[deks]

I was just reading the history of The Mombasa Hospital at the following link. At the end of the first paragraph it says that Mombasa was once the capital of Kenya.

http://www.mombasahospital.com/history.html

[Buck W.]

“I was just reading the history of The Mombasa Hospital at the following link. At the end of the first paragraph it says that Mombasa was once the capital of Kenya.”

I believe that’s where Van Owen blew off Roland’s head.

[Jedidah]

This is interesting (from the same link. Note the dates:

“The next development phase was the construction in 1960 of the Maternity Ward, initially known as the Baby Wing. This was made possible by a substantial gift from Mrs. Katherine Biby of a well known British Shipping family following the death of her husband and son in the same year. In 1962, with Mrs. Bibby’s permission, the Hospital was renamed The Katherine Bibby Hospital. By the time Kenyan became independent on 12th December 1963, any racial barriers that remained from the colonial past had been removed but in many quarters there existed the belief that the Katherine Bibby catered mainly for the Europeans. As part of the campaign to correct the misapprehension the name was changed back to The Mombasa Hospital.”

[sometime lurker]

I was just reading the history of The Mombasa Hospital at the following link. At the end of the first paragraph it says that Mombasa was once the capital of Kenya.

True. Nairobi became the capitol in 1905.

[deks]

This link mentions four hospitals in Mombasa:

http://www.mombasainfo.com/travel-help/facts/

Aerial views of Mombasa here:

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-4.0485487&lon=39.6731088&z=17&l=0&m=b&search=mombasa%20hospital

[truthfreedom]

At various times, Mombasa was in Kenya, Zanzibar, and a country called Tanganyika. Perhaps even more. I have to admit that I've never even heard of Tanganyika. Dec 22, 1963 - The Victoria Advocate - "Mombasa isn't in Zanzibar; it's in Tanganyika ..."