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HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

SHARPMIND TEAM OF EXAMINERS & PUBLISHERS

FORM 3 END OF TERM 3 EXAMINATIONS -2023.

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ((K.C.S.E)

HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT

Instructions to candidates

(a) This paper consists of three sections; A, B, and C.

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 SECTION A (25 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in section A
1. Give two economic activities which the Maasai acquired as a result of interacting with the Agikuyu during

their settlement in Kenya. (2 marks)

2. State one way in which the Abagusii and the Kipsigis interacted during the pre-colonial period.(1 mark)

3. Identify one written evidence of contacts between the Kenyan coast and the outside world before 1500 AD

(1 mark)

4. State one way in which possession of iron technology facilitated migration and settlement of the Bantu into

Kenya. (1 mark)

5. State two main factors which enabled traders from Arabia to come to the Kenya coast before 1500.

(2 marks)

6. State two reasons why the Portuguese built Fort Jesus at Mombasa. (2 marks)
7. Give one reason why the British colonial government encouraged white settlers to come to Kenya.
(1 mark)
8. State one way through which the construction of the Uganda Railway contributed to the development of
settler farming in Kenya. (1 mark)
9. State the main function of the Kenya Defence Forces. (1 mark)
10. State two objectives of the Kikuyu Central Association (KCA). (2 marks)

11. Give one reason why Seyyid Said took direct control of the settlements along the coast of Kenya in 1806.
(1 mark)
12. Give two merits of dual citizenship. (2 marks)
13. State one limitation of the right to property ownership in Kenya. (1 mark)

14. Give two responsibilities given to the British Governor in Kenya during the colonial period. (2 marks)

15. State two reasons for the establishment of independent churches in Kenya during the colonial period.

(2 marks)

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16. Name two publications in Kenya that aired African grievances. (2 marks)

17. State the main reason why the Second Lancaster House Conference was held in 1962. (1 mark)

SECTION B
Answer any three questions from this Section
18. (a) Give three reasons of the migration of the Luo from their original homeland into Kenya? (3 marks)
(b) Explain six results of the settlement of the Luo in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya during the pre-
colonial period (12 marks)

19. (a) Identify five factors that led to the growth of towns along the coast of Kenya before the 19th century.
(5 marks)
(b) Describe the way of life at the coastal towns of Kenya before the 19th century. (10 marks)

20. (a) Give five reasons why Nabongo Mumia collaborated with the Britain. (5 marks)
(b) Explain five results of collaboration between Mumia of Wanga and the British. (10 marks)

21. (a) Identify any five methods used by the colonial government to fight against the Mau Mau. (5 marks)
(b) How did the Mau Mau movement manage to sustain its war against the British for such a long time?
(10 marks)
SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer two questions from this section
22. (a) Identify five requirements in the constitution making process. (5 marks)

(b) Describe five features of the independence constitution of Kenya. (10 marks)

23. a) State the THREE components of a right. (3 marks)

b) Explain SIX problems that have been experienced in the constitutional making process in Kenya.

(12 marks)

24. a) Give the composition of the Judicial Service Commission Kenya. (5 marks)

b) Explain FIVE ways through which independence of the Judiciary is guaranteed in Kenya.

(10 marks)

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