Explain why Christian missionaries established mission stations in Kenya during the colonial period.

Why Christian missionaries established mission stations in Kenya during the colonial period

1. Mission stations were established by Christian missionaries to serve as centers for converting Africans.
2. To serve as centers where Africans would be taught basic literacy to enable them to read the bible.
3. To teach Africans new methods of carpentry, farming and masonry
4. To train African catechists who would in turn facilitate the spread of Christianity.
5. To use them as centers for the spread of Western European culture
6. To serve as health centers where basic health care was provided to Africans.
7. To serve as settlements for freed slaves and other displaced peoples.
8. Serve as centers for the pacification of Africans/ centres to promote European colonization.
9. Serve as base where European missionaries could operate from.

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