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What’s in a name? Maybe it’s time to rename Kenya

Kenyan Flag. [Courtesy]

Kenya has gone through many rebirths in the last 125 years since its inception in 1895 when it was called British East Africa.

There were birth pangs, including resistance from the Giriama, the Nandi, the Kikuyu, among others.  

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