In your hurry to defend Indians from an imaginary attack, you missed simple facts. Kenyatta used strong arm tactics and expelled Indians. I am against the expulsion of citizens for any reason.
Moi simply removed all those restrictions. Indians could open retail businesses and Africans could obtain wholesale licenses etc. He allowed all people who need to the right to construct petrol stations and the monopoly of Indians and oil companies just died off. This was mostly felt in Western Kenya where the very might Shell Oil cut its loses and ran for dear life!
Kenyans have been very forthcoming towards Indians. They have however met a wall built on the rocks of the caste system.
I believe if one removes whatever restrictions or bottlenecks keeping Africans out of manufacturing they would again prove too competitive for the Indians.
Indians did not run away from wholesale and retail business because of regulations and laws. They ran away from competition. They were used to zero competition.
The problem now existing for most African traders is the cartels formed to elbow Africans out of Distribution Business. Indian manufacturers are importing illegals from all over Asia buying them work permits and then setting them up in different parts of the country as part of distribution network. Some can't speak a word of Swahili or English. This must end.
This is just wrong. Indians in Kenya work hard and reap the rewards. When Kenyatta in 60-70s kicked out Indians from Retail(dukawallas) they went to Manufacturing and made even more money. Kenyans should seek to learn from Indians,Arabs and Chinese.
Kenya leadership in 1967 thought they were reigning Indians via Trade Licensing Act & Immigration Act of 1967 that severely limited indian participation in retail business (restricting them from operating in many towns) but they never imagined indians would go BIG into manufacturing and become even more wealthy & influential.
We need to learn from Indians in Kenya. If we had embraced Indians rather than trying to restricting their participation in our economy - they might have helped us develop quicker than we have.We ended up having few developed rural towns where indian operated and absolutely shanty market places everywhere else.
Sick people like Omollo or Shikuku who have issues with Kikuyus and Indians should be ignored.
How come Indians and Arabs thrive in Kenya when a Kenyatta is in power? The Moi period saw an increase in emigration to Canada. Even their population is Kisumu and Mombasa dwindled. Moi opened most businesses to competition ... from wholesale, petrol stations, hardwares, to insurance and banking. The Moi Economic Revolution has been overlooked perhaps because he took on two power privileged groups - Indians and Kikuyu.
Kibaki remained indifferent to the Indians, preferring to restore as much of Kikuyu privilege as possible. The ascendance to power by Uhuru Kenyatta opened up opportunities hitherto unknown to Indians. If you think they have influence in Kenya now, wait and see in the unlikely event Uhuru Kenyatta rigs himself back. The money Jubilee is splashing all over the country is largely from Indians after Zuma conned them of the Eurobond and Dilma Rousseff was impeached along with her corrupt government.