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HISTORY: The first tribe that settled in Kenya occurred around 2000 BC, but research suggests that an early form of humans may have roamed the area some 20 million years ago. By the eight century, Arab and Persian colonies had evolved, mainly for trading purposes. Swahili developed as the main language spoken, which contains Arabic. In 1498, the Portuguese ended the Arab rule, shortly thereafter Islam took over in the 1600’s and finally by the 19th century the British had control. Kenya was officially a United Kingdom colony in 1920. After years of uprising and rebelling against British rule, Kenya became an independent country in 1963. Jomo Kenyatta became the first president, and after his death in 1978 Daniel arap Moi became the second president. In 1982, Kenya’s constitution was amended by the N