Page "History of Kenya" Paragraph 50

After the suppression of the Mau Mau rising, the British provided for the election of the six African members to the Legislative Council under a weighted franchise based on education.

The new colonial constitution of 1958 increased African representation, but African nationalists began to demand a democratic franchise on the principle of " one man, one vote.

" However, Europeans and Asians, because of their minority position, feared the effects of universal suffrage.