Stephen Chirchir is a Nakuru based painter. He has been painting professionally all his adult life and ever since he was in school. Stephen Chirchir is also an Art teacher who helps young people with an interest in painting to discover and empower themselves. He has his art studio at knls Nakuru Library where he […]
With two medals from the Olympics, three from the Commonwealth Games and two from the All African Games, Philip Waruinge might as well be Kenya’s best pugilists of all time. His most outstanding fight was in the 1968 Olympics where he won a Bronze medal. All who were watching the match felt he was unfairly […]
Carl Flash Tundo is a Nakuru based rally driver whose father, Frank Tundo was also a rally driver. His first race was the Safari Rally in 1995 when he was 22 years old. His sister Natasha Tundo has also been a rally driver since 2015. To date, Carl Tundo has taken part in 90 races […]
Kinuthia Mbugua was the first Governor for Nakuru County. He served between 2013 to 2017 when Lee Kinyanjui took over. After his tenure as Nakuru Governor, he was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Statehouse comptroller. Kinuthia Mbugua who has a degree from the University in Nairobi started his career as a DO in Marakwet […]
Before 1972, Gioto dumpsite was a quarry. After it was abandoned, residents started dumping their waste here and the county council of Nakuru turned it into the official dumping site for Nakuru Town. Gioto lies in London estate of Nakuru. It is about 3 km from Nakuru town on the way to Kabarak. The name […]
One day, Umardin Karimbux, who built the Odeon Cinema Hall in Nakuru, was barred from accessing the only cinema hall in town for being an Asian. Back then, the cinema hall was only open to whites. Angered by the incident, the young man, son of pioneer Indian Nakuru businessman Ibrahim Karimbux decided to put […]
There are plenty of tourist attraction sites in Nakuru. For any foreign or local tourist coming to Nakuru, you’ll be spoilt for choice. Away from the famous and known attraction sites, there are plenty of other lesser-known tourist attraction sites in Nakuru. When talking of Nakuru attraction sites, Lake Nakuru National Park comes to mind. […]
The guy had been married for two years, and life was bliss. He loved his wife, and he was really looking forward to their first born. Their love could only grow. One late afternoon he received a call from his wife, the baby was due anytime now. He hurriedly logged off from work, bid his […]
Two months ago, I received a call from a long-time friend who lives in Eldoret. He needed to see me urgently over a personal matter. I planned to visit him over the following weekend and come Saturday, I dropped in on him in Eldoret town. My friend (Let’s call him Tom though that’s not his […]
Lake Nakuru National Park is Nakuru’s premier attraction site. The 188KM2 UNESCO declared World Heritage site lies just 4 KM from Nakuru town and 164 KMs from Kenya’s capital city Nairobi Lake Nakuru as a national park has been in existence since the 1950s but it was in 1968 that it was gazetted as a […]