ring Road, Kilimani, Nairobi
Newspaper
Uhuru
Student wing
KANU Youth League
Ideology
Kenyan nationalism Conservatism
Political position
Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation
Amani Alliance
Regional affiliation
Democrat Union of Africa
Colors
Red, green, black
National Assembly
5 / 349
Senate
0 / 67
Party flag
Website
kanuparty.org
Politics of Kenya
Political parties
Elections
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral loss in 2002. It was known as Kenya African Union (KAU) from 1944 but due to pressure from the colonial government, KAU changed its name to Kenya African Study Union (KASU) mainly because all political parties were banned in 1939 following the start of the Second World War. In 1946 KASU rebranded itself into KAU following the resignation of Harry Thuku as president due to internal differences between the moderates who wanted peaceful negotiations and the militants who wanted to use force, the latter forming the Aanake a forty (The forty Group), which later became the Mau Mau. His post was then occupied by James Gichuru, who stepped down for Jomo Kenyatta in 1947 as president of KAU. The KAU was banned by the colonial government from 1952 to 1960.[1] It was re-established by James Gichuru in 1960 and renamed KANU on 14 May 1960 after a merger with Tom Mboya's Kenya Independence Movement.[2]
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^"Kenya African National Union – Kenyans.co.ke". Kenyans.co.ke. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
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