Did you know Kenya’s oldest newspaper was sold for ‘sumuni’

The East African Standard,Soldiers of 60 coy RASC read copies of the East African Standard Photo: Courtesy

The ongoing construction of the Standard Gauge Railways reminds one of the Kenya Uganda Railway whose construction brought Indians to Kenya and with them money, the cash economy, towns and the police force.

Indians introduced tea, chapati, dukas, wines and spirits. Did you also know there were no rats before muhindis made Biashara Street — then called Indian Bazaar — their business base?