On the walls of Fort Jesus in Mombasa, one of the most important historical buildings in Kenya, there is a plaque commemorating the fate of thousands of Poles who found refuge in Africa after the dramatic experience of exile in Siberia. The plaque was placed to commemorate the approximately 20,000 Polish refugees who were in East and Southern Africa between 1942 and 1952.

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NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA / WHERE HERITAGE LIVES ON / Embassy / of the Republic of Poland / in Nairobi / In the memory of 20,000 Polish refugees, families of the soldiers of World War II, ex-prisoners / of Soviet gulags, who found shelter in East and South Africa in the years 1942-1952 after / having been deported from their homes in Soviet - occupied Eastern Poland. Many of them / arrived to Africa through the port of Mombasa. / In recognition of Eustachy Kajetan Sapieha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland / from 1920 to 1921, during the Second World War prisoner of Soviet Lubyanka prison in Moscow / and Gulag labour camp, later representative of the Polish Red Cross in Africa, who never / returned to Poland and died in 1963 in Nairobi. / May all the Poles who passed away in Africa and are buried on Kenyan soil rest in peace. / As a token of gratitude to the friendly welcoming Kenyan people and land. / Republic of Poland //.