Thanks very much for this posting, British Pathe. At 6:36 on the left, is Kenya's then Colonial Governor, Sir Evelyn Baring, and on the right is Senior Chief Njiiri Karanja, after whom Njiiris High School, Muranga, Kenya, is named. The Njiiri family also owned what was known as Njiiris Supermarkets here in Kenya in the 1980s, which closed down, as I remember, in 1991. Related to the Njiirii family too, in Colonial Kenya, the Kenya Parliament was known as the Legislative Council, and Kenyan Members of Parliament back then were known as Members of the Legislative Council (MLCSs). One of Senior Chief Njiiri Karanja's sons, Kariuki Njiiri, was the the Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for Kigumo, Muranga. Jomo Kenyatta, leader of Kenya from 1963 to 1978, was in prison in Lokitaung, North Western Kenya, from 1953 to 1959, was in restriction/detention in Lodwar Town (about 200 kilometres south of Lokitaung), from 1959 to 1961, and was in restriction in Maralal Town, Samburu District (today Samburu County), from April 1961 to August 1961. Jomo Kenyatta's son, Uhuru Kenyatta, was President of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. Uhuru Kenyatta's mother is Mama Ngina Kenyatta, Kenya's 1st lady from 1964 to 1978, and Uhuru Kenyatta was born on 26th October 1961. Uhuru Kenyatta was conceived in Lodwar Town, North Western Kenya, during Jomo Kenyatta's restriction/detention in Lodwar Town of 1959 to 1961, Uhuru Kenyatta was not conceived during Jomo Kenyatta's imprisonment of 1953 to 1959. Jomo Kenyatta had more liberties and freedoms during his restriction/detention of 1959 to 1961. For example, his 4th wife, Mama Ngina Kenyatta, and his two daughters, Jeni Kenyatta and Kristina Kenyatta, were allowed to stay with him in Lodwar Town and Maralal Town during his restrictions/detentions of 1959 to 1961. Jeni Kenyatta and Kristina Kenyatta actually even briefly attended primary school in Maralal Town during their father's restriction in Maralal Town of April 1961 to August 1961. Back to Kariuki Njiiri mentioned above. Kariuki Njiiri, as mentioned, was the Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for Kigumo, Muranga, in Colonial Kenya. As also mentioned, Jomo Kenyatta, was released from restriction/detention in Maralal Town, Samburu District, in August 1961. In January 1962, Kariuki Njiiri, vacated his seat as Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for Kigumo, in favour of Jomo Kenyatta. Prior to this, James Gichuru, President then of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) political party, similarly resigned as KANU President in favour of Jomo Kenyatta. Jomo Kenyatta becoming Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for Kigumo, amongst other things, enabled his appointment as Kenya's Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs and Economic Planning. Jomo Kenyatta's appointment as Kenya's Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs and Economic Planning was made by Sir Patrick Renison, the then Governor of the Kenya Colony. The other main political party in Kenya at the time was the Kenya African Democratic Union (KADU), and KADU's President at the time was Ronald Ngala. Ronald Ngala at the time was also Kenya's Minister of State in charge of Administration. In 1962 too, Sir Patrick Renison constituted a Colonial Kenya Coalition Government of KANU and KADU in which Jomo Kenyatta and Ronald Ngala held the portfolio of Joint Chief Minister (Joint Prime Minister). The Colonial Kenya Coalition Government of KANU and KADU lasted from 1962 to 1963. Kenya's Delamere family owns the expansive 66,000 acre Soysambu Ranch in Naivasha, Kenya, and Sir Patrick Renison's daughter, Anne, is the current Lady Delamere. Jomo Kenyatta therefore began his career in elective politics as Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) for Kigumo, Muranga. It was at Kenya's elections of May 1963 that Jomo Kenyatta switched his political base to his native Gatundu District where he was elected Member of Parliament for Gatundu constituency, remaining Member of Parliament for Gatundu constituency until his demise on 22nd August 1978. Who wants to buy me a cup of tea for the above history? Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 22nd February 2024.

Isn’t it weird that no news channel has ever done a piece on Kenyan aviation history?🤔

@marlonsukura530

3 ай бұрын

Very weird

This shows how it all came to be...amazing footage even if it's from colonial days.

Thanks

Whoa!!!!, nice piece, I must say.

Seen all the collaborators

This airport was built by Mau Mau prisoners. Free labour for the British. It later became Embakasi airport, before the bigger JKIA airport was constructed

Vulcan aircraft were stationed in Nairobi?

The pride of Africa ❤Jkia

Amazing! 🇰🇪🇬🇧

As a modern day african kenyan engineer i see so many familiar construction machines: motor graders, water bowsers, asphalt pavers....what is not familiar was a racially segregated work force with africans doing the hauling of heavy loads, indians being the masons and carpenters, and europeans the more skilled jobs like surveyor or engineer. Isnt that worth noting? The same caste system extended across the entire kenya colony.

@saix81

Жыл бұрын

Those Africans are very likely mau mau prisoners

I guess its jkia nowdays

@itsnabichenje

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@saix81

Жыл бұрын

Nope. JKIA was built nearby much later. Nairobi airport later became Embakasi airport. But it was in the same area

Good old days

At that the black people were in dark interms of developement, very poor infact.stage one of early man...

Kenya is still owned by British 😂😂 sad reality

@Djames2287

Жыл бұрын

No..kenya is now owned by thieving 1% kenyans

@felixdatche9278

11 ай бұрын

@@hc0564 it is actually the British if you cared to research more. The Chinese don't even have troops permanently stationed in this country.

British should not never left.

@chrismadubi7083

Жыл бұрын

the empire is dead though, and in 100 years to come the population in Britain will look different(diluted).Say they shouldn't have left Britain coz in centuries to come Britain will be run by the people they colonised. The monarchy is what is keeping Britain together, but incase it gets abolished, it will be no longer a white man's country.

@mwangiirungu3670

Жыл бұрын

😹😹😹😹😹

@francis4931

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to the millions of Africans they exploited

@saix81

Жыл бұрын

There were areas where Africans were never allowed to step in their own country. Apartheid basically