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Events on Thursday 12 December 1963 1
1963Kenya gains independence from BritainJomo Kenyatta becomes prime minister of a new nationKenya became independent after decades of British colonial rule and the Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s. Jomo Kenyatta, previously imprisoned by colonial authorities, became the country's first prime minister. Kenya would become a republic the following year.