* By mid - 1899, the 327 miles [530 km] of track stretching from the coastal city of Mombasa to Nairobi had been laid.
अशारितीने, केनियाच्या इतिहासाला एक नवे वळण देणाऱ्‍या या ठिकाणाचे नाव पडले — नैरोबी.