TBT School Fires Edition
- Thread starter Meria
- Start date
Oct 17
In 1979, Oginga Odinga was named chairman of the Cotton Lint and Seed Marketing Board by President Moi.
This was his first government post since 1966. Oginga would later in 1980 rejoin KANU. His ally Peter Oloo-Aringo also landed a cabinet post.
In 1979, Oginga Odinga was named chairman of the Cotton Lint and Seed Marketing Board by President Moi.
This was his first government post since 1966. Oginga would later in 1980 rejoin KANU. His ally Peter Oloo-Aringo also landed a cabinet post.
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It's Me Scumbag
Elder Lister
Wacha ujinga nanii...you can not put a picture of Che na story ya TMT. Hakuna connection hata kidogo!
Fisked,
On August 5, 1952, a car came to pick up Sameera Moussa in Berkely, California. The driver opened the door for the world-renowned scientist, who was the first-ever female Egyptian nuclear scientist. The thirty-five-year-old was the first woman to earn a doctorate in atomic radiation and the first woman to hold a teaching post at Cairo University thanks to her groundbreaking Ph.D. in atomic radiation in the 1940s.
Moussa sat in the backseat as they left the city and headed along the California coast. She had completed her research and was preparing to return to Egypt, but she had received an invitation for a dinner. Driving along the curved cliffs of the Pacific Coast, the car suddenly swerved and plummeted 40 feet over the edge, killing her immediately. The driver jumped from the car just before the fall and later disappeared, and the invitation she received to California turned out to be fake. The death of the brilliant young physicist is shrouded in mystery. While no one knows for sure what happened, almost everyone suspect that was targeted by Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, to prevent Egypt from acquiring knowledge of nuclear technology – though it has never claimed responsibility.
Moussa sat in the backseat as they left the city and headed along the California coast. She had completed her research and was preparing to return to Egypt, but she had received an invitation for a dinner. Driving along the curved cliffs of the Pacific Coast, the car suddenly swerved and plummeted 40 feet over the edge, killing her immediately. The driver jumped from the car just before the fall and later disappeared, and the invitation she received to California turned out to be fake. The death of the brilliant young physicist is shrouded in mystery. While no one knows for sure what happened, almost everyone suspect that was targeted by Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, to prevent Egypt from acquiring knowledge of nuclear technology – though it has never claimed responsibility.
JOMO BOUGHT HIMSELF THIS FOR INDEPENDENCE?
The dark blue limo that had a price of tag of £7,305 by then, (currently £114, 209.9 accounting for inflation) was the most expensive car on display.
After converting the value of the vehicle into Kenya shillings it would be worth about Ksh14,600,521.84 today accounting for inflation.
The vehicle became a symbol of opulence that J Boulton, the head of the East African department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) wrote about it.
"It is not only in Kenya that part of the British community envy Kenyatta's acquisition of an example of a Rolls Royce craft," he wrote.
The limo was loaded on a ship to Kenya on November 1, 1963, and it was expected that by the time it arrived at the port of Mombasa, one Inspector Ndisi who had been chosen as a chauffeur, would have flown back to Kenya to receive it.
Ndisi arrived in Britain on November 4, 1963, to undergo a two-week course in maintenance at Rolls Royce Centre at Goodwood.
The Rolls Royce limo arrived at the port Mombasa, albeit with some delay in offloading, and was driven to Nairobi by Ndisi.
The manufacturer committed to fly-in replacement parts and a fitter in case it broke down.
Not to be left behind in the struggle for Kenya after independence, Americans had gifted Kenyatta with a Lincoln Continental convertible, and the Germans also organised for a Mercedes Benz to be presented to Kenyatta on independence day.
The vehicle has been well maintained over the years and it was alleged that in 2013 before the Jamhuri Day celebrations, President Uhuru Kenyatta drove it from State House to the main gate before boarding his usual vehicles.
This, it was claimed, was because the Rolls Royce was not armoured and thus not safe for him to use in public.below the President poses next to the RR phantom V craft.
The dark blue limo that had a price of tag of £7,305 by then, (currently £114, 209.9 accounting for inflation) was the most expensive car on display.
After converting the value of the vehicle into Kenya shillings it would be worth about Ksh14,600,521.84 today accounting for inflation.
The vehicle became a symbol of opulence that J Boulton, the head of the East African department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) wrote about it.
"It is not only in Kenya that part of the British community envy Kenyatta's acquisition of an example of a Rolls Royce craft," he wrote.
The limo was loaded on a ship to Kenya on November 1, 1963, and it was expected that by the time it arrived at the port of Mombasa, one Inspector Ndisi who had been chosen as a chauffeur, would have flown back to Kenya to receive it.
Ndisi arrived in Britain on November 4, 1963, to undergo a two-week course in maintenance at Rolls Royce Centre at Goodwood.
The Rolls Royce limo arrived at the port Mombasa, albeit with some delay in offloading, and was driven to Nairobi by Ndisi.
The manufacturer committed to fly-in replacement parts and a fitter in case it broke down.
