Nairobi People's Convention Party

Nairobi People's Convention Party
LeaderTom Mboya
Secretary
Secretary-General
Founded1957
Dissolved1961
Succeeded byKenya African National Union (KANU)
HeadquartersNairobi, Kenya Colony
Youth wingNPCP Youth wing (Kenya Ginger Group/NPCP Choir/NPCP Uhuru Singers)
Women's wingNPCP Women's wing
IdeologyAfrican nationalism

The Nairobi People's Convention Party (NPCP) was a Nairobi based political party formed in 1957 by Tom Mboya. This party played a crucial role in the fight for Kenya's independence. Despite attempts at suppression from the colonial government, the NPCP managed to mobilise Africans in Nairobi to further the nationalist cause and fight for independence from Britain. Following Jomo Kenyatta's release from detention in 1961, the NPCP merged with the Kenya African Union (KAU) and Kenya Independence Movement (KIM) to form the Kenya African National Union (KANU).[2]

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  2. ^ The Politics of The Independence of Kenya by Kyle Keith. Palgrave MacMillan 1999