St.Mary of the Angels church near Mai Mahiu was built by Italian prisoners of war and held its first service on X'mas day 1943.

The distribution of African employees in private and public sectors in Kenya in 1954.

Here is an actual photo of that first journey by Galton Fenzi and Captain Gethin.

99% of Kenya's public health facilities are run by County Governments. Only Level 6 tertiary facilities (6 hospitals) are run by the National Government.

The tune of Kenya’s National Anthem was borrowed from a Pokomo lullaby composed by Mzee Galana Morowa Menza. Mzee Galana was from Tana River County and he passed away in 2015 at 96 years.

Kenya's worst train accident happened in January 1993 near Mtito Andei at Ngai Ndethya bridge. More than 140 people lost their lives when several coaches of the train plunged into a flooded river over the bridge which had been swept away by the flood waters.

Cerelac: This was such a status symbol in Kenyan homes.

During second term school games, this is the hotest scene in Rift Valley schools.

A young Daniel Moi with his wife Lena and two of their children.

It's almost the season...

Jomo Kenyatta's food access card during his time in England at the height of the 2nd World War.

Fewer British families came to colonial day Kenya and got as comfortable as the Leakeys did even after independence. They rose to the highest positions in government, ran for political office and built a world renowned archeology and paleontology field.

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The 1st Kenyan to study abroad was Molonket Olokorinya ole Sempele who enrolled at the Boydton Academic and Bible Institute in Virginia, USA in 1909. He came back home in 1912 but he could no secure employment and worked for the carrier corps during the first world war.

Samuel Wanjiru became the 1st Kenyan to win an Olympic gold in the marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympic. At that point he was the youngest winner of the race at the Olympics since 1932. He died in 2011 at 24 years.

There are about 87 million registered mobile money accounts in Kenya. In the 12 months to September of 2025, Kenyans moved 8.35 trillion shillings through mobile money platforms in 2.55 billion transactions in that 12 month period. The number of active agents increased by an

Kenya is the 4th largest global player on the wholesale fresh cut flower export market, after the Netherlands, Colombia and Ecuador. Kenya’s flower industry generated 108 billion shillings in 2024.

A picture of the main road in Nakuru Town as seen here in 1940.

Silali crater in the North Rift near Kapedo. It's a wide shield volcano with geothermal potential. Pic by @TropicAirKenya

Koigi wa Wamwere beaing marched to court by special branch ninjas after his arrest in Uganda. He was in exile in Norway and he had come to meet some Kenyan peeps in UG. Alijipata Nyayo House.