Men like Horatio Gama Rose of Nairobi and Franklyn Pereira in Mombasa made their mark in high finance. Joe Pereira carved a niche in travel and tourism. The women no longer restricted to teaching and clerical posts became executives in the hotel industry, the airlines and banks. Many ran boutiques and beauty parlours. Dr John Ribeiro and Rotarian Pius Menezes represented the country internationally.
Violence erupts overnight.
Strikes and shortages became the order of the day. And with escalating unemployment, burglary and mugging became common. The AIDS syringe posed a greater threat than the gun. Even the Catholic Church emerged from hibernation to lash at cruel injustice. Goan youth found footholds in the UK, Canada and Australia as a result of which the Goan in Kenya became an endangered species.