Journalist Joe Rodrigues (second right) with family and friends at a 1978 function. Many Asian journalists were picked up by the notorious Special Branch for questioning time and again in the 1970s. Photo/FILE
The 1960s were a turbulent time for Kenya’s South Asian community. As the decade dawned, the Emergency had ended and Kenya was fast moving to Independence.
The Asians were apprehensive of their future in Kenya. In 1965, the imposition of exchange controls hit the community hard as many had their savings in British banks, or were educating their children in Britain or the US.
