in the 1883 -1960
No, Kenya is not a European country. It is located in East Africa.
Kenya was ruled by Britain.
Yes.
The European discovery of Mount Kenya was made by Johann Ludwig Krapf.
Kenya gained independence from Great Britain.
1659
Britain ruled Kenya from the late 19th century until Kenya gained independence in 1963.
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The British Empire
During that time there were many reasons for Britain to take over Kenya. For example, to get a place to settle the surplus population, to gat raw materials for their companies, to show power to other countries and to locate the source of the River Nile.
Kenya
The first arrival of Europeans in Kenya was 1498, by the Portuguese. Permanent settlement by Europeans began with the Berlin Conference in 1885, which subdivided East Africa among the European colonialists.