By PIUS MAUNDUMore by this AuthorA street exhibition of rare photos on Ukambani on Wednesday drew hundreds of Machakos residents, who were mesmerized by the messages carried in the images. The gray-scale images captured a range of topics, including power, politics and development during the watershed period before and shortly after independence. Another photo taken on September 16, 1963 shows then Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta being received by Ukambani leaders, among them Paul Ngei, when he visited Machakos. She could hardly recall the year the Queen visited Machakos, though. One of the event organizers, Phylis Nyambura, said the exhibition was meant to promote urithi.go.ke, a website where rare photos of the country’s history are stored.

Source: Daily Nation October 19, 2016 16:06 UTC