Naivasha 'haunted' by the sins of its founders 127 years ago

Fort House in Naivasha around 1900. [File, Standard]

Could it be that the chaotic madness that seizes motorists driving past Naivasha to and from Nairobi is grounded in history? Is there also a possibility that the ghosts of the town's founders still inspire fun lovers, who at times indulge in debauchery?

A peek into Naivasha's history reveals a place plagued by natural and man-made calamities even though aristocrats who gave it character have been dismissed by historian John Lonsdale as a bunch of murderers, adulterers and drunkards who were escaping the European winter.