Imperial British East Africa Company
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Was a British Company that started colonizing territories in East Africa for commerial reasons, with the bulk of its activites in modern-day Kenya.
Establishment
May 1887: The Mombasa Sultanate is acquired by the Imperial British East Africa Company.
Chronology
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1. Events
April 1888: Formation of the British East Africa Association which led to the Imperial British East Africa Company being chartered in 1888 and given the original grant to administer the dependency. It administered about 240 kilometres of coastline stretching from the River Jubba via Mombasa to German East Africa which were leased from the Sultan.
January 1889: Kenya was included in British East Africa.
January 1889: Nandi was included in British East Africa.
August 1890: In July 1890 an agreement was settled whereby the entire region north of Lake Victoria was given to Great Britain.
January 1892: In 1891, Mwanga concluded a treaty with Lugard whereby the Kingdom of Buganda would place his land and tributary states under the protection of the Imperial British East Africa Company.
June 1894: In 1894, the British government declared that all occupied territories in Uganda would become a Protectorate of Uganda under British protection. This decision was made under the leadership of British colonial administrator Sir Gerald Portal and Commissioner Ernest Berkeley.
July 1895: The Imperial British East Africa Company began to fail, and the British government proclaimed a protectorate.
Disestablishment
July 1895: The Imperial British East Africa Company began to fail, and the British government proclaimed a protectorate.
