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The Kakamega Goldfields
The Kakamega Goldfields The recent interest in gold in the Kakamega district reminds us of the first gold rush in the region – in the early 1930s. In 1930 Kakamega township was an open space with a few Indian dukas, but in the middle of the decade it became a...
Home Guards Killed While Returning Escaped Prisoners
Solomon Njihia was the head chef for the Rift Valley Academy kitchen when I was a student there in the 1970s. I just heard he has passed away. Another link to Kenya's past has gone. About eight years ago I interviewed Solomon and he told me a story of how he and a...
Firebrand Editor of the Kenya Press: Harold George Robertson (‘Rab the Rhymer’)
Firebrand Editor of the Kenya Press: Harold George Robertson (‘Rab the Rhymer’) From the age of ten in the 1950s I was an avid daily reader of the Mombasa Times and loved its crossword. So I was very interested to come across some details of one of its former...