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The Muthaiga Country Club is a country club in Nairobi, Kenya.It is located in the suburb of Muthaiga, about 15 minutes’ drive from the city centre.. The Muthaiga Country Club opened on New Year's Eve in 1913, and became a gathering place for the colonial British settlers in British East Africa, which became the Colony of Kenya in 1920.
The Kenya Open was an associate event on the Far East Circuit in 1967 and 1968, [2][3] after which it became a cornerstone of the emerging Safari Circuit – a collection of tournaments initially in Kenya and Zambia, and then later in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe. [4] The European Tour, who had taken over running of the Safari Tour in the ...
One of the modern amenities established by Morrison, the first real estate developer, is Muthaiga Country Club, opened in 1914, which still exists today. [4] [5] [6] The name Muthaiga was coined by Ward, one of the co-owners of Henderson and Ward Architects, the group who designed the neighbourhood plan in 1912. The plot that the architect ...
The idea of the tournament was mooted by Tessa Covell, who was then President of the Zambia Ladies' Golf Union [2] with the reasoning that "none of the African countries were realistically able to compete in the World Championships, the Espirito Santo – their golfing standards simply needed a home grown training ground, rotating within the geographical area".
David Gordon Hines (8 February 1915 – 14 March 2000) [ 1][self-published source] was a chartered accountant who as a British colonial administrator developed farming co-operatives in Tanganyika and later in Uganda. This radically improved the living standards of farmers in their transition from subsistence farming to cash crops.
In the final round he broke the course record at the Muthaiga Golf Course with a 66 (−6) to leap into second place. At 284 (−4) he finished joint runner-up with Scotland's Bernard Gallacher, five behind champion Maurice Bembridge. He defeated several notable professionals including Christy O'Connor Snr and Australia's Bob Tuohy. [6]
Westlands Constituency 1997-2012 (Kenya) Westlands is an electoral constituency in Kenya. [1] It is one of the seventeen constituencies in Nairobi County. The constituency is situated within Westlands Sub-county, formerly Westlands District. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County and has an area of 72.4 km 2 (28.0 sq mi).
Mwai Kibaki. Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki[needs IPA] CGH [1] (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) [2] was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013. He served in various leadership positions in Kenya's government including being the longest serving Member of Parliament (MP) in Kenya from ...