Early days: Construction of the original line began in Mombasa 1895 and the railway reached Nairobi in 1899. [File, Standard]
If former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill were to rise from the dead and walk into 10 Downing Street today, he would have a fit. He would be jolted to be received by Rishi Sunak.
During his reign, the British Empire was so vast that the sun never set. Back then, 24 per cent of the world's population bowed to the Union Jack as subjects of His Majesty the King. It was an Indian-born Kenyan AM Jeevanjee who prophesied what has happened at 10 Downing Street.
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