On 19 July 2015 at 06:20, Antonio Menezes <[email protected]> wrote:
Let us be fair to Kenya. African authorities could not have thrown non-Kenyans out , not even because they were British passport holders. They simply left Kenya because their means of livelihood were curtailed by the Africanization process. COMMENT: There are two ways of 'throwing someone out' 1: Evict 2: Make it very difficult for the 'someone' to make a living and to live. It is known as the good old Minister of Paperclips technique...wherein...the unwanted is made irrelevant. I beieve that AM is right. The process of Africanization forced (say) Goans to choose between UK, Indian, Portuguese and Kenyan citizenship. Of importance is the 1969 Trade and Licensing Act which locked out non-Kenyan businesses. The civil service was already Africanised. Those who chose UK citizenship but delayed migrating soon found out that the UK law was different for them as opposed to native-born (mainly Caucasian) UK citizens. India was "championing" the cause of these folks of Indian descent before 1963. Thereafter, it virtually closed to door on their faces Those who had Portuguese nationality (mainly Goans and some Gujratis) were relatively OK. They moved. A tiny % opted for Kenyan citizenship and stayed on (till the later violence made them move) In Goa ....anyway.....That on another day jc
