Pictures that showcase Kenya’s amazing history

The Kenya International Conference Centre (KICC) under construction in 1969

Victoria Gardens (now Jeevanjee Gardens) in Nairobi in 1910

Government Road (now Moi Avenue) in Nairobi in the early 1900s

Victoria Street (now Tom Mboya Street) in Nairobi in the early 1900s

Vasco Da Gama Street in Mombasa in the 1900s

Valley Road in the 1960s

Uhuru Park in 1976

Torr’s Hotel (now CFC-Stanbic Bank) in the 1920s

Ngong Hills as seen from Nairobi in the early 1900s

Jomo Kenyatta, Tom Mboya and Mwai Kibaki celebrate after Kanu won the national elections in 1963

The Nairobi-Mombasa highway in 1960

Enzi hizo dsm ni kijiji cha wavuvi. Mitumbwi na nyumba za udongo kila mahali

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LightYagami said:

Jomo Kenyatta, Tom Mboya and Mwai Kibaki celebrate after Kanu won the national elections in 1963
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Very Great images! Kumbe kuna siku Emillio Mwai Kibaki alikuwa anachangamka kiasi hicho??? Dah! More of these LightYagami.

Police Head Quarters 50/60's

Police Head Quarters 50/60's

Delamere Avenue around 50's

The imposing POST OFFICE was built in 1906, after fire destroyed the town's first post office in Victoria Street in 1905

The Theatre Royal opened around 1912 (courtesy Kenya Couk) ...Cameo (original Theatre Royal) in 2012

The Empire Cinema, the best cinema in Nairobi, on Hardinge Street where the IPS building stands now.

Mansion House on Elliot Street (later became Diamond Jubilee house) where Mansion House Pharmacy and Smith Mackenzie (the shipping agents) were located 1952