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Prides of place as Kenya’s first Sikh Air Force flight Captain

Gurcharan Singh  Chana With founding President Jomo Kenyatta at Kenya Air Force headquaters, Eastleigh. [PHOTOS: JOE OMBUOR/FILE/STANDARD]

By JOE OMBUOR

Kisumu, Kenya: When the Sikh community gathered in Kisumu recently to celebrate 100 years of the existence of the Siri Guru Sing Sabha Gurdwara (Sikh temple) in the lakeside city, the man tending to the musical instruments in the shrine was Captain Gurcharan Singh Chana, a former airline pilot.

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