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When Easter was incomplete without Safari, the ‘world’s toughest rally’

Jonathan Toroitich on the wheel [File, Standard]

The passing of Jonathan Toroitich Moi yesterday evokes nostalgic memories of the Kenyan Easter that was not complete without the staging of the legendary Safari Rally.

Held every year to coincide with the Easter holiday as a leg of the World Rