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WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN, the Chief Reporter at the Daily Nation (Bill Harris), an intrepid, red-haired Scotsman) took me to a reception at the British High Commission in Nairobi. He greeted people as well entered a large room ... we carried on walking up a set of stairs and came to a stop at a large glassed cupboard being guarded by a tall Luo guard wearing a white waiter's tunic and the usual red hat common in Egypt first. The Luo put his hands up and said: "Bwana the High Commissioner has told me to keep the whisky safe from you." To which Bill quietly patted the waited on his cheeks and said: "Bwana, you know what will happen if I do not have a drink or two of my medicine." With that the frightened Luo took off, promising to report Bill to the HC. He looked at me and said: "Remember this laddie, if you never drink anything else in your life, make sure you have at least a happy dram or two of a Scottish single malt whisky. There is nothing of the like of it an...

  Both picture above and poem below were originally posted by Martin Taylor in KFR! This poem was written by a Rhodesian friend of mine and each time I read it, the claw of sadness tightens around my heart. I would like to share it with you because I am sure that many of you would relate to it as I do. It's called "Homeland". Within my soul, within my mind, There lies a place I cannot find. Home of my heart. Land of my birth. Smoke-coloured stone and flame-coloured earth. Electric skies. Shivering heat. Blood-red clay beneath my feet. At night when finally alone, I close my eyes - and I am home. I kneel and touch the blood-warm sand And feel the pulse beneath my hand Of an ancient life too old to name, In an ancient land too wild to tame. How can I show you what I feel? How can I make this essence real? I search for words in dumb frustration To try and form some explanation, But how can heart and soul be caught In one-dimensional writ...

  The Magic of Kenya butterflies

The unforgettable Nairobi National Park What Animals Are found in Nairobi National Park? :  Nairobi National Park  is in Kenya that is located in the South-central of Kenya and was established in 1946 about 7 km (4.3mi) south of Nairobi. Nairobi National Park covers an area of 117km 2  (45 sq. mi), is fenced on the three sides, whereas the open southern boundary allows migrating wildlife to move between the park and the adjacent Kitengele plains. Herbivores gather in the park during the dry season. NNP  is negatively affected by increasing human and livestock populations, changing land use and poaching wildlife. Despite its proximity to the city and its relatively small size, it boasts a large and varied wildlife population and is one of Kenya’s most successful rhinoceros sanctuaries. Animals found in Nairobi National Park. Almost everyone travelling to Africa sits in hope of seeing the predator species. Nairobi National Park does not disappoint with the predato...

  CYPRIAN FERNANDES MY OWN UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY OF A TRAIN JOURNEY IN KENYA: Then there was Corned Beef aka (late) Polycarp Fernandes. On a Hornets hockey team visit to Mombasa, Polly and his teammates (late) Steve Fernandes and Hygino Vaz leapt off the slowing train as it was inching its way to a dead stop in Voi. On the journey to Mombasa, finger food provided by the various mothers was stored away in one of the carriages. There was music, card games and various other activities to keep everyone occupied. However, when they stopped for dinner, there was none to be found in the carriage where the food had been stored. Laughing from ear to ear, the trio admitted their crime. On the way back, Fernandes arranged for a kind lady to pack a box of finger foods and it was stored on the train with a guard of four to keep the three food robbers at bay. When dinner came, they asked for some food. No! No food for the trio because they had eaten all the food the last time. So, as we approache...

  Memories of the Kenya-Uganda Railway By Professor Terence Price Both my grandparents came to build the Kenya-Uganda Railway and my uncle was a train driver (goods train) based in Mombasa, and he and my dad both worked for over 40 years in the railways and my brother Henry, sister Mary, cousin Denis also followed suit until we had to leave Kenya in the mid 60's. As my dad worked in the railways, we were entitled to train travel so he would send us kids - 2nd class to Mombasa/Kampala but would speak to the Goan cooks so we had to wait for the last sitting in the dining car.   We soon knew why as we had the best meals from the cooks who really loved and respected my dad.  Years later when in high school and playing soccer I accompanied the Nairobi Goan Heroes soccer team to Mombasa to play their equivalent match with the Mombasa GI team over a weekend and travelled in the 3rd class carriage! But we joked and sang so had a great time as we occupied the entire c...

  Aron D'Souza, brilliant, successful lawyer  plans drug enhanced sports revolution A brilliant young Australian-born, London Kensington-based, Goan Lawyer, Aron D’Souza (Aldona, Melbourne) has been astonishing the world of sports, especially the Olympics, with his dream of performance drug enhanced (safely) sports men and women. He told the BBC (radio) recently that the International Olympics Committee was allegedly corrupt. He pointed to the fact that athletes get a pittance (if at all) while the IOC officials lived the high life. Aron D’Souza came to fame when h fought Hulk Hogan’s case and won the veteran athletes millions. D’Souza is backed by a solid team of international financiers in his Enhanced Games project. According to the London Daily Mail : D'Souza is keen to have his say. He will point to his “disgust” at the “corrupt” International Olympic Committee, and his view that doping can be safe and will make sport and humanity better and fairer. His solution? He...

  Timelines – Kenya Uganda Tanzania (Courtesy of GOANET) Year     Place                     Event 1594     Mombasa          Portuguese built Fort Jesus 1698     Mombasa          Omani Arabs seize Fort Jesus and end Portuguese rule 1865     Zanzibar         C.R. de Souza opens store on island 1884     Zanzibar         M.R. de Souza starts a business 1889     Mombasa          M.R.de Souza opens branch of his store 1900     Nairobi          Creation of the township of Nairobi 1901     Mombasa          G...