By DIANA MUTHEUMore by this AuthorWhen Kilindini Bar was established, way back in 1908, there was no brewery in the country. SEGREGATIONTaking us down memory lane, Ms Abranches says that her grandfather came to East Africa in 1898 and joined a firm called Smith Mackenzie & Company as a shipping clerk. “During the colonial period, the bar exclusively admitted the Whites and Asians, no Africans were allowed,” Ms Abranches says. SCENERYNear the bar counter is pendulum clock that is almost as old as the establishment, having been bought in 1910. We are told that trees and bushes surrounded the bar, and it was common to spot wild animals.

Source: Daily Nation May 23, 2019 02:01 UTC