Baháʼí Faith in Kenya
[1] The second individual was Enoch Olinga who traveled to Kenya when he served in the British Royal Army Educational Corps.
[2] The Association of Religion Data Archives (relying on World Christian Encyclopedia) estimated about 429,000 Baháʼís in Kenya in 2005.
"[1] On going to British Mandate of Palestine for pilgrimage he engaged leaders of religions in the Men of the Trees initiative, including then head of the Baháʼí Faith Shoghi Effendi, the Chancellor of the Hebrew University, the Grand Mufti of the Supreme Muslim Council as well as Orthodox and Catholic patriarchs.
St. Barbe returned to Kenya briefly in 1976 when he acted as a special adviser to the Baháʼí delegation at a UN conference in Nairobi, in 1976.
[5] In 1941 Uganda's Enoch Olinga joined the British Royal Army Educational Corps and served in Nairobi, capital of Kenya.
For his role in waves of Knights and the pace of the expansion of the religion in Sub-Saharan Africa, he was named "Father of Victories" by Shoghi Effendi.
[10] In September 1951 youth Kimani Waiyaki is noted as visiting Green Acre Baháʼí School in the United States.
[34] Samandari was elected to the regional National Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa (1961–70) before moving to Cameroon where she later died.
[36] In May Hand of the Cause Enoch Olinga visited for one week in Kenya as part of an extended tour of many African countries.
[42] Its members were: James Wasilwa, Aziz Yazdi, Elamu Muswahili, Taherih Ala'i, Festas Mulkalama, Bonaventure Wafula, Julius Makanda, Frank Mnkoyani, and Christopher Musambai.
[47] In March 1969 members of the national print media attended a public information gathering with talks and receptions following which articles were printed in English and Swahili[48] and in June the National Assembly of the Baháʼís of Kenya were invited to the Madaraka Day observance by the office of the President of Kenya.
[49] In August Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khanum toured Kenya and neighboring countries for an extended visit during which she met with Baháʼís individually and collectively at regional conferences and civic leaders and was interviewed on a television program.
[51] In 1972 Baháʼís organized displays at an All-Africa trade show and held a March youth conference in Nakuru.
[53] In early October 1972 Ruhiyyih Khánum and Violette Nakbjavani returned to Kenya after two trips across Africa – arriving in Mombasa and then stayed at week in Nairobi again with meetings for Baha'is and journalists.
[55] At that time they traveled for three weeks through the north east section of Kenya including Maralal, Lake Rudolf, and Marsabit before returning to Nairobi.
In 1973 the National Spiritual Assembly of Kenya produced a songbook – "Tuimbe Pamoja, Baadhi ya Nyimbo za Baha'i".
From 1966 to 1969 well-known poet Roger White lived in Nairobi as a secretary for William and Margarite Sears and other Hands of the Cause in Africa,[91] and also dealt with a racist theatre troupe.
[92] Attorney Helen Elsie Austin lived in Africa as a US Foreign Service Officer from 1960 to 1970, serving as a Cultural attaché with the United States Information Agency first in Lagos, Nigeria and later in Nairobi where she was also a member of the Local Spiritual Assembly.
[95] Artist Geraldine Robarts of the United Kingdom fled the Blitz to South Africa where she grew to adulthood and became a Baháʼí.
[100][101][102][103][104] In the 1990s the Baháʼís in Kenya participated in a nationwide community health project including vaccinations, maintaining latrines and developing clean water sources.
