• The Railway Town 1899 -1900

 

• The Foundation of Local Government  1900 - 1905

 

• The Hopeful Years  1906 -1914

 

• The First World War 1914 - 1918

 

• The Uneasy Years 1918 -1925

 

• The Teething Years 1925 - 1930

 

• The Years of Depression 1930 - 1934

 

• The Second World War 1939 - 1945

 

• War Work 1942 - 43

 

• The Advance to City Status 1946 - 1950

 

• The Mau Mau Uprising 1952 - 1960

 

• Kenya Independence 1963