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By asher naim a veteran israeli diplomat who has held positions in japan and the united states, and was ambassador to kenya, uganda, finland, ethiopia, the third committee of the united nations, and south korea. He was instrumental in negotiating the transit of ethiopian jews to israel, and in the repeal of the "zionism is racism" un resolution.
By 1960 britain had thwarted, attempts to have israeli establish a consulate general in Nairobi. An emissary visited kenyatta whilst in house arrest and explained that he had been sent to kenya to offer israel's experience in nation building. Israel, too, had freed itself from british rule just thirteen years earlier, and used trial and error in integrating immigrants from seventy different countries. Kenya, for its part, had forty different tribes that spoke various dialects, which would have to be amalgamated into a nation with a common identity upon gaining independence. Israel's advice could be helpful in avoiding mistakes. Israel, the author pointed out, could also assist in the fields of agriculture, irrigation, animal husbandry, youth movements, social work, childcare, and others.
The meeting lasted five hours and seemed successful in building trust. Back in the hotel in nairobi there were four messages from a macdonald, assistant to the british governor, asking to return the call urgently.
The voice of the messages was sober and unfriendly: "kenyatta is under house arrest and a visit to him requires advance permission." …... He expected the author would be asked to leave kenya. This prompted a decision the next morning to visit kenyatta again, while there was still time. On this occasion in gatundu, at 10:30 in the morning, the guards did not create an obstacle. Kenyatta was warm and affable, and when told what had transpired since yesterday's visit, he burst out angrily that the british did not understand that their rule was over and it was time to leave kenyans to manage their own affairs. "as for you, my friend, don't worry.
If they send you out, i will receive you in nairobi personally after our uhuru [freedom]." soon after, kenyatta was released from his confinement. The British, in keeping with their practice of divide and rule, created a counterforce of the kenya african democratic union (kadu). Consisting of minority tribes headed by a. Ngala.
This body would later ensure integration of a kenyan state failed to take root and would remain a colonial mechanism in ensuring she remained under the eye of the empire. Kenya's first step into state unification at the advent of independence would face an internally fabricated hazard. This organization prolonged the negotiations for independence at lancaster house in london.
What is the Israeli Connection With Kenya? -
02-28-2008, 05:30 PM
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