Today, Kenya mourns the passing of Lionel Douglas Galton-Fenzi, a visionary who transformed Nakuru from a remote outpost into a central hub of East African tourism. As the founder of AA Kenya, formerly the Royal East Africa Automobile Association (REAAA), Galton-Fenzi didn’t just map roads; he invited the world to the Rift Valley
By pioneering the first motorable routes between Nairobi and Nakuru, he replaced weeks of arduous trekking with accessible “motor safaris”. His tireless efforts in signposting routes and establishing rest houses turned Lake Nakuru’s flamingos and the Menengai Crater into reachable wonders for the early 20th-century traveller. Today, every kilometre measured toward Nakuru from
Nairobi’s “Point Zero” is a testament to the man who put our city on the map.
