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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 250

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of June 24, 1954, issue no. 250 highlights: A new air agreement has been signed between South Africa and Holland, permitting KLM, the Dutch airline to continue its two services a week. Developments in use of atomic power for industrial purposes by the British
Date:: June 24, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 249

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of June 17, 1954, issue no. 249 highlights: Suggestions to permanently dispose of hard core Mau mau prisoners. Johannesburg stock exchange disappointing performance
Date:: June 17, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 248

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of June 10, 1954, issue no. 248 highlights: Dr. J.C Carothers study of the psychology of mau mau.
Date:: June 10, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 247

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of June 03, 1954, issue no. 247 highlights: Failure of Operation Anvil and other operations to deal with the mau mau rebellion. Anxiety about the possible infiltration of Mau mau in to the kamba reserve
Date:: June 3, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 246

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of May 27, 1954, issue no. 246 highlights: Does life begin at forty? Inquiries to the comet disasters that happened off the Italian Coast
Date:: May 27, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 245

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of May 20, 1954, issue no. 245 highlights: The Federal Missionary Council of the Dutch Reformed Churches of South Africa has arranged a conference of European and non- Europeans church leaders to discuss the application of christian principles in a multi racial land
Date:: May 20, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 244

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of May 13, 1954, issue no. 244 highlights: Kikuyus not to be allowed to win the war. The battle of Monte Cassino, fought and won in May 1944 by the Polish Second Corps
Date:: May 13, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 243

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of May 06, 1954, issue no. 243 highlights: Indian government's hostility to Christian missions.
Date:: May 6, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 242

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of April 29, 1954, issue no. 242 highlights: Dedan Kimathi's letter to weekly comment. The fight for self-government in Rhodesia.
Date:: April 29, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 241

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of April 22, 1954, issue no. 241 highlights: Multi-racialism in Kenya. A letter from a "Mkamba Mau mau". Continuous increase of lung cancer among europeans in South Africa
Date:: April 22, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 240

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of April 15, 1954, issue no. 240 highlights: Dismay and disgust expressed by visitors from South Africa on seeing women red cross volunteers giving hot tea and buns and tins of corned beef to mau mau suspects.
Date:: April 15, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 239

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of April 08, 1954, issue no. 239 highlights: How christianity has not had an influence on the Kikuyu.
Date:: April 8, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 238

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of April 01, 1954, issue no. 238 highlights: Women , boys and old men are to be granted firearms certificates without producing identity cards. Book review of Man and Beast by Phyllis Bottom
Date:: April 1, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 233

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of February 25, 1954, issue no. 233 highlights: Need for an up-to-date police system to deal with the mau mau uprising.
Date:: February 25, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 232

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of February 18, 1954, issue no. 232 highlights: The opening of Kenya's new parliament buildings with legislative council's own chamber. Suppression of slave trade in Kenya by the British government.
Date:: February 18, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 230

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of February 04, 1954, issue no. 230 highlights: American Airlines puts up a policy that all its air stewardesses shall be less than 32 years of age. Europeans settlers in Kenya request South Africa's help against the mau mau threat. Football Association of Kenya 1954 annual general meeting to be held in the Nairobi Railway Club.
Date:: February 4, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 229

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of January 28, 1954, issue no. 229 highlights: Intimidation of Africans resisting Mau mau. South Africa success in halting inflation
Date:: January 28, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 228

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of January 21, 1954, issue no. 228 highlights: Disclosures in Nairobi of soldiers getting additional monetary rewards on the number of Mau Mau suspects they shot. A letter, "India and the Commonwealth", where India is accused of giving Africans scholarships in their universities to teach them to hate the British
Date:: January 21, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 227

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of January 14, 1954, issue no. 227 highlights: The menace of superstition of primitive races. News from South Africa. Warning to women on how men behave when they get a motorcar
Date:: January 14, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1954 no. 226

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly comment newspaper of January 07, 1954, issue no. 226 highlights: Witchcraft and its power over the African.Opening of the new Nairobi Race Course
Date:: January 7, 1954
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 225

