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The Northern Frontier Province existed in the [[East Africa Protectorate]] as one of nine protectorate's provinces.<ref name="Ospftf"/> At the time under British colonial administration, the northern half of Jubaland was ceded to [[Italian Empire|Italy]] as a reward for the Italians' support of the Allies during [[World War I]].<ref name="Oliver">{{cite book |last=Oliver |first=Roland Anthony |title=History of East Africa, Volume 2 |year=1976 |publisher=Clarendon Press |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGkMAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> Britain retained control of the southern half of the territory, which was later merged with the Northern Frontier District.<ref name="Ospftf"/> | The Northern Frontier Province existed in the [[East Africa Protectorate]] as one of nine protectorate's provinces.<ref name="Ospftf"/> At the time under British colonial administration, the northern half of Jubaland was ceded to [[Italian Empire|Italy]] as a reward for the Italians' support of the Allies during [[World War I]].<ref name="Oliver">{{cite book |last=Oliver |first=Roland Anthony |title=History of East Africa, Volume 2 |year=1976 |publisher=Clarendon Press |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGkMAQAAIAAJ}}</ref> Britain retained control of the southern half of the territory, which was later merged with the Northern Frontier District.<ref name="Ospftf"/> |
[[File:Somali genealogical tree.png|thumb|322x322px|Somali genealogical tree (written in Somali)]] | |
On 26 June 1960, four days before granting [[British Somaliland]] independence, the British government declared that all Somali-inhabited areas of East Africa, [[Greater Somalia]] should be unified in one administrative region. Which meant Kenya was to cede part of the Northern Frontier District. However, after the dissolution of the former British colonies in the region, Britain granted administration of the Northern Frontier District to Kenyan nationalists despite an informal plebiscite demonstrating the overwhelming desire of the region's population to join the newly formed [[Somalia|Somali Republic]],<ref>David D. Laitin, ''Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience'', (University Of Chicago Press: 1977), p.75</ref> and the fact that the NFD was almost exclusively inhabited by ethnic Somalis.<ref name="Vallat">Francis Vallat, ''First report on succession of states in respect of treaties: International Law Commission twenty-sixth session 6 May-26 July 1974'', (United Nations: 1974), p.20</ref> | On 26 June 1960, four days before granting [[British Somaliland]] independence, the British government declared that all Somali-inhabited areas of East Africa, [[Greater Somalia]] should be unified in one administrative region. Which meant Kenya was to cede part of the Northern Frontier District. However, after the dissolution of the former British colonies in the region, Britain granted administration of the Northern Frontier District to Kenyan nationalists despite an informal plebiscite demonstrating the overwhelming desire of the region's population to join the newly formed [[Somalia|Somali Republic]],<ref>David D. Laitin, ''Politics, Language, and Thought: The Somali Experience'', (University Of Chicago Press: 1977), p.75</ref> and the fact that the NFD was almost exclusively inhabited by ethnic Somalis.<ref name="Vallat">Francis Vallat, ''First report on succession of states in respect of treaties: International Law Commission twenty-sixth session 6 May-26 July 1974'', (United Nations: 1974), p.20</ref> |
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