Nairobi’s Sarova Stanley Hotel In the beginning, Nairobi’s Sarova Stanley Hotel belonged to a dainty woman, Mayence Bent She had a hubby, William Stanley Bent- a railway worker, farmer and an ...

The swamp that gave Nairobi its name was yet to be drained but The Stanley shone as a beacon of hope for young Block. “The newness of the corrugated iron was all that separated (the hotel’s ...