Eastlands Cinema was located on Jogoo Road, Nairobi.
The original owners of Eastlands Theatres Limited were James and Anne Kinyanjui. They constructed the cinema in 1978-79. At the time the property was valued at shs 7 million.
The property was taken over by the lender Kenya National Capital Corporation in 1983 and was sold in 1990 for shs 4.5 million as there were few buyers.
This was a great pioneering effort involving a lot of risk as there were few new cinemas constructed since Uhuru. 1983 was just about the time VHS was impacting cinema attendance.
Eastlands Cinema was still operating by 2002 under new owners! It was later converted to a church.
top photo: Eastlands Cinema from the outside
bottom left photo: Main entrance with all the film posters
bottom right photo: the auditorium and stage after it was converted to a church
ref: civil case 4640 of 1988 KENYA NATIONAL CAPITAL CORPORATION v EASTLAND THREATRES LIMITED & 2 OTHERS [2009]
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