GCE Government 1990 Theory question 107

Theory question 107

Colonial Administration

Section B (answer two questions only from this section)
Why did the educated elite criticize the policy of Indirect Rule?

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They were excluded from the administration in favour of traditional rulers.
It made traditional rulers autocratic and agents of the colonial government.
Many traditional rulers were illiterate and unfit for modern government.
It encouraged ethnic division and regionalism (divide and rule) rather than national unity.
It slowed down development of modern political institutions and self-government.
It kept the North isolated (limited Western education there).
Warrant chiefs in the East were corrupt and imposed on the people.
It was a cheap way of continuing colonial exploitation.

Explanation

Explain each reason.