Dr. Munawar Sabir

About Dr. Munawar Sabir

My grandfather Ghulam Sabir began with the British railway as a clerk, and with his university education was able to move up into management, human resources, and finally, an accounting position. He was soon promoted to bursar and would travel by train, provided with his own bogie and guards to protect the coffers, visiting each station and paying the labourers lined up on payday. He went back to India around 1930 to marry my grandmother, Sardaran Khanum. They then returned to Kenya, where they would remain until my grandfather retired around 1958–59. Ghulam and Sardaran had four children, all born in Nairobi: Hamida (1931), Anwar (1932), Munawar (my father 1935), and Sureya (1939). ...click below to keep reading