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Kenyatta’s release at Gatundu (1961)
On the Haiti and Kenya independence map as “Gatundu”
Aug 1961 — Kenyatta is released to his home at Gatundu. KANU had refused to form a government without him; now that he is free, any settlement must go through him.
When Aug 1961 Type Turning point Chapter Road to Kenyan independence (chapter 10 of Haiti and Kenya independence)Atlas Two Roads to Independence: Haiti 1789–1838 and Kenya 1895–1978 TURNING POINT · TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE: HAITI 1789–1838 AND KENYA 1895–1978 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · Kenya Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (2010), historical boundary maps 1–8 · Kenya Independence Order in Council 1963, Schedule 11 — districts and regions · Kenya Land Commission report (1933), foldout: European Highlands, reserves and railways · Natural Earth 10m — complete Kenyan province geometry · Science Museum Group — Kenya and Uganda Railways
Source details Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately. Kenya Interim Independent Boundaries Review Commission (2010), historical boundary maps 1–8. Official boundary facts consulted; independently reconstructed geography. Original scan not republished. Kenya Independence Order in Council 1963, Schedule 11 — districts and regions. UK legislation, Open Government Licence; factual regional definitions. Kenya Land Commission report (1933), foldout: European Highlands, reserves and railways. 1934 UK Crown publication; original map facts independently digitized. Original scan not republished. Natural Earth 10m — complete Kenyan province geometry. Public domain Science Museum Group — Kenya and Uganda Railways. Factual route and opening dates consulted Colonial boundaries follow dated published imperial outlines. The 1963 regions use complete later provincial geometry as the closest digital reference, checked against the original legal district membership.
The Highlands, reserves and forests are thematic study regions reconstructed from the 1933 commission map. The Kinangop grouping is removed after redistribution. The retained fills are regional historical land references, not an inventory of individual farm ownership.
proxy: 1963 regions; complete later digital provincial reference · reconstruction: 1901 main line; acquired 1933 railway reference · reconstruction: 1933 source reference · vector: 1963.95
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