It first gained prominence in 1907 as the British East Africa Protectorate's capital, and in 1962 it received its first African mayor.  
Its name comes from a Masai word meaning "place of cool waters."  Cultural institutions in this city include the McMillan Memorial Library and the Sorsbie Art Gallery.  Rife with small taxis known as matatus, it contains the famous African shantytown Mathari Valley.  It first gained prominence in 1907 as the British East Africa Protectorate's capital, and in 1962 it received its first African mayor.  First established as a midpoint railway depot between Mombasa and Kisumu on Lake Victoria, FTP, identify this African capital city where every damn thing is named after Jomo Kenyatta.
Its name comes from a Masai word meaning "place of cool waters."  
Nairobi