Ewart Grogan and origins of Chiromo name

How did a Nairobi suburb — and later a university campus — acquire the Malawian name Chiromo? The story of Chiromo is quite interesting for those who have been to the University of Nairobi.

It began when colonial maverick, Ewart Grogan, tossed a coin when he was an art student at Cambridge’s Winchester and Jesus College to determine his life (and fate). Unfortunately (or fortunately), the coin came down on the side of adventure rather than art and from that day Grogan — who had been reprimanded for tethering a goat in his campus room— abandoned all pretences to becoming an artist and sought adventure as his new career.