July 1951 - January 2023

sponsoring many of the orphans.

Ian was diagnosed with cancer and last year he managed to make it back to Europe and, with his youngest son, revisited many of the European cities he had visited as a youth, finally ending up in UK before returning to the Gold Coast.

Ian was born in 1951 in Nairobi to Pat and Mary Walker-Munro of Mizizi Farm, Nanyuki. Growing up on the farm made him want to enter into an agricultural future. He attended Pembroke House before leaving Kenya for Eton and Silsoe Agricultural College in UK,

Ian met and married Suellan in 1981 and they had three children Catherine, Brenton and Alaisdair and soon after moved to the Gold Coast, but Ian always hankered after Kenya and returned on several occasions. He still had a love for the animals and was a keen supporter of the East African Wildlife Society and The Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage,

Ian’s family were longstanding Members of MCC. His paternal grandparents Ronald and Morna Walker-Munro were early founder Members and when Morna died in 1988 aged 96, she was not only the oldest Club Member at the time, but also the longest fully paid up Member. His maternal grandparents Richard and Isabel (Lady Torphichen) Philips of Greystones Nanyuki, were also loyal Members and Ian continued this family tradition of Club Membership becoming one of the early Junior Members, who were only allowed to stay in one of the two cottages at the entrance to the Club, and not in the Main Club buildings.

Ian was a Member of MCC for over 50 years.

The Club regrets to announce the deaths of the following Members of staff and their loved ones

Purity Kendi

Purity Kendi who currently works at Reception in the Fitness Centre and has been with us for six years was involved in a fatal road accident in December 2022. Purity suffered neck injuries and is still on sick leave, but her three-year-old son Novid Munene Nyaga was killed in the accident. We pray for Purity’s quick recovery.

1 January 1978 - 19 February 2023

Hebron Edaria

Julius joined MCC in 2004 when he started off as Glasshand and later rose to Barman, where he served diligently for 18 years until his death. Julius had been battling a longterm illness and died while undergoing treatment on 19 February 2023.

Julius will be remembered for his big heart and warm smile, not forgetting his expertise in what he did. May he rest in peace.

Long serving staff member Hebron Edaria, who has worked at the Bowling Green for 21 years, lost his son Brian Idaria Musholeke, aged 22, in a fatal road accident involving his motorbike along Mombasa road, in March 2023. Our thoughts and prayers are with Hebron and his family.

MCC Members Mark Jenkins and his son Peter, died in a light aircraft crash in December 2022, while on a counter-livestock encroachment operation in Tsavo East National Park.

Mark Jenkins

Mark had over 30 years experience working within East Africa’s most austere and remote areas, quite often rehabilitating them following years of poaching, neglect and, in some cases, war. The first child of Peter and Sarah Jenkins, he was born into a family dedicated to the management of National Parks and protected areas in East Africa. He spent his formative years in Meru Park,where his father was the founding Senior Warden, before attending Pembroke House, All Hallows School and the Royal Agricultural College in England.

After graduating in Land Management, Mark understudied his father in Meru Park. He went on to establish and lead the Kenya Wildlife Service’s Special Operations Unit at a time when poaching was rife and the unit was instrumental in combating the gangs working within the parks and reserves.

Mark obtained both fixed and rotary aircraft licences gaining experience in game capture before flying a Super Cub from South Africa to Uganda for the Ugandan Wildlife Authority and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), as part of the rehabilitation project in Murchison Falls National Park. Here he worked supporting security and management within the park, living in the 'Queen Mother’s House' on the north bank of the Nile, an area frequently

Peter Jenkins

Peter was the second son of Mark and Clare Jenkins. He spent his early years in Meru National Park, where he lived with his family at the Kinna headquarters in the middle of the park as his father was the Senior Warden. Peter was home schooled by Clare together with his brother Myles - care for any orphaned animals that came to the warden’s house being part of the curriculum. Peter and Myles were ever present during the rehabilitation project that their father was implementing and enjoyed watching the park come back to life.

