Did you know that the Nairobi Commuter Rail Service can take you right into the Jomo Kenyatta Airport.
If you work inside the Airport or are intending to catch a flight, you can catch the train from the Nairobi Central station at 5:45 a.m, 1:30 p.m and 8:20 p.m to the Embakasi Village station...
Racing through the beautiful Borana conservancy on the slopes of Mt. Kenya, the riders have to climb from 4,000ft to 10,000ft all the way up then come down. The heat, the singe tracks, the sand, the steep hills and dehydration will test everyone's mental capability as well as physical fitness...
1977: Former Foreign Affairs Minister and nominated MP Dr. Njoroge Mungai leads thousands at Nairobi Airport in welcoming the first Kenya Airways flight to Nairobi.
Kenya Airways was formed from EA Airways, which folded after collapse of the EA Community.
At the end of tours, the caravan would often terminate at Kibos, near Port Florence, where Indian merchants had established a market centre.
Here, caravan leaders, porters and soldiers were paid in kind by the Indian merchants. They received various goods such as beads (some blue ones called...
A British administrator in charge of wider Luo Nyanza was Charles W. Hobley - “Obili”, as native Luo speakers called him. As the railway fast approached in 1900, Hobley was instructed to move to Port Florence and make it headquarters of Nyanza province.
Seen here (right) at a studio in Nairobi, Mombasa-born Slim Ali was lead singer of the Hodi boys, a popular 1970s benga and soul music band.
They performed regularly in clubs such as Starlight Club, Nairobi. Their famous singles included “You can Do It” and “Smile”.
A panorama of Nairobi’s skyline as taken from Uhuru Park in 1973. The then brand new KICC is seen in the background.
In the foreground, a lady sports the iconic head wrap famous among women in the 70s.