The following is a
timeline of the
history of the city of
Nairobi ,
Kenya .
Prior to 20th century
20th century
1900s-1920s
1900 - Incorporated as the Township of Nairobi
1901
1904 - Norfolk Hotel opens.
[2]
1905
1906
Jamia Mosque construction started.
Royal Nairobi Golf Club founded.
1907 - British
Government House built.
1909 - East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society established.
[3]
1910
1912 - Theatre Royal opens.
[6]
1913 -
Muthaiga Country Club founded.
1914 - Shri Vankaner Vidya Prasarak Mandal established.
[3]
1917
Anjuman Islamia established.
[3]
East Africa Women's League established.
[3]
Indian Christian Union formed.
[3]
1918 - Punjebhai Club formed.
[3]
1919 - Nairobi Political Association formed.
[3]
1920
Social Service Volunteer Corps established.
[3]
Majlis-i-Ahl-i-Kashmeer established.
[3]
1930s-1950s
1930 - Coryndon Museum opens.
[4]
1931 - McMillan lending library (for white settlers) opens.
[4]
[7]
1934 -
Sir Ali Muslim Club (cricket) founded.
1935 - Nairobi becomes a municipality.
[8]
1939 -
St. Mary's School founded.
1944 - Kenya Conservatoire of Music founded.
[9]
1946 -
Nairobi National Park established.
1947 -
Kenya National Archives headquartered in city.
[10]
1948
1949 - American Center Library established.
[10]
1950 - Nairobi became a city[
citation needed ]
1951 - Railway rerouted via
Kibera
1952
City Council formed.
[8]
Princess Elizabeth Hospital opens.
[12]
1953 -
Nairobi Dam constructed.
1954
1955
Israel Somen elected mayor.
Government Indian School renamed Duke of Gloucester School
1956
1958
Nairobi Embakasi Airport opened
Embassy Cinema
[6] opened.
Thika Rd Drive-In (later renamed Fox Drive-In) opened
Kenya Cinema opened
New Donovan Maule Theatre opened
Aga Khan Hospital opened
1960s-1970s
1980s-1990s
21st century
View of Nairobi, 2007
Nairobi, 2011
Kibera , Nairobi, 2015
2000s
2001
2002
2003
2004 -
Dick Wathika elected mayor.
2005
July: Political protest.
[18]
Population: 2,814,000 (urban agglomeration).
[17]
2006 -
www.sheng.co.ke Kenya's first online Sheng Dictionary goes live after major overhaul.
2007
2008
2009 - Population: 3,138,369.
[23]
2010s
2010
2011
Petrol pipeline explosion, Sinai slum.
[26]
Hay Festival of literature held.
[27]
George Aladwa elected mayor.
2012
2013
2014 - Caramel restaurant in business.
[30]
2015 - July: US president
Obama visits city.
[31]
2017
Two Rivers Shopping Complex at the northern boundary shopping centre of Ruaka opened
June 1-The first phase of the
Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway , built by the China Road & Bridge Construction Company mainly funded by China Exim Bank and the Government of Kenya is inaugurated by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
2018 - Part of
2018 African Nations Championship football contest to be played in Nairobi.
See also
References
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The Red Book 1922-23: Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate . Nairobi: East Africa Standard Ltd. 1922.
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e Irene Muthoni Kibandi; et al. (2010), "Kenya: Libraries, Museums and Archives", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences , Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press,
ISBN
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"Nairobi National Museum" .
National Museums of Kenya . Archived from
the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2013 .
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"Movie Theaters in Nairobi, Kenya" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 September 2014 .
^ Anthony Olden (1995), "The Kenya (Carnegie) Circulating Libraries and the McMillan Memorial Library, Nairobi",
Libraries in Africa , Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press,
ISBN
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"City Council of Nairobi" . Archived from
the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012 .
^
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"About Kenya: Nairobi" . Republic of Kenya. Archived from
the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2012 .
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"About The Nairobi Hospital: History" . Nairobi Hospital. Archived from
the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012 .
^
"Kenya Library Association" . Archived from
the original on May 15, 2007. Retrieved May 14, 2013 .
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"Organizations" .
International Relations and Security Network . Switzerland:
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich . Retrieved 30 September 2014 .
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United Nations Human Settlements Programme . 2010. Archived from
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^ Xan Rice (August 3, 2007).
"Nairobi cafes buzzing as real coffee finally comes home" . The Guardian .
^
"Kenya" . Art Spaces Directory . New York:
New Museum . Retrieved 2 December 2013 .
^
"Google Africa Blog" . July 2008 – via Blogspot.
^
"Corporate Information: Google Offices" . Google Inc. Archived from
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"Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2011 .
United Nations Statistics Division . 2012.
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Nic Cheeseman (2011). "Kenya". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.).
Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2010 . Koninklijke Brill. pp. 345–358.
ISBN
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^ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants",
Demographic Yearbook – 2018 , United Nations
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"A fatal explosion" . Economist.com . Sep 12, 2011.
^
"Hay-on-Nairobi" . Economist.com . Sep 23, 2011.
^
"Kenyan capital Nairobi gets new train" . BBC News. November 12, 2012.
^
"Raleigh's Sister Cities" . US: City of Raleigh. Retrieved 30 December 2015 .
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"Nairobi's Latest Novelty: High-End Mac and Cheese, Served by Whites" , New York Times , 16 October 2014
^
"Bustling Nairobi deserted ahead of Obama arrival" , People Daily , Kenya: Mediamax, July 25, 2015
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Karen Blixen (1937).
Out of Africa . London: Putnam.
ISBN
0679600213 . (Memoir set in Nairobi area circa 1920s)
Diana Lee-Smith and Davinder Lamba (2000). "Social transformation in a post-colonial city: the case of Nairobi". In Mario Polèse and Richard E. Stren (ed.).
The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change . University of Toronto Press. p. 250+.
ISBN
978-0-8020-8320-3 .
"Nairobi" . Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003 . United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza ; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Nairobi, Kenya". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History . Routledge.
ISBN
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David Levinson, ed. (2004). "Nairobi".
Encyclopedia of Homelessness . Sage Publications. p. 403+.
ISBN
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"Inventing a City: Nairobi" ,
National Geographic Magazine , vol. 208, Washington DC, 2005, archived from
the original on January 23, 2010
Nairobi Urban Sector Profile . United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2006.
Urban Integration in Africa: A Socio-Demographic Survey of Nairobi , Dakar:
Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa , 2009
M. Merino (2010). Déchets et pouvoirs dans les villes africaines: l'action publique de gestion des déchets à Nairobi de 1964 à 2002 (in French).
Maison des sciences de l'homme [
fr ] d’Aquitaine.
ISBN
978-2-85892-367-0 .
Sanctuary in the City? Urban Displacement and Vulnerability in Nairobi , London:
Overseas Development Institute , 2011 – via
International Relations and Security Network
Simon Bekker and Goran Therborn, ed. (2011),
"Nairobi" , Capital Cities in Africa: Power and Powerlessness , Dakar:
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ISBN
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