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John Kariuki and Gurcharan Singh Vohra, better known as Channi met by default when Kenya was still taking some good strides to become the economic powerhouse in the region ....
The Board of Directors of Sarova Hotels, left without a substantive Chairman since the passing of Channi Vohra in mid-October of last year, announced over the weekend the appointment of John Kariuki a The Board of Directors of Sarova Hotels, left without a substantive Chairman since the passing of Channi Vohra in mid-October of last year, announced over the weekend the appointment of John Kariuki as the new Chairman of the company. John, well known to this correspondent since his early days in Kenya, was on board from the early stages when Sarova Hotels was formed in the early 1970s, and for an extended period of time, in fact, served as the company’s Executive Director at the head office, back then located at the New Stanley Hotel. ....
Why muhindi with kilemba and thick beard is called ‘Kalasinga’ 1 month ago 1965 Joginder and Jaswant Singh celebrating their win in the East African Safari surrounded by fans and family [Photo: File] Kenya boasts of famous Kalasingas like the late Safari Rally icon, Joginder Singh, often co-driven by his brother, Jaswant Singh. They were known as the ‘Flying Sikhs.’ Joginder Singh’s love for rallying leads us to another area the turban sporting Sikhs are famed for: crankshaft grinding and other engineering related hands-on businesses, as Gurmukh Singh notes in his 2003 book, Global Indians: The Rise of Sikhs Abroad, where we’re informed that the Kalasingas came down these shores in the 1890s as labourers during the construction of the Uganda Railway and as cops for the Imperial British East Africa Company, the caretakers of Kenya on behalf of the British Crown. In fact, Kapur Singh became the first Indian Inspector of Police in 1895. ....