Machakos

This essay and others like it on Khojawiki are written to provide context for the life and migration stories of individual Khoja families. We would like to add more such family histories of those who lived here, so our collective history is more complete. Please Click Here To Add Your Family And More Information To Our History

The IBEACo (Imperial British East Africa Company) made its capital at Mombasa and opened its first inland station at Machakos in 1889.

Some of the Khoja families had been settled in Mombasa at least from the 1820 - see Musa Kanji, who made his way to Tabora in 1820 through Mombasa. Some of the families listed below in Machakos in 1930's would have moved there when the IBEACo opened its trading station.

Personal Histories of Machakos residents in Khojawiki (2024)

• Satbai Meghji

• Meghji Dosa

• Nathu Nanji

• Ramji Keshavji

• Jamal Vasanji

• Janmohamed Gulamhusein

• Gulamhusein Ebrahim

• Jenabai GULAMHUSEIN KARA

• Madatalli Haji Manji

• Ahmed Jina

• Haji Manji

• Hassanali Nathoo

• Janmohamed Meghji

• Fatmabai Hassanali Nathoo

• Tarmohamed Mangalji

• Bhanji Meghji

• Jenabai Tarmohamed Mangalji

• GULAMHUSEIN KARA

• Husein Jamal Vasanji

• Daulatkhanu Ismail Jamal

• Fatma Nagji Virji

• Gulnar Walji Alaudin

• Walji Alaudin

• Ismail Jamal

• Husein Nanji Padamsi

• Jenabai Dharamsi Shariff Khimji

• Dharamsi Shariff Khimji

• Dhalla Ismail Jamal