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 225 December 31 ''Mau Mau Oaths -The First Oath, The Second Oath, Third Oath And Other Oaths.'' ''Mary Malcolm , BBC Television Announcer Father Is Scott And Her Maternal Grandmother Was Lily Langtry The Famous And Lovely Actress Known To The Victorians As 'The Jersey Lily'.''
Date:: December 31, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 224

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 224 December 24th ''The Pioneer Work Of The Railway Goes From Kampala Westwards To Kesese In The Ruwenzori Mountains.''
Date:: December 24, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 223

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 223 December 17th ''The New Mercedes-Benz L4500 Replacing The L3500.'' '' The Jackson Electric Cooker Model 193J Designed To Cook For 9 People.''
Date:: December 17, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 222

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 222 December 10th ''Her Majesty The Queen And His Royal Highness The Duke Of Edinburgh Landed In Bermuda.''
Date:: December 10, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 221

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 221 December 3rd ''Exhibition Of Paintings At Kenya Arts And Crafts Studios.'' ''Various Centuries: Edwardian , Georgian , Elizabethan, Mediaeval And The Future.''
Date:: December 3, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 220

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 220 November 26th ''Tennis Nairobi Club Bye-laws Lesser Known Rules Of Tennis.''
Date:: November 26, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 219

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 219 November 19th ''Leadership George Stephenson , The Pioneer Of The 'Iron Road' Was A Man Of Vision, When He Built The 'Rocket' He Realised That An Entirely New Era Of Travel Was Beginning.'' '' Anxiety In Limuru As Locals By Mau Mau.''
Date:: November 19, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 218

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 218 November 12th ''The United Kenya Protection Association At Nakuru Formed Themselves Into Political Organization The White Highlands Party That Intended To Fight For An Independent Self Governing European White Highlands And Participation As An Equal Partner In Any Governing Body For Whole Kenya.'' '' Bantu Dam The First Dam Built By Bantu Authority.''
Date:: November 12, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 217

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 217 November 5th ''Report On Naivasha Raid, Attack At The Naivasha Police Station By Large Body Of Terrorists Resulting To Death Of Two Police Constables., ''
Date:: November 5, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 216

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 216 October 29th '' Colour Television October 15th Will Go Down In Television History As The Day On Which Colour Came Into Its Own And Received The Official O.K Of The American Broadcasting Companies.''
Date:: October 29, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 215

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 215 October 22nd ''Gangster Town Nairobi Has Shown Itself To Be A Gangster Town.'' ''Nairobi Share market.''
Date:: October 22, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 214

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 214 October 15th '' Racial Prejudice, The Attitude Toward The Negro, Offensive Characteristics, The Army View And Root Of Intolerance.''
Date:: October 15, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 213

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 213 October 8th ''Employment Plan 'A Propos Of The Recent Order Forbidding Kikuyu And Meru To Live In Nairobi If Unemployed.'' ''Crisis In kenya If Politicians Tried To Force Kikuyu Occupation On Settlers They Would Fight It Out.''
Date:: October 8, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 212

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 212 October 1st ''Memorandum On Constitutional Proposals- General, Federal Government, State Government And Constitutional Plan.'' '' Kenya Bus Services Should Be Resumed Because Is The Only Bus Services With Three Routes To The African Locations.''
Date:: October 1, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 211

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 211 24th September '' The History Of East Africa Began With The Building Of The Railways .'' ''Housewives Enterprises Co-operative That Has No Political Motive.''
Date:: September 24, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 210

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 210 '' Tennis Champions Eric Sturgess The South African Tennis Champion Won Two Titles And Mrs. Hazel Redick- Smith Won A Triple Crown.'' '' Previous Instances In Kenya 'One Of The Most Serious Instances Of The 'Racket' In Kenya Occurred Early In 1949 When A Large Proportion Of The Hides And Skins Was Routed To Rotterdam And Landed To United States.''
Date:: September 17, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 209

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 209 10th September '' The African By An African -African Leaders Meet Every At Kaloleni Hall , Nairobi To Discuss Self Government.'' ''Women Get 'Half A Loaf' Married Women In South Africa Now Have A Status In The Eyes Of The Law .''
Date:: September 10, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 208

