…. Crossing the creek just as the tide was running up I came upon the village of Kilimani, surrounded by the coco-nuts and mango trees ……….. Kilimani, a mere cluster of ten or twelve houses amongst mango trees, and situated on a creek. ……. As will be seen from the following diagram, Kilimani lies on the inner edge of a large shallow back-water running up from the southward, as the creeks generally do on this coast. …………

Note:The thick belt of Mangroves visible on the drawing, is the north coast of Lamu island. The present day Kilimani has many more scattered around houses.

Taken from: The Pate Chronicle edited by Marina Tolmacheva

….. the English (in 1890). They wished to make justice (after the massacre of the Europeans in Witu Sultanate) (and) demanded the people of Mkonumbi and the people of Wanda Muyu, in order to bring them to trial. Sultan Fumo Bakari did not consent to surrender them. They attacked him, sending an expedition in boats to Mkonumbi and Wanda Muyu and Kilimani and Ndapi and Nyando za Pwani. They shot from cannons (and) set [houses] on fire. …..