Protectorate of Kenya, a coastal strip still nominally under the sovereignty of the Sultans of Zanzibar, in 1920. On December 12, 1963 it became part of the newly independent Republic of Kenya.
On 28 November 2002, a suicide car bomb exploded at the Israeli-owned beachfront Paradise Hotel, killing three Israelis and ten Kenyans. About 20 minutes earlier, an unsuccessful attempt was made to shoot down an Arkia Israel Airlines Boeing 757 chartered tourist plane taking off from nearby Moi International Airport using surface-to-air missiles; nobody was hurt on the plane, which landed safely in Tel Aviv. The main suspect for both attacks is al Qaeda (see Kenyan hotel bombing).
In February 2010, Canadian, Amyn Mawani was made Mayor of the Day. He promised on his next visit he will help rebuild the fire dept. and improve the hospitals
