- State House Kenya which serves as the official residence of the President of the Republic of Kenya has had a colourful history since it was built during the colonial era
- The building originally was constructed to be the official residence of the governor of British East Africa
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Since Kenya's independence from the colonial yolk in 1963, State House Kenya has been regarded as the official residence of the country's head of state.
But for many Kenyan's they are several facts they don't know of this historic building that is more than a century old.
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1. Year of construction - State House constructed in 1907 to serve as the official residence of the governor of British East Africa.
2. The man who designed it - State House was designed by renowned British architect Sir Herbert Baker who is also famous for designing government buildings in India and South Africa.
Baker was born in 1862 and died in 1946 his design was said to have been influenced late Victorian architecture.
3. Did you know the former name of State House? During the colonial era, State House was known as government house and served as the official residence of colonial governors of Kenya.
4. President Jomo Kenyatta feared ghosts and frogs lived in State House - Kenya's founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta did not reside at State House instead preferred his home in Gatundu and Nairobi only using State House to transact official business during the day.
Kenyatta feared building had ghosts of white settlers who would harm if he slept their, Kenyatta also did like the sound of frogs croaking around State House and this would have made sleeping at State House uncomfortable for him.
5. Was Uhuru Kenyatta born at State House? According to popular myth and rumours have suggested that President Uhuru Kenyatta was born in the house on the hill, well this myth is not true as Uhuru was born on October 26th, 1961, and by then his father Jomo Kenyatta had moved into the building as it was still occupied by the British governor.
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