Jeremiah Kiereini rose from a junior colonial officer to one of the most powerful people in civil service and corporate world

Witchcraft, somehow, goes hand in dark hand with endemic poverty and low levels of education in regions where it is rampant in Kenya.

Village chiefs in the colonial era were resented since they were termed as relics of British authority. And for Senior Chief Njiiri wa Karanja of Fort Hall (Murang’a), his case was not different.

The three key challenges that faced Kenya as an infant nation were ‘poverty, ignorance and disease.’

The Kikuyu people of Central Kenya have several distinguishing characteristics: They are hardworking, have genetic attachment to land and challenge authority when provoked.

Women suffered most as their husbands were detained or jailed as others joined Mau Mau fighters in forests

“I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies.”

The good, the bad and the funny: 10 strange habits of city residents during trying times

Nairobians have a bad habit they just won’t abandon: sharing private talks with commuters so loudly in PSVs.

Three men sharing a room would fork out Sh9 a month while the well off lived in Kaloleni for Sh18.

The ethnic boundaries between pre-colonial Kenyan communities were fluid. All communities ensured negative ethnicity was still-birthed.

Ian Henderson brought Kenya’s Emergency to an end and was awarded two George Medals -highest honours for a non-military officer

Kenya is the undisputed champ of the stamina-sapping 3000 metres men’s steeplechase. With 21 cumulative Olympic medals - 10 of them solid gold, no country has ever spiked our ‘Cheps’ in the chase for the past 45 years. It all began with Amos Biwott winning Gold during the 1968 Mexico Olympics. The then 21-year old outsprinted compatriot Benjamin Kogo to silver position after tickling the crowd with the comically rustic jumping of barriers with both feet.

Kenyatta’s first wife Grace Wahu delivered in Kenya’s largest maternity hospital in 1928

We all thought obesity and weight issues were Western afflictions fit for the First World in line with bad eating habits.

Keeping customers happy and mixing cocktails are key skills that Paul Ogunde thought were being taken for granted, so he started the Nairobi School of Bartending and Mixology