KCB HQ at Kenya National Archives in Nairobi in December 1970 [File]Some sages claim walls have ears. After all, not all coolies who had been recruited from India to build the railway were keen to go back home. The Bank of India then established a bank at the plot in 1931, which has been popularly known as Commercial. It is in this building that Kenya Commercial Bank would later establish the first indigenous bank and forever lend its name to this hub in the heart of the CBD. On July 5, this year, Ambani, who had worked in the search room for over 50 years, died at the age of 79.

Source: Standard Digital July 22, 2021 18:22 UTC