Category: Nakuru History

Nakuru County Leaders from Independence (1963)Nakuru County Leaders from Independence (1963)

Nakuru has had many MPs since the early days. At independence in 1963, Nakuru County, back then known as Nakuru...

On 25th September 1974, President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta officially opened the school then known as Ngwataniro Shule ya Jomo Kenyatta....

For Susan Kihika’s dad, Kihika Kimani, 1974 was a good year. It was in this year that he was first...

The Nakuru Amateur Boxing club was formed and registered in 1962. The club that is colloquially known as Madison Square...

When the late Mirugi Kariuki decided to vie as MP for Nakuru North in November 1982, little did he know...

Nakuru Town is one of the urban centres in Kenya that has jacaranda trees beautifying the streets. The jacaranda trees...

As we celebrate Labour Day, we wish to celebrate one of Kenya’s pioneer Trade Unionists who spent the better years...

From 1956 to the mid-1970s, Nakuru used to host a world-famous Formula 1 like motor-racing event at the present day...

Although born in London, Michael Blundell who came to Kenya in 1925 was a core pillar in Nakuru through the...

One day, Umardin Karimbux, who build the Odeon Cinema Hall in Nakuru, was barred from accessing the only cinema hall...