NAIROBI BECOMES A CITY

(13 Apr 1950) Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, has grown to a full-size township in the course of its fifty years of existence. The Duke of Gloucester was present to make the Charter presentation on behalf of the King.
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[@virginiafry9854]

Where I was born, in 1952!

[@stevek8318]

And you moved to where my fellow citizen?

[@tommillia7816]

The coat of arms of Nairobi City council is still the same

[@biwotisaac9851]

😘😘😘😘

[@nickngunjiri4282]

We were british then 😂😂

[@Patrickmwai87]

pale archives 1950?? time travel!

[@bunnysaf]

look at the british;acting like Kenya is theirs

[@Matthew-ke3tr]

It was

[@reginakamanga3586]

It has never been smh

[@taucetus3657]

It wasn't but they surely managed better. In 50 years they had turned a waste land into a city. 50 years under African leadership, Nairobi has grown alright, but grown into a dirty slum.

[@Djames2287]

Trump said it..sh!t hole..

[@DonAlpha]

Kenya was a creation of the British !
It was actually black man's land but white man's country

[@kenyandamu]

😂😂😂 They didn't forsee the future ... They were out and back to grey cold England 13 years after this video 😂😂😂

[@Pmooli]

They had already planned to leave! It was preparation to hand over to an educated native who thought and acted like a Briton.