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The Kenya Indian Congress (KIC) was a political party in Kenya.
History
The party was established at a meeting on 7 March 1914 as the East African Indian National Congress (EAINC),
The EAINC encouraged Indian immigration to Kenya, and became involved in humanitarian work in the 1930s, providing aid to victims of disaster in India and other countries in the region.[1] The party failed in an attempt to form an alliance with the Kenya African Union in 1950, but the two combined to oppose plans by the Elector's Union to maintain European control of the colony.[1]
The organisation was renamed the Kenya Indian Congress (KIC) in 1952 after Indians in Tanganyika formed the Asian Association.
At its annual meeting in 1962, the KIC opted to dissolve itself as a political party as it was "no longer desirable to function politically as an Asian organisation."[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Robert M. Maxon & Thomas P. Ofcansky (2014) Historical Dictionary of Kenya, Rowman & Littlefield, p83
- ^ a b Robert G. Gregory (1992) The Rise and Fall of Philanthropy in East Africa: The Asian's Contribution, Transaction Publishers, p45
- ^ Maxon & Ofcansky, p167
- ^ Sana Aiyar (2015) Indians in Kenya, Harvard University Press, p238
