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Allah Ditta at the port railway yard

Mombasa, Kenya

Family memory records Allah Ditta Ginai working in the railway yard at the Port of Mombasa.

People: Allah Ditta Ginai

Year not yet recorded

Noor begins at the railway yard

Mombasa, Kenya

Family memory records Noor Ginai starting his working life beside his father at the Mombasa port railway yard.

People: Noor & Allah Ditta Ginai

Year not yet recorded

Police service and King's Rifles-era service

Kenya / Uganda

Family memory records Noor Ginai serving as a police officer, with King's Rifles / Mau Mau-era service as remembered by the family. Not independently verified.

People: Noor Ginai

Year not yet recorded

Work at the UCI cement factory

Tororo, Uganda

Family memory records Noor Ginai working at the UCI cement factory in Tororo.

People: Noor Ginai

April — year not yet recorded

A railway crossing in Tororo

Tororo, Uganda

Noor Ginai dies aged 34 following a collision involving a taxi and a train at a railway crossing in Tororo. He leaves his wife Zarina, his father Allah Ditta, and five children currently recorded in this project: Shamim, Masood, Musharraf, Nasrin and Zaffer.

People: Noor Ginai

Year not yet recorded

The family settles in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The family's arrival in the United Kingdom. Dates, route and places of settlement not yet recorded.

People: The Ginai family

January 2027

The Ginai Family Heritage Trip

Uganda & Kenya

Six adults travel from London to retrace family locations in Uganda and Kenya, including Dada Abu's resting place in Tororo.

People: Mikael, Maaria, Ayesha, Abu, Uncle Zaf, Aunty Nash

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