Not to be left behind in the struggle for Kenya after independence, Americans had gifted Kenyatta with a Lincoln Continental convertible, and the Germans also organised for a Mercedes Benz to be presented to Kenyatta on independence day.
The vehicle has been well maintained over the years and it was alleged that in 2013 before the Jamhuri Day celebrations, President Uhuru Kenyatta drove it from State House to the main gate before boarding his usual vehicles.
This, it was claimed, was because the Rolls Royce was not armoured and thus not safe for him to use in public.below the President poses next to the RR phantom V craft.
Miss Yolanda Masinde was Miss Kenya and Miss Africa 2000. This was the closest that Kenya has ever come to clinching the world title. Unfortunately, she lost after naming Mariah Carey as her role model during the Q&A in true airhead fashion. Does anyone know what became of her?
𝗗𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞 (1953-1969)
𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝗮 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵.
Dan Bullock was born on December 21, 1953, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Much of his early life is unknown but his mother died when he was eleven years old. Following his mother’s death, his father remarried and relocated his family from Goldsboro to Brooklyn, New York.
On December 10, 1968, Bullock joined the Marine Corps. Despite being fourteen at the time, Bullock enlisted in the Corps by claiming that he was eighteen. At a time when many young men were avoiding the draft and military service in Vietnam, Bullock altered his birth certificate claiming that he was born on December 21, 1949, instead of December 21, 1953 in order to join the Marines.
Bullock was sent to Marine boot camp at Paris Island, South Carolina and completed his basic training there on December 10, 1968, eleven days before his fifteen birthday. He arrived in Vietnam on May 8, 1969 and was stationed at An Hoa Combat Base in Quang Nam Province. Bullock was assigned as a rifleman to Fox Company, Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment.
On June 7, 1969, Bullock was killed by a surprise attack by the North Vietnamese Army during the night. Originally assigned cleaning duties that night at the base, Bullock was reassigned to take over an injured Marine’s assignment, guarding a Delta Airship. Bullock and other Marines were on guard that night when the Northern Vietnamese Army attacked the base. Bullock was hit by several rounds of enemy fire and was instantly killed. Three other Marines were also killed during the attack.
Bullock’s body was returned to North Carolina and buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Goldsboro without a headstone. Thirty-one years later in 2000, television talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael—upon learning the story of his involvement in South Vietnam and his age—donated a headstone. Shortly afterwards there was a memorial service for Bullock in Goldsboro. Both the New York Rolling Thunder and the North Carolina Rolling Thunder motorcycle clubs participated in a caravan through the town in his honor. In 2003, a portion of Lee Avenue in Brooklyn where he had lived as a child, was renamed after him. In 2017, a highway marker was installed in Goldsboro in his honor, commemorating his service to the United States.
𝗗𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗮𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸, 𝗮 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵.
Dan Bullock was born on December 21, 1953, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Much of his early life is unknown but his mother died when he was eleven years old. Following his mother’s death, his father remarried and relocated his family from Goldsboro to Brooklyn, New York.
On December 10, 1968, Bullock joined the Marine Corps. Despite being fourteen at the time, Bullock enlisted in the Corps by claiming that he was eighteen. At a time when many young men were avoiding the draft and military service in Vietnam, Bullock altered his birth certificate claiming that he was born on December 21, 1949, instead of December 21, 1953 in order to join the Marines.
Bullock was sent to Marine boot camp at Paris Island, South Carolina and completed his basic training there on December 10, 1968, eleven days before his fifteen birthday. He arrived in Vietnam on May 8, 1969 and was stationed at An Hoa Combat Base in Quang Nam Province. Bullock was assigned as a rifleman to Fox Company, Second Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment.
On June 7, 1969, Bullock was killed by a surprise attack by the North Vietnamese Army during the night. Originally assigned cleaning duties that night at the base, Bullock was reassigned to take over an injured Marine’s assignment, guarding a Delta Airship. Bullock and other Marines were on guard that night when the Northern Vietnamese Army attacked the base. Bullock was hit by several rounds of enemy fire and was instantly killed. Three other Marines were also killed during the attack.
Bullock’s body was returned to North Carolina and buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Goldsboro without a headstone. Thirty-one years later in 2000, television talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael—upon learning the story of his involvement in South Vietnam and his age—donated a headstone. Shortly afterwards there was a memorial service for Bullock in Goldsboro. Both the New York Rolling Thunder and the North Carolina Rolling Thunder motorcycle clubs participated in a caravan through the town in his honor. In 2003, a portion of Lee Avenue in Brooklyn where he had lived as a child, was renamed after him. In 2017, a highway marker was installed in Goldsboro in his honor, commemorating his service to the United States.
Field Marshal
Elder Lister
Mzee wachanga Vayolens on fellow villagers...I am the only licenced NBA member allowed those rights....
Montecarlo
Elder Lister
Stop rewinding TBT.....leta TBT on Kenyan schools, strikes, principals, fires, education systems and they changed over the 100 years Kenya has been in existence......gasket....
mzeiya
Elder Lister
Circledot
Senior Lister
Good, ppl were in good shape those years, being overweight was rare.
Compare na current crowds
Purple Lord
Senior Lister
They sure did pick one