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Forget sweets, there’s a time cows were House currency

William Ole Ntimama was the interpreter when Queen Mother visited Narok in February 1959 [File]

Forget about sweets being distributed in Parliament to sweeten debate. Ignore, too, rumours of envelopes being smuggled into the august House to win MPs support.

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