Lancaster House Conferences (Kenya) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Lancaster House conferences were three meetings (1960, 1962, 1963) in which Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

's constitutional framework and independence were negotiated.

The first conference was under the chairmanship of Secretary of State for the Colonies
Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies....

Ian Macleod
Iain Macleod
Iain Norman Macleod was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Early life:...

in 1960. There was no agreement, and McLeod issued an interim constitution.
The second conference commenced in February 1962, and a framework for self-governance was negotiated.
The 1963 conference finalized constitutional arrangements for Kenya’s independence as a dominion, marking the end of more than 70 years of colonial rule.(1963 Constitution of Kenya)

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