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THE STANDARD By
Renson Mnyamwezi |
March 1st 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
ODM leader Raila Odinga addressing wananchi after attending a church service at Lwanya Catholic Church in Busia county on February 28, 2021. He was accompanied by Busia Governor Sospeter Ojaamong, Cornell Rasanga (Siaya) and a host of leaders. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]
ODM leader Raila Odinga has been getting a rousing welcome whenever he visits the Coast. But his tour to the region today comes at a time the political landscape is shifting.
Raila is slowly losing grip on his perceived stronghold, as other political heavyweights fight for a share of the Coast votes.
THE STANDARD By
Philip Mwakio |
January 24th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Veteran hotelier and war historian James G. Wilson at the entrance of Fort Jesus Museum in Mombasa. [Robert Menza, Standard]
James G Wilson has worked hard to create awareness of Kenya’s world war battlefields. The retired hotelier has a deep interest in documenting war history.
Wilson, a Kenyan of British decent travelled by ship from England in May of 1947, together with his mother Margaret and sister Susana, to Mombasa from where they boarded train to Nairobi before connecting to Kiganjo, Nyeri; by train again.
The son of a former British Army officer, Captain Charles Wilson, who was attached to the Royal Indian Army, he would later in life develop a keen interest in adventure that led to him to start exploring the infamous battle field grounds in Taita Taveta.