2026 Grade 10 History and Citizenship Mid Term 2 Exam with Marking Scheme

This paper  covers the following topics:

• Section A
  • Branches of History — political, economic, social, environmental, and legal history
  • Sources of history — primary sources (oral tradition/narration), secondary sources (books, textbooks, encyclopaedias)
  • Migration into Kenya — language groups, migration routes, Bantu migration from the Congo Basin (reasons and effects on indigenous communities)
  • Kenyan colonial history — year Kenya became a British Colony, the Berlin Conference, communities that resisted vs. collaborated, methods used by the British to establish rule
  • Kenyan Constitution and citizenship — IEBC, voting age, negative ethnicity, parliamentary attendance rules, presidential term limits (true/false)
  • Early human development — hunters and gatherers, factors leading to settled life, pastoralist communities in Africa
• Section B
  • Public participation — principles of public participation demonstrated at a community meeting, benefits, and challenges to effective participation in Kenya
  • Colonialism in depth — extended analysis of resistance and collaboration, effects of colonialism
  • Kenyan governance — constitutional structures, roles of institutions, citizens’ rights and responsibilities
  • Historical analysis — impact of migration and settlement on Kenyan communities