Howard Lecky Sikes
Howard Lecky Sikes (1881-1943)
Director of Public Works, Kenya Colony
1939 Career: Bootham Sch.; Queen's Coll., Cork; trained, Messrs. Middleton, Hunter and Duff, C.E.; 1905-7, Asst. engr., G.W.Rly.; 1907-11, Asst. engr., P.W.D. British East Africa; 1911-12, Res. engr. Mombasa Waterworks; 1913-15, Engr. ifc. Magadi Waterworks; 1915, Res. engr. Magadi Rly.; 1915-18, Military Service, (Capt.); 1919-21, Hydraulic engr. Kenya Gov mt.; 1921-2, Dep. Director, 1923-36, Director, P.W.D. Kenya. Author of "Modern Water Legislation," "The Underground Water Resources of Kenya," etc.