Thika is an industrial town and commerce hub in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 42 kilometres, northeast of Nairobi, near the confluence of the Thika and Chania Rivers. Although Thika town
The White Highlands is an area in the central uplands of Kenya. It was traditionally the homeland of indigenous Central Kenyan communities up to the colonial period, when it became the centre of Europ
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…by Elspeth Huxley, later adapted for television by Euston Films for Thames Television. It describes the life of English and Scottish settlers in the "White Highlands" during Edwardian times. There are two explanations for the origin of the name Thika. One has it coming from the Kikuyu word Guthika, meaning "to bury…
Photograph of the dedication of a White Highlands church