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Long, impressive history of Thika’s Blue Post Hotel
The Blue Post Hotel in Thika. The hotel was built by Captain Ward who is described by Huxley as “a military-looking, sprucely-dressed man with a bald head and a long moustache, who had the misfortune to be very deaf. PHOTO | DOUGLAS KIEREINI
Long before white settlers broke ground in Kenya, the area today known as Thika Town was a stage for many internicine battles between the Maasai on the one hand, and the Kikuyu and Kambas on the other.
The Thika and Chania rivers formed a natural boundary amongst these three tribes, the Kikuyu to the north, the Kambas to the east and the Maasai to the south. The Maasai outnumbered the other two tribes and were ferocious warriors; unbeatable in the plains and lower ground.
