Pictures that showcase Kenya’s amazing history

Delamere Avenue around 1940's - see Barclays Bank Govt. Rd old branch
 
Government Road before the Khoja Mosque was built on the extreme right. The building on the left was on the corner of Delamere Avenue and Govt. Road. On the face of the building (which was Nairobi House) was a beautiful stone statuette of a lion playing with a ball (can be seen faintly). This building was just before present Ebrahim & Co. premises. On the other Delamere end it was next to Woolworths House.
 
Embassy Cinema 1974 –Latema Road.
Odeon Cinema (with the brown spire-type feature) is at the far end on the same side of the road.
 
Large car park opposite Barclays Bank Queensway, next to Vedic House
 
Fox Drive-In Cinema on Thika Road near Ruaraka Breweries.
 
Wakenya sijui mlikosea wapi jamani... Wazungu waliwaachia kila kitu, waliwajengea kila kitu NBO
Leo Hii NBO ilitakiwa kua level moja kimaendeleo na Jo'burg kama tunavyojua Kenya walikua na settler system of colonial economy tofauti na sisi Tanzania
Though NBO imepiga hatua kidgo kutoka pale walipoachiwa na wakoloni wangepiga hatua kidogo basi NBO ingekua Jo'burg ya EA
 
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