He was the local Chief and he was very visible everywhere in OlKalou town. He was a short hefty man who drove a green pick up truck whose sides were built of wood. He wore khaki shorts as was required of government officials like Chiefs and Policemen of the day. He also wore a colonial style helmet similar to those worn by District Officers and Provincial Commissioners. The Chiefs’ office was a few hundred meters from the Nairobi Nyahururu Highway. It was on the left side, slightly past the Police Station as you entered OlKalou town.
We had no idea what a Chief did for the community. We knew he was a government official, because of his uniform, and we also saw him sitting on platforms with other government officials on National Days which were held at AC Primary School grounds. Those grounds were the unofficial meeting place for OlKalou people. It was our local Stadium.
AC is where all the local Primary schools met for their sports competitions, government representatives met with their citizens to celebrate national days like Jamuhuri Day, Kenyatta Day, Madaraka Day, and politicians held their campaign rallies there to ask OlKalou residents for their votes. That is how important the grounds of AC Primary has been for OlKalou.
