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Mambo no 5.
A little bit of @spax a little bit of @Purr_27 A little bit of @Female Perspective A little bit of @Guru
Lou Bega.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_LN3XEcnw

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@Supu don
Do you remember this torture device
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WHAT’S IN A NAME
The history of the old caravan arouses some interests in the native meanings behind some towns between Mombasa and Nairobi .
Adventure ,slavery and tribal wars are all embodied in these names and are of special significance to the history of Kenya.
MOMBASA:
Mombasa was derived from the Arabic word “mimbashia” which means the country which unfolds itself or a large expanse of land.
MAKUPA:
Makupa is short for “maji yamekupwa” which means the water has fallen ,it is recorded that in the old caravan days it was at Makupa where people used to cross from the island of Mombasa to the mainland ,whenever the level of water went down…
CHANGAMWE:
It was known as “Changarawe” which means pebbles ,having connection with the gravel formed there. Blame is put on the portuguese for changing the name from “Changarawe” to Changamwe because they couldn’t pronounce the name ,it is also said the original name was Kolokoloni…
MAZERAS:
The Duruma chief Mazera gave his name to this place where he once lived ,in the earlier caravan days Mazeras was known as “Ganjoni” or the place of ruins ,owing to it being attacked by the Maasai.
MARIAKANI:
Is also of Duruma origin the word means the place of Quivers .It is at this place where the Duruma and the Wakamba warriors used to meet for battle arrays.one day the wakamba were defeated and as they fled they discarded their arrows covering the battle field with them.
MAJI YA CHUMVI:
Was originally known as gulugulu which in Nyika was the name of a local stream .The name was later changed during the slave caravan era to its present version which means salt water
VOI:
It is Kigunya word for gruel ,the story being that the stream at Voi often dwindled to a mere trickle and on this account only small amount of gruel could be cooked by the Wagunya slave raiders.
KILINDINI:
A place for deep waters.
TSAVO:
Tsavo is a Kikamba word for slaughter ,however it should be noted that the word has no connection with the slaughter of indian coolies during the construction of the railway.The word infact relates to the slaughter of many maasai in the area .
MTITO-ANDEI:
Mtito-Andei is of course “Mtito-wa-Andei” or the forest of Kites ,the maasai are said to have laid in waiting in a nearby forest with intent to attack Wakamba ,following which many Wakamba were killed.The kites remained in the surrounding forests and fed on the corpse .Afterwards ,the local river and station were both known as Mtito Andei.
KIBWEZI:
To the Wakamba Kibwezi was originally known as Kivwetse which is said to have been derived from a former scottish mission in the vicinity .In the mission garden was a volcano rock which after a series of seismic movement split and caused an underground stream to flow above ground ,however the faithful believed that the mission padre struck the rock with his rod in much the same way as did moses.
MAKINDU:
It was originally known as Kiumbi because of the nearby seasonal river. In swahili however Makindu means palm trees .The name changed from Kiumbi to Makindu when seismic disturbance started a permanent river making palm trees to grow.
SULTAN HAMUD:
Was named after a Sultan of Zanzibar Hamud Bin Muhammad ,to mark his visit to the rail head in 1898 .In the company of the Sultan was the notorious historical figure and slave raider “Tippu Tib” whose name was derived from the sound made by his gun.
KONZA :
It was originally known as Machakos road because it is from here where the roads headed to Chief Masaku’s home. Chief Masaku’s home is where Machakos town currently stands.
ATHI RIVER:
It is said that the name Athi emanated from the indian construction coolies ,when the rail arrived at this point .The Indian construction coolies found it to have a large number of hippos,but because they had never seen hippos before, they cried out in punjabi.
“Hathi” “Hathi” meaning elephants elephants .As the punjabi coolies new nothing about the hippos the confusion was understandable.
MBAGATHI:
Was derived from maasai word “Em-Bagasi” which is the maasai name for the stream that crosses Ngong road and which flows through the Nairobi National park.
And finally did you know that Ngong Road was originally built out of the proceeds of a 15000 Rupees fine inflicted by the maasai paramount Chief Lenana on certain sturborn young warriors of his tribe (Elmoran) ?
For 2000 likes uwe VE, tell us the origin of the name KAKUMA

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Ndingoingo (rhino beetle)
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When is the last time you saw one. This was
The inaugural Rhino Charge?

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He he he…

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Kama ulisoma mojawapo ya hivi vitabu…jua kwa kweli wewe ni Mhenga!
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CC @gashwin @Luther12 @mabenda4

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went well with the Hair tonic… always envied the ad
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#shinny hair :rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Mikono juu kama unakumbuka huyu haha
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For 4 marks … .

mzee kazi kwisha … was featured on which book

akoko … describe the Mega … woman from which book.

:D:D:D

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the bag that would shrunk and expanded when need arose :D:D:rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Tafuta Kusadikika and Things Fall Apart ndo ujue wahenga ni akina nani…
Kama hiyo ya Walibora was published after I was thru 5 years of college…

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Na Hair Glo?

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the curls … . defined hotness :D:D

@Meria Mata great stuff. Beetle was also called nding’aro. Kwanza ungetuona tume surround grass thatched huts waiting for the European beetle…yaani Ile ya mzungu…wacha Tu. Unaifunga string hind leg Na kushinda nayo. Ikikosekana tunaenda kwa meffi ya ng’ombe for the black ones.

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Kusadikika by shabaan Robert, the burdens by John ruganda, carcass for hounds by meja Mwangi, government inspector by nikolai gogol.
Hizo ndizo nilifanya mid 80s

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who remembers this … awful

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Chepe, hehehe.
Do you know some people cook with it

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Name all the instruments found inside the set

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THE EARLY NAIROBI



The early Nairobi was managed by a committee which started its deliberations in 1901.
The committee consisted of 2 Railway officials ,one protectorate official and three local merchants with the sub-commissioner as Chairman.
In 1904 a township ordinance reconstituted the committee so that it consisted of the tax collector as the chairman 2 protectorate officials,2 railways official ,2 European residents and 2 Indian traders.
A further reconstitution was made in 1905 ,expanding the committee to 3 railway officials ,4 Europeans residents & 2 Indians.The medical officer and the town clerk sat as ex-officio members .
In those early years ,Nairobi was planned as follows:
1)The Railway centre
2)The Indian Bazaar.
3)The European business and administration centre
4)The Railway quarters
5)The “Dhobi” (washerman) quarter.
6)The European residential suburbs
7)The military barracks outside Nairobi town.
No African locations were defined until 1919 ,when the life of the committee came to an end after the declaration of Nairobi as a municipality with municipal corporation.
The new municipal council quickly embarked on tackling public health through careful town planning and by improving facilities.
During this time great strides were made in developing houses for Africans.
Two large African slums of “Mombasa” and “Masikini” were closed down in favour of Pumwani and £13000 was set aside for the first African public housing scheme at “Kariokor”.
“Kariokor” was named after personnel of the transport branch of the British Army (Carrier Corps) who were housed there during world war l.Therefore Kariokor is a corruption of the name Carrier Corps.
“Ziwani” was set up as a municipality housing experiment ,"Starehe"as a government scheme & “Kaloleni” as a joint venture between the government and the municipality.
In 1922 road construction became the duty of the municipality and in 1929 tarmac roads started to appear in many parts of Nairobi and the sewage system was also extended .In 1935 Nairobi’s first water chlorination plant was built.
During second world war the population of Nairobi had increased from just under 11,500 at its inception to 109,000.

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Golden oldie from the '90s of legendary Kenyan cartoonist “Maddo”
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