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 not uncommon for a country to create a railway, but it is uncommon for a railway to create a country.” In the Kenyan context, it is important to find out what this means. To answer that, let’s…

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

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

Authored by Keith Angana The widest street in the Nairobi CBD happens to be Kenyatta Avenue, with 8 lanes, just like Thika Superhighway. 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? We set out…