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[David Makali]

KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL KNEC
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (KCSE)
DECEMBER 2015
HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT (HISTO)
PAPER ONE (1)
START: 2.00 P.M TO 5.00 PM

INSTRUCTIONS
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
Take the first 15minS to read through the instructions and the question booklet.
Do not write on this question paper
Answer within the time limit, 3 hrs
Any form of cheating will lead to disqualification
In case of anything raise your hand and ask the invigilator
Note that not all questions may contain multiple choice answers.
Questions with multiple answers are those the examiner found
challenging.
Discussion is allowed after the paper

1. Which year was the post election violence?
a) 2002 b)2008 c) 1942 d)2007

2. Who financed the post election violence?

3. Who was the chief mediator?
a) Graca Marcel b) Chinua Achebe c) Kofi Anan d) Thambo Mbeki

4.i) In the USA there was a president who had a dream
a) What was his name?
b) What was his dream?
c) Which year was the dream?
d) Did the dream come true?
e) if so in which year?

5. Expound on the historic handshake and circumstances leading to it.

6. Who was the protagonist and who was the antagonist?

7. What is the name of the smart man who embarrassed the Presidential
security detail? Which year was it and what did the man want to tell
the President?

8. Who is an IDP? ( 2 Marks)

9. Write an essay about Barrack Obama. Include details like when and
where he was born, his parents names, where he grew up, his wife and
children’s names and when they were each born, how many wives his
father had and which year he married each of them, his fathers
favorite food. Also write about his academic, economic, social,
spiritual and emotional background

10. Kofi Anan is one of the greatest black men alive. He has achieved
so much in his life time; please give his academic background, year
and place of birth, family status and academic achievements. State
the years respectively and discuss his career path and rise to stardom

11. Write about the Kriegler Report, its findings and recommendations. (20 Marks)

12. In which year was Musyimi slapped, by whom, why and how did he respond? Do you think he should reciprocate his action or be rewarded for humility?

13. Write vividly about the Waki Report, its findings and
recommendations. (20 Marks)

14. Discuss the maize scandal. Hint. Give details of the year, who the
suspects were and the true victims, how much maize they stole, where
they took the maize and how many Kenyans died. (20Marks)

15. Who were Ababu Nabwamba and Dr. Bonny Khalwale? Write everything
you know about them (20 Marks).

16. Write vividly about the Artur brothers and their mission in Kenya. Also give all their nicknames. Were they missionaries, mercenaries or diplomats? (20 Marks)


17. List the Pentagon members

18. Is is true that MP’s ate flour and washed it down their throats with oil?

19. Write about the oil saga

19a).How many districts are in kenya (please approximate to the nearest 10).

b)Which one has chemolingot as its headquarters?

c)Mr mutua travels from kijabe to malaba via kaimosi. Describe, the
political, economic and administrative changes he encounters along the
way (20 marks)
20)Expound on the following terminologies(20 Marks)
a)Mavi ya Kuku
b)Nyefnyef
c)Mkate Nusu
d)Mbuta
e) Foko Jembe