Nationalist activity in the Kenyan NFD stayed dormant from 1948 until 1960.
Evidence
As a whole in 1960 the N.F.D. still remained the most isolated, and the most backward portion of Kenya, and indeed, with the exception only of the Ogaden, the least advanced of all the Somali territories. Since the proscription in 1948 of the S.Y.L. in this ‘closed District’, as it was defined in Kenya’s legislation, nationalist activity had to remain dormant until 1960 when some belated recognition was given to the political rights of its taxpayers. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 460
Categorization
- XREF: The 1948 S.Y.L. proscription connects to earlier chapters on the wartime and early post-war political awakening. — connects to: The Kenyan NFD held nearly 400,000 people, mostly Somali in its eastern districts. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 459