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Died. 11 March 2021. (2021-03-11) (aged 79) Nairobi, Kenya. Occupation (s) Academic and science policy developer and lobbyist. Norah Olembo (10 June 1941 – 11 March 2021) was a Kenyan biochemist and policy developer, who helped establish standards for use of biotechnology in Kenya. She was the first African to become a professor and chair of ...
The paper changed its name to The Standard in 1977 but the name East African Standard was revived later. It was sold to Kenyan investors in 1995. In 2004 the name was changed back to The Standard. It is the main rival to Kenya's largest newspaper, the Daily Nation. In 1989, at a time when Kenya was going into multi-party era, the Standard Group ...
The 3rd Lord Delamere by Bassano, 26 September 1930. Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, KCMG (28 April 1870 – 13 November 1931), styled The Honourable from birth until 1887, was a British peer. He was one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya . Lord Delamere was the son of Hugh Cholmondeley, 2nd Baron Delamere, and ...
TimesOnline obituary, The Times; 18 August 2005. Kwamchetsi Makokha, Starehe founder Griffin dies at 72 The East African Standard; 29 June 2005. Bibliography. Geoffrey Griffin (1994) School Mastery: Straight Talk About Boarding School Management in Kenya, (Nairobi: Lectern Publications).
It owned Inchcape Shipping but sold its interests. It also had interests in catering firm Nairobi Airport Services (NAS), in which a French multinational, Servair, acquired a 59% stake in December 2012, estimated at more than KSh. 2.25 billion (US$26 million). Personal life
Minister for Economic Planning and Development. Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya (15 August 1930 – 5 July 1969) was a Kenyan trade unionist, educator, Pan-Africanist, author, independence activist, and statesman. He was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of Kenya. [1] He led the negotiations for independence at the Lancaster House ...
Karnataka College, Dharwar. Occupation. Politician, journalist. Pio Gama Pinto (31 March 1927 – 24 February 1965) was a Kenyan journalist, politician and freedom fighter. He was a socialist leader who was key in Kenya's struggle for independence. He was assassinated in 1965, leading many to consider him independent Kenya's first political martyr.
Leone, Cavaliere Galton-Fenzi was the founder of the Royal East African Automobile Association, REAAA, in 1919 and honorary secretary until his death on 15 May 1937. He was the first man to drive from Nairobi to Mombasa in January 1926 in a car of the brand Riley. There is a monument to this effect on Kenyatta Avenue. [citation needed]