Yolanda Firth (left), proprietor of the 50-year-old Boko Boko Restaurant, chats with Mr and Mrs Brown Ondego during celebrations marking the restaurant’s 50th anniversary. [Robert Menza, Standard] Despite being simple structures with makuti (palm fronds) roofs that blend well with the Kenyan Coast, they have played host to dignitaries from the country and beyond over the years. It is here that former heads of state such as Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s fourth president Uhuru Kenyatta and former Zambian president Rupiah Banda have feasted using their bare hands. Decades later, Boko Boko Restaurant at Kamamae in Mtwapa, about 25 kilometres from…
Author: Philip Mwakio
Yolanda Firth (left), proprietor of the 50-year-old Boko Boko Restaurant, chats with Mr and Mrs Brown Ondego during celebrations marking the restaurant’s 50th anniversary. [Robert Menza, Standard] Despite being simple structures with makuti (palm fronds) roofs that blend well with the Kenyan Coast, they have played host to dignitaries from the country and beyond over the years. It is here that former heads of state such as Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s fourth president Uhuru Kenyatta and former Zambian president Rupiah Banda have feasted using their bare hands. Decades later, Boko Boko Restaurant at Kamamae in Mtwapa, about 25 kilometres from…