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 208 3rd September ''Latest British Firm Product An Aerial Hose Reel Unit Built As 'Pack' To Fit Into Bomb Rock Of Bomber, It Helps The Aircraft To Act As Airborne Tanker.''
Date:: September 3, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 207

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 207 27 th August '' Mecca Kenya Penetrates Secrets Of Holy City -The First Pictorial Record Of The Holy City Of Islam Has Been Produced By A Muslim Student At Harvard , Mr. Abdul Ghafur Sheikh Of Kenya.''
Date:: August 27, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 206

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 206 20 th August ''Mcmillan Library Laws To Govern Opening And Closing Hours, Finance Matters And Lending Library section As Discussed By Board Of Governors.'' ''The Early Record Breakers For Instance Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat One Of The Founders Of The Automobile Club De France, He Possessed Very Advanced Design In Vehicles Known As 'Jeantaud'.
Date:: August 20, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 205

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 205 13th August '' John Richardson Of Kendal Won World Wrestling Title At Sixteen Beating 33 Years Old John Carr.'' ''Njoro Settlers' Association Approved The Project Of Erecting A Hall To Commemorate The Arrival At Njoro In January 1904 Of The Late Lord Delamere.''
Date:: August 13, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 204

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 204 6th August ''New Jet Engine De Havilland Gyron Is The Most Powerful jet Engine In The World.''
Date:: August 6, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 203

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 203 30th July '' Nairobi Cinemas 'Red Skies Of Montana' Filmed In The Mountains Of Northwest With The Full Cooperation Of Federal Authorities, Brings Exploits Of The Parachute Shock Corps Of The U.S Forest Service.'' ''
Date:: July 30, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 202

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 202 23rd July ''To Study Thunderbolts , Scientists Of The Telecommunications Laboratories Of Scientific And Industrial Research Council To Develop A Type Of Radar To Study Thunderbolts, They Hope The New Equipment Will Enable To Get Photographs Of Thunderbolts For Detailed Study.'' ''A Television Set Which Can Be Used In Industry And For Scientific Research Has been Built By The National Physical Research Laboratory Of The Council For Scientific And Industrial Research
Date:: July 23, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 201

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 201 16th July ''Robert Adam Was The First To Design A House , Its Decoration And Furniture As A Whole.'' ''Historic Occasion In S.A Parliament , The First Joint Sitting Of The Two Houses Of The South African Parliament- The House Of Assembly And The Senate In 17 Years.''
Date:: July 16, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 200

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 200 9th July ''Drama Festival At The National Theatre Nairobi All Seats Were Booked For Two Shillings And Fifty Cents Per Seat.'' ''The Kenya Ladies Golf Played At Karen And There Were 24 Entries.''
Date:: July 9, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 199

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment 1953 no. 199 2nd July '' The Australian Rugby Managed To Beat Transvaal Second Team 20-18, '' ''Television Age- It Was Predicted In 1953 The May Be Known As Television Age, The Period In Which For The First Time Men Saw Beyond Their Immediate Horizon.''
Date:: July 2, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 198

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 198 of 25th June, 1953. The land of Zanj. Business at low EBB. Terrorism in Kenya
Date:: June 25, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 196

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 196 of 11th June, 1953. European housing. African housing. An englishman's words; article
Date:: June 11, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 195

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 195 of 4th June, 1953. Know your Africa; facet of South African history
Date:: June 4, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 194

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 194 of 28th May, 1953. Coronation of Her Majesty, Elizabeth R. The Nairobi scene- King Henry VIII
Date:: May 28, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 193

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 193 of 21st May, 1953. Letter to the colonial secretary by the Kenya Empire party. Nairobi scene; coronation ahoy. British museum
Date:: May 21, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 192

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 192 of 14th May, 1953. The next surrender?; African Outpost. Native labour shortage
Date:: May 14, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 191

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 191 of 7th May, 1953. The sporting instinct. A Canadian on Mau mau
Date:: May 7, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 190

