Month: March 2026

Authored by Keith Ang’ana In 1904, Sir Charles Eliot, the then British Commissioner to East Africa, is quoted to have said, “It is notuncommon for a country to create a railway, but it is uncommon for a railway to create a country.” Inthe Kenyan context, it is important to find out what this means.To answer that, let’s travel back in…

Authored by Keith Ang’ana Learning the history of Kenya has been one of the most interesting paths I’ve pursued lately. To knowWhat happened in a particular place some decades ago is simply like time-travelling to that period, andthanks to our broad imaginative capacities as humans, our brains can picture all the scenes as theyunfolded, albeit in black & white. Well,…

Authored by Keith Ang’ana As we all know, Nairobi was initially a swampy area before the arrival of the colonialists. And if you’reKeen enough, when travelling on Waiyaki Way, you’ll notice that all the roads on either side end upeither in ascents or descents within a few metres (e.g., Ring-Road Kileleshwa, James Gichuru Road,Redhill-Link Road, etc. This is because the…

Authored by Keith Angana The widest street in the Nairobi CBD happens to be Kenyatta Avenue, with 8 lanes, just like ThikaSuperhighway. For that reason, it is a major artery into the CBD, being used by vehicles coming infrom Valley Road, Ngong Road, Mombasa Road and even Waiyaki Way. But how did it come to be? Weset out on a…