EQUATOR STORY
by Ken Holroyd
Life and Events in Kenya Colony 1949-1952
by the Nakuru Reporter of the East African Standard
© John Kenneth Holroyd 1952
CONTENTS
| 1. | Distances Don’t Matter | |
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Nairobi Tom Dando, East African Standard Legislative Council, "Legco" Dr. M.A. Rana, Muslim Member of Legislative Council for the Eastern Area Major F.W. Cavendish-Bentinck, Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources Major Albert Keyser, Representative of the Trans Nzoia region and Leader of the European Elected Members George Kinnear, Editor, East African Standard |
| 2. | Nor Any Drop to Drink | |
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Nakuru Stag's Head Hotel Irrigation projects Rongai River Tunnel Scheme Crater Stream Water Association Lake Lessos Dam Syndicate |
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| 3. | The Cult of the Good Spirits | |
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Lukas Kipkech Thomas Collins, Missionary Alexander Simpson, District Commissioner, Baringo District Chief Ngeleyo Dini ya Msambwa Attack at Kolloa, 24 April 1950 |
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| 4. | Men from Another World | |
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Ngingyang Retribution for the attack at Kolloa David Loftus Morgan, Provincial Commissioner, Rift Valley Province Mr. K.P. Hadingham, Senior Superintendent of Police, Rift Valley Province Eye Operations by Alexander Robertson McKelvie, Government Ophthalmic Specialist |
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| 5. | Uganda Means Business | |
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Kampala Lake Victoria Hydro-Electric Project at Owen Falls Tororo limestone deposits and cement project Lake Victoria Hotel, Entebbe |
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| 6. | Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune | |
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Kiprotich, son of Chumek, and the arrow murder East African Indian National Congress Visit by John Dugdale, Minister of State for the Colonies Mr. G.R. Pembridge, Chairman, Eldoret Municipal Council |
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| 7. | Elephants Have Right of Way | |
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Visit by John Dugdale, Minister of State for the Colonies Kirwa Wolfram Mine The Uganda Fish Marketing Corporation, "TUFMAC" |
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| 8. | Mau Mau | |
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Mau Mau Association Charles Hayes, District Officer (Community Development) Peter Wilson, Senior Labour Officer, Rift Valley Province Henry Boulton Ladbury, Missionary Jack Mandefield, Municipal African Affairs Officer |
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| 9. | Alien Corn | |
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Royal Agricultural Show, Nakuru Sir Godfrey Huggins, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia Farming Mr. C.H.D. Upton, Hillside Farm Dr. R.V. Bowles, Vice-President, Kenya National Farmers' Union George Manuel, farmer, mechanised agricultural service Michael Blundell, farmer, politician |
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| 10. | The Men Who Make Snow on the Equator | |
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Industry Mines and Geological Department, Nairobi The Kariandus diatomite deposit, near Gilgil Dry ice, Esageri Nakuru Industries Woollen Mill |
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| 11. | In the Native Reserves | |
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Nandi Agricultural Show, Chemundu Major F.W. Cavendish-Bentinck, Member for Agriculture and Natural Resources David Loftus Morgan, Provincial Commissioner, Rift Valley Province |
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| 12. | The Valley Where the Elephants Go to Die | |
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Safari to Samburu, in the Northern Territory Samburu boreholes scheme, Dixey Scheme Oiya Saramba's mobile dispensary |
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| 13. | Men of the Equator Patrol | |
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Mombasa, Kenya Protectorate Kenya Police, Nakuru Rift Valley Agikuyu Union, Nakuru |
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| 14. | Down the Escarpment | |
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Police Superintendent Jim Constant Uasin Gishu Plateau Elgeyo and Marakwet John Simpson, District Commissioner Silvano, hospital assistant, Nakuru Native Civil Hospital Moses Muumbu, sports commentator |
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| 15. | Singh a Songh of Sikhs | |
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Peter Vaz, President, Goan Union Indian Samadhi Naurang Singh, Vice-President, Sikh Temple, Nakuru Nairobi-Kisumu Night Mail Train Robbery Visit by James Griffiths, Minister of State for the Colonies |
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| 16. | To the Great Lakes | |
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East African Railways and Harbours S.W. (Stern-Wheeler) Stanley, Lake Kyoga S.S. Robert Coryndon, Lake Albert Rumuruti Farm |
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| 17. | Man-Hunt | |
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Murder of Robert Hall, farmer Search for Kipsagas arap Laboso, "Kenya Bus" Visit by Alan Lennox-Boyd, Minister of State for the Colonies Kitale Airfield Group-Captain G.W. Murlis-Green, farmer, caretaker of Kitale Airfield |
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| 18. | Elizabeth Becomes Queen on the Equator | |
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East African Airways Douglas DC3 Dakota "Sagana" Bernard Wicksteed, Daily Express Eastleigh Airport Ken Meadows, Chief Reporter, East African Standard BOAC Douglas DC4 Argonaut Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh Lady Grigg Maternity Hospital, Pumwani Government House Sir Philip Mitchell, Governor of Kenya King George VI Hospital Forest Lodge Aberdares National Park Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
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