According to Mr Zacchaeus Kwendo, the chairman of the Kaloleni Residents Welfare Association, descendants of the ex-soldiers live in uncertainty because of ownership issues. The Nairobi market with the same name, Mr Kwendo explained, was the garrison where the returning fighters stayed before they took up houses in Kaloleni. Mr Kwendo said there were no formal documents given to those who occupied the houses. We did not, however, find records indicating that the property was owned by the British War Council on War Memorial as the residents’ association claims. “These [Kaloleni] houses looked very expensive in those days,” said Mr Kwendo.
