Nairobi, Kenya
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The historic Kipande House built in 1913 is located at the corner of Kenyatta Avenue and Loita Street in Nairobi’s Central Business District. ‘Kipande’ is a Swahili word that means ‘identification card’. Henry Belfield, who was Kenya’s governor between 1912 and 1917, ordered the building to be used for issuing identity cards only to Africans. Local Africans who wanted to be employed or do business in Nairobi had to first be registered and given identity cards. Sitting amongst Nairobi’s modern tall skyscrapers, this ancient building was initially called Nayer building. In 1976, one of Kenya’s largest banks, Kenya Commercial Bank, bought Kipande House. It had been gazetted as a national monument at the time. To this day, the stone-built building houses one of the key branches of Kenya Commercial Bank in the city centre. The dome shaped building is one of the oldest structures in Nairobi, but it is extremely important in terms of reminding Kenyans of pre-colonial history.
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