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Members of the police seen with the acting Governor and the Commissioner of Police, Mr.R.C. [File, Standard]

At the dawn of independence, most government departments dominated by whites were taken over by Africans.

However, the transition was gradual. In some offices, the takeover lasted years. One such department was the police force, especially in areas with a huge European settler presence like the Rift Valley, where white officers did not immediately relinquish their positions.