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Did you know that Wilson Airport stands as a monument to love?

Wilson Airport. Photo: Courtesy

The Wilson Airport in Nairobi is named after millionaire settler-farmer, Florence Kerr Wilson.

It was previously called Nairobi West Aerodrome, but the Kenyan government saw it fit to rename it after her in 1962. After all, she owned it before the colonial government snatched and made it part of the Royal Air Force during World War II that lasted six years to 1945.

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