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The exploits of John Boyes, the rogue colonial Kenya trader

Security screening at Thika during the colonial era. [File, Standard]

Back in the days when Uganda’s boundary extended to as far as Naivasha, it was considered suicidal for a Kenyan to cross over to the neighbouring country.

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