By WAIKWA MAINA More by this AuthorEvery step Australian High Commissioner to Kenya Alison Chartres took at the Happy Valley Homes at the foothills of the Aberdares in Kipipiri seemed to have been dictated by the book she held in her hand. Her father, Michael Chartres, now 82, worked as assistant farm manager at the now 1, 400-acre land in the late 1950s. Dark because the two Italians who owned the ranch years back used it as a brothel and a drinking den that attracted English and some not-so-English aristocrats in the 1920s and 1930s, who lived in the Happy Valley, now called the Wanjohi Valley. I am in love with the beautiful countryside and the environment,” said Ms Chartres, who was accompanied by husband Robert Sirotk. Milka Wanjiru, a county executive member, said the Happy Valley Homes is part of the county’s heritage.

Source: Daily Nation August 01, 2020 06:30 UTC