Peter later attended The Banda School as a weekly border and then King’s Bruton, Somerset. In England Peter found a love for sport, particularly cricket, hockey, rugby and shooting. Peter was a formidable out swing bowler and superb in the field and he longed for the summer months when he could spend as much time as possible outside on the school playing fields. Peter spent a sabbatical term from school on a hockey scholarship in Christchurch, New Zealand and made many friends there.

ravaged by the activities of the Lord’s Resistance Army.

May 1965 – December 2022

In the 1990s, together with his wife Clare, Mark established a private/public partnership project started by Halvor Astrup in the Reserve Do Niassa, in Mozambique. With infrastructure devastated by war, they spent many weeks walking the reserve to confirm wildlife movements and numbers in order to provide effective management solutions, which were then implemented.

Mark and Clare moved back to Kenya from Mozambique for the birth of their first son Myles and Peter quickly followed. Mark returned to the Kenya Wildlife Service and Meru Park where he had grown up. As Senior Warden for Meru Conservation Area (Meru and Kora National Parks, Bisanadi and Mwingi National Reserves) he designed and implemented a rehabilitation project funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) amongst others. This culminated in the reintroduction of rhino to Meru where they had previously been poached to extinction. The park flourished under his wardenship and continues to do well.

Following a promotion to Assistant Director, Northern Conservation Area Mark spent several years working in the Nguruman and Laikipia areas before returning to National

More recently, as a consultant, Mark had the opportunity to work in South Sudan, Zambia, DRC, as well as Kenya, but when the opportunity arose to go back to the field with the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, alongside Kenya Wildlife Service in the Tsavo Ecosystem, Mark jumped at the opportunity. Mark loved music and reading military history, latterly he developed an interest in sustainable agriculture and holistic resource management, but mostly he just loved being in the bush with his family and was happiest in his role as field warden, living under a fly-sheet in the most remote parts of Africa, leading a team of equally dedicated people working to provide a future for protected areas and the wildlife within them.

May 2001 – December 2022

With the intention of continuing the family legacy of working in Protected Area Management, Peter chose a BSc in Environmental Management at Reading University. Playing first team hockey for all three years he was an active member of the hockey club. During this time Peter joined the Army Reserves and, following a Short Commissioning Course in 2020, he served as an Officer in the 4th Battalion Parachute Regiment. Peter passed regular P Company together with Myles in 2021 and gained his wings later the same year. He wore his maroon beret and wings with great pride.

Peter completed his final year at Reading and took the opportunity to spend as much time as possible on exercise with 4 Para, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. On completion of his degree Peter headed to Oregan, US to obtain his private pilot’s licence, training on a Super Cub. Peter was beginning to put all the pieces in place to be an effective and competent field warden.

Due to attend Sandhurst in May 2023, Peter was taking a year off to assist his father and gain valuable experience in the work he hoped, in due course, to make his career. Mark and Peter are survived by Clare and Myles and Mark’s sister Siana.

They were Members of MCC for almost 20 years and will be missed by their many friends all over the world.

Jonathan (Jonny) Havelock began his life of achievement, dedication to his country and amazing zest for life at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital in Nairobi in 1944. The son of Wilfrid and “Wink” Havelock, his early days were spent in Nairobi and on farms in and around Limuru, where his love of the great outdoors, particularly fishing, began. This remained a passion throughout his life. He loved both deep sea and fresh water fishing and spent many happy hours throughout his life pursuing the one that got away!

He was schooled in Kenya and spent his holidays largely in Malindi where he enjoyed idyllic days, but he sometimes went to Europe where he learned to appreciate music and the arts. After school, he went to Southampton University to read Law for three years. He spent another three years with a Solicitors’ firm in London but, as soon as he could, he returned home to Kenya where he lived for the rest of his life.

He started his legal career in Kenya with Archer and Wilcock and, at the same time, qualified as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. He became the Legal Advisor for Block Hotels for a time and was the Executive Officer of the Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers, before joining