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 190 of 30th April, 1953. News from South Africa. Concerning East Africa; Jomo Kenyatta and other short listed articles.
Date:: April 30, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 186

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 186 of 2nd April, 1953. Headline news from South Africa. World Sport. The social mixing
Date:: April 2, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 185

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 185 of 26th March, 1953. In memorium of the loss of Queen Mary. The Emergency; how it began: and should end.
Date:: March 26, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 184

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 184 of 19th March, 1953. Around the Regiment. The Nairobi scene. Merchant miscellany; with several subtitles
Date:: March 19, 1953
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Weekly Comment 1953 no. 183

Description:: ENGLISH: Weekly Comment Newspaper Issue 183 of 12th March, 1953. White Man's Africa L.E. Neame. Kitale Commando
Date:: March 12, 1953
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 342

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 29 March, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "In South Africa, Flag and Anthem"- The Orange White and Blue South African flag is at present recognized as a symbol of Commonwealth membership. South Africa has no national anthem. The prime minister said that 23rd March would in future be regarded as an important occasion in the the annual South African history.
Date:: March 29, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 341

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 22 March, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "The Civil Service is All Wrong"- The root of the trouble been the INDUCEMENT pay, the circumstances under which it is given and the eventual result. INDUCEMENT-'A plea by Kenyans to us, ...There have been suggestions that the European standards should be lowered.
Date:: March 22, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 340

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 15 March, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "The City Council protests, "- The council were against the size or the weight the Indians have control of the trading activity in Kenya, stating that they make a profit out of the commercial front of Kenya. 'Indians owns 90% of the East African Trade, what portion of the remaining 10% is owned by each African and European Communities?'- "One should only compare the size, or the weight of the booty held by 'Babuji' in his respective hands.'
Date:: March 15, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 339

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 08 March, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "African housing City Council Loan"- No agreement was met to provide funds for the development of African settlement.
Date:: March 8, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 338

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 01 March, 1956 had headlines and stories including: 'Self Determination'' and an article about the Nairobi City Engineer's Report
Date:: March 1, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 337

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 23 February, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Crisis"- Two events happened during the past week which are likely to have the gravest consequences for Kenya. One is the increase in the Bank Rate and the other the failure of the Kenya Loan.
Date:: February 23, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 336

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 16 February, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Merchant's Miscellany, " Death of A. A. Milne, who died this week at the age of 74 was the inventor of a kind of whimsical humour which charmed a whole generation of his contemporaries, as well as countless children, and immortalised his own son Christopher Robin.
Date:: February 16, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 335

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 09 February, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Merchant's Miscellany, " Pilgrimages to Mecca
Date:: February 9, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 334

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 02 February, 1956 had headlines and stories including: Electioneering of Europeans in Kenya
Date:: February 2, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 333

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 26th January, 1956 had headlines and stories including: Why Ladies aren't believed, A Vice President Resigns- Statement from Air Commodore Howard Williams, -because he was against a serious attempt made to go against the constitution by supporting the Lyttelton plan.
Date:: January 26, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 332

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 19 January, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Black and White Votes, "- Signs are not wanting that the elections which it is anticipated will be held on September are likely to be the most hectic as well as the most vital in Kenya's history.
Date:: January 19, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 331

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 12 January, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Europeans Only Schools, "- Only European children who pass the Kenya Preliminary Examination were eligible to to go to a European Secondary School, "The Future of Kenya, "- Two obstacles confront the opponents of multiracialism in Kenya, of which one is external, depending on factors outside the country, and the other, internal, and only to be overcome by their own exertion.
Date:: January 12, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 330

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 05 January, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Goan Liberation-"Measures and steps were suggested to be taken for the liberation of Goa from Kenya
Date:: January 5, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 13

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 29th June, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "European Unity, "- The Europeans in Kenya are urged to show unity in the forthcoming elections or to resign ourselves to going the same way as so many other parts of Britain's crumbling Empire have gone."Nursing: "- For the first time Kenya is offering a training in Nursing to European Girls
Date:: June 29, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 12

