Last week i learnt from Kiswahili endelevu that submarine in kiswahili is known as Nyambizi, hii ilinikumbusha ngoma moja by Dully Sykes with the same name, “Nyambizi nakupendaa njapo mkubwa, mateso ninayo pata usiku nimakubwaa”
C.1952. Nairobi. The Governor of Kenya, Sir Philip Mitchell, wearing ceremonial dress, and men and women of the Maasai tribe wait to greet HRH Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at Nairobi Airport, Kenya at the start of their Commonwealth Tour. The Tour was cancelled on 6 February when the Princess received news of the death of her father, HM King George VI.
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C. 1961. Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer CC.1 XM961 of 21 Squadron based at RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, overflies an RAF Regiment command post in the Kenyan bush.
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C. 9th March, 1945. World War 2. East African troops arrive in India for service on the Burma front. Their arrival follows almost within a year of the arrival of the first contingent who have since distinguished themselves in the Burma fighting, and earned themselves the title of “Jungle Commando”
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