McMillan Library: A galaxy in middle of Kenya’s capital
An image of McMillan Memorial Library, on Banda Street in Nairobi, captured on July 17, 2019. It has records of proceedings from the time Parliament was formed to date. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Upon the death of Sir McMillan in 1925, his wife proposed to the Nairobi Municipal Council to have a library built in his memory.
It was not until 1962 when the library was handed over to Nairobi City Council that people of other races were allowed to use it.
If books are worlds in their own right, then McMillan Memorial Library, which boasts a collection of more than 400,000 tomes, is a galaxy larger than the Milky Way.
The one-storey building on Banda Street, Nairobi, has an assortment of books, periodicals and newspapers. It also has records of proceedings from the time Parliament was formed to date.
