There is a conspicuous hotel situated in Nairobi City Centre along Biashara Street that not many understands what its name entails.
The After 40 Hotel to some people entails that they allow only those customers who are 40 years and above while others think the owner named it so after he or she accomplished the dream of building it when at the age of 40.
However, these are just misinterpretations of the hotel’s name, according to the owner.
There is an interesting story of how she ended up with this name many people are yet to understand.
It is owned by billionaire Esther Muchemi who is the CEO of family-owned Samchi Group of Companies.
She says the name is spiritual and it captures the tribulations she went through to reach there especially after she lost her husband Major General Muchemi in 2007.
“The number 40 is mentioned 146 times in the Bible, mostly in connection with trials and tribulations before the dawn of promise” Esther says.
Explaining; “I was neither interested in the times before 40 (of which I had my fair share) nor at 40 but rather the period after 40 which signifies triumph. So ‘After 40 Hotel’ it became”.
The name they thought first was M&H (Standing for Milk and Honey) but it happened that it was similar with UK’s H&M stores.
The After 40 Hotel has 63 luxury rooms, a restaurant, lounge and six meeting rooms. Its major customers are tourists and other foreigners arriving in Kenya.
