Tribal rivalries, suspicions and fears. Other Kenyan tribes feared KANU and branded it as a Kikuyu-Luo alliance. They therefore joined the KADU in protest, Antagonism between various districts and district politicians. Racial tensions continued.

Conflicts between the landless and The landed gentry which the colonial government had created through the rewards of the 1950s

Conflicts between those who had participated in the Mau Mau rebellion and those who had shunned it.

Within the KANU itself there were internal wrangles for power. Hence individual KANU candidates could stand against KANU's official candidate, Oginga Odinga became radical and demanded the nationalization of the economy

This brought him into conflict with Tom Mboya- the party's secretary

There was an army mutiny in 1964.

Tribalism cropped up in parliament as The Luo parliamentarians complained about Kikuyu domination.

In 1966, Oginga Odinga broke away from KANU and formed an opposition party called the Kenya Peoples' Union (KPU),

On 5th July 1969, Tom Mboya was assassinated by a Kikuyu yet he was the only loyal Luo remaining in KANU.

This was interpreted as a conspiracy by Kikuyu to rule Kenya for ever.

Neighbouring Somalia attacked Kenya claiming that the North Eastern province of Kenya was part of Somalia since it was occupied by Somalis.

Kenyans were very poor, most commercial agriculture was in British hands and retail trade in Indian hands. This too was a problem.