1). Sudi Road in Kakamega Town in western Kenya runs just 500 metres
2). At its junction with Kenyatta Avenue or Kakamega -Mumias Road stands a clock tower
3). The clock tower is ‘In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of His Majesty King George V. 8th May 1935.’
4). The clock tower was ‘Erected from subscriptions from all races and the North Kavirondo Local Native Council’
5). Then, the North Kavirondo Local Native Council was the richest in the British Kenya Colony
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6). The North Kavirondo Local Native Council generated revenue from Rosterman Gold Mines in Kakamega from 1931 well into the 1940s
7). Kakamega is now a shadow of its booming gold rush era
8). Kakamega can’t afford traffic lights, let alone street lighting and County Government workers go without pay months on end
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9). Coronation Garden, renamed Muliro Garden in 1972, is in a sad state and residents of Kakamega town use it mainly as a shortcut to Kakamega -Kisumu highway or to relieve themselves
10). Sudi Road looks like a boundary marker between shops, butcheries, bars and clinics on one side and Muliro Garden on the other
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11). At times traditional dancers and funeral parties take over Sudi Road with their hypnotic horn, bell, whistle and vocal rhythms and grooves as they head to or return from either bull fighting contests, funerals of prominent traditional elders or modern weddings.
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