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Did you know there were no traffic lights in Nairobi? Cops stood atop 'stools'

Traffic policeman controlling vehicles in Nairobi streets july 1965 [Photo: Courtesy]

Many Kenyans used public means on their way to bonding with blood relations in shags in December. Others took matatus or used private means.

But did you know that there were no buses in Kenya before 1934, when Joseph Mortimer was Mayor of Nairobi?

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