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- A History of the Luo People of Kenya
The Luo — known to themselves as the Joluo or Jaluo, meaning “people of Luo” — are the second largest ethnic group in Kenya and one of the most significant in the history of East Africa. Numbering over … Read more - A History of the Kikuyu People
Kenya’s Largest Ethnic Group, from Origins to Independence The Kikuyu — also written Gikuyu, and known to themselves as the Agikuyu — are the largest ethnic group in Kenya, accounting for roughly seventeen percent of the country’s population. … Read more - Who Really Paid for Colonial Kenya?
Revenue, race, and the great tax paradox — how African hut taxes bankrolled European settler privilege from the 1940s to independence. By the KenyanHistory.com Between the 1940s and independence in 1963, Kenya’s colonial government collected millions of pounds in … Read more - The birth of M-Pesa: how Kenya invented mobile money
In the early 2000s, Kenya had a banking problem that most of the world had simply accepted as permanent. By 2006, the country’s 41 commercial banks had managed to build just 450 branches and 600 ATMs to serve … Read more - A History of Kenya’s Power Grid: From a Sultan’s Palace to Universal Access
Key Milestones at a Glance Era Key Developments Capacity Milestone 1875–1908 Sultan’s generator in Zanzibar; first private companies in Mombasa and Nairobi Island lighting 1922–1954 Merger forms EAP&L; first regional grid; Owen Falls Dam connection Regional coordination 1963–1983 … Read more - A History of the Kenya Navy and Maritime Security: From Colonial Harbours to Regional Power
Key Milestones at a Glance Era Key Developments Strategic Context WWII (1939–1945) Kilindini Harbour becomes British Eastern Fleet base; SS Khedive Ismail tragedy Imperial defence against Japan 1950s Royal East African Navy (REAN) established Colonial coordination 1964 Kenya Navy formally … Read more
