·        The deliberate failure by the British to train Africans for leadership.

·        The slow rate of constitutional and political development.

·        The use of Ghandism by KAU.

·        The British intention to turn Kenya into a white man's country –

·        The banning of political parties e.g KAU in 1953.

·        The harsh treatment of nationalistic figures e.g the imprisonment of all top KAU leaders in 1953.

·        The declaration of a state of emergency in 1952.

·        The economic poverty of Africans due to lack of land.

·        Disunity/Ethnicism amongst Kenyan tribes.

·        Military superiority of the British during the Mau Mau.

·        The British policy of divide and rule whereby even the post Mau Mau parties were formed along regional lines.

·        Disunity amongst nationalist leaders e.g Tom Mboya of KANU disagreed with Ngala of KADU during the constitutional debates at Lancaster in London.

·        The presence of a large body of white settlers,