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 22 June, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "United Country Party of Kenya, "-The party is dead, Long live Michael Blundell for he'll have to live long time if he hopes to bring it to life again in Kenya."Foreign Labour"- Immigration of foreign labour into Kenya is unnecessary coming with a great surprise to the Kenya Federation of Labour and a shock to the entire African labour movement.
Date:: June 22, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 11

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 15 June, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Sauce for the Goose?"- A letter was received from the Nairobi District African Congress protesting against a decision by the police to disperse a crowd of Africans in Kaloleni. The letter said that permission for the Kikuyu, Embu and the Meru to attend a public meeting in Kaloleni had been withheld as 'current legislation forbids their entry into Kaloleni. African Affair Department of the city Council says: - 'Kikuyu, Embu and Meru may enter Kaloleni Hall during hours of opening the show."(Nairobi City Council's Trade Show)
Date:: June 15, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 9

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 1 June, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "European Disunity, "- Looking at Kenya without prejudice, there is still tribal friction amongst the various Asian tribes, and remarkable disunity within the European Community. No form of government will be able to impose upon the races and tribes of Kenya either unity or harmony.
Date:: June 1, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 8

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 25 May, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "The United Nations Flag (Or is It)"
Date:: May 28, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 7

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 18 May, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "The Shape of Kenya, "- What happens in the year 1960, the end of the Lyttelton standstill arrangement, it will depend very largely upon events in this fateful year."Educating our Leaders"- Incite a spirited debate by challenging our present and our potential leaders to deny that they are in need of re-education if they are to continue with their 'sacred' and mostly thankless work.
Date:: May 18, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 6

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 11 May, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "In Search of Industrial Loyalty"- The Mau Mau Emergency is not yet over and as long as it continues the country will continue to bear a heavy burden financially.
Date:: May 11, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 5

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 4 May, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Let Nairobi Flourish"... Nairobi City Council will continue to be adventurous in its search for a solution to the problems of its citizen.
Date:: May 4, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 4

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 27 April, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Eliminating Racial Discrimination in U.S."- Washington DC, April 11, The US has stiffened its programme to eliminate racial and religious discrimination in employment on work done under government contract
Date:: April 27, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 3

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 20 April, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Kenya-Through a Yank's Eyes"- Kenya, to use American euphemism, is crazy, mixed-up place. With some of the best finest sceneries and recreation facilities in the world, Kenya is failing to cash in on tourist trade through the lack of publicity and hotels.
Date:: April 20, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 2

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 13 April, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "Suggestions for Nairobi, "- 'Political setup' Nairobi has always been extremely badly treated in the allocation of seats in the Legislative Council.This means any discussion among the European Elected Members the Nairobi reps are in a hopeless minority in any debate on the Cost of living in the city or other Nairobi affairs.
Date:: April 13, 1956
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The Weekly Comment 1956 no. 1

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 06 April, 1956 had headlines and stories including: "The Public Good, "- Talking of Traffic, in Nairobi there is no congestion but delays! 'This can be eliminated by the police , by better control of the parking on the corners, by doing away the trees and shrubs along the road hence increasing the width.'"Every member of the public has the right to use our roads (at their own risk), and what facilities and privileges there are in the use of highways (must be shared out equitably)
Date:: April 6, 1956
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The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 46

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 15 February, 1957 had headlines and stories including; "Nasser and The Nile"- UN resolved that the Suez Canal be reopened and that freedom of passage be made available for all shipping of a nation. Nasser was against it and introduced discrimination measures directed towards French and British
Date:: February 15, 1957
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Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 45

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 08 February, 1957 had headlines and stories including; "The truth, The Kiambu Results"- Most people were disappointed at the results of the inquiry into the procedure at Kiambu election.
Date:: February 8, 1957
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection

The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 44

Description:: ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 01 February, 1957 had headlines and stories including; "The Kenya Loan"- The list for the Kenya 2, 500, 000 British Pound local loan opened on Monday and it was understood that the response from the public has been satisfactory.
Date:: February 1, 1957
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection