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Christine Nicholls’ Blog, 3 March 2012
I have been looking into the early newspapers of Kenya and have managed to glean the following facts, with the help of Stephen North. Can anyone help me further with this list? Have I got any of the dates wrong? Has anyone any more information about when the papers...
Bwana Sasa Hivi of Marsabit
Jaldessa Diko, the Boran station Mnyapara (foreman) during my service with the Provincial Administration in Marsabit in the early 1950s earned his nickname of “Sasa Hivi” meaning right now. Jaldessa was out to please everyone, and if ever I told him that I required...
Car Racing in Langalanga
Standing on a bit of broken-up tarmac road above Gilgil last week, it was hard to believe that 60 years before this was the place for Kenya's 'Petrol Heads' to gather on weekends and race around the three-mile track in MG-T series sports cars. Old Africa reader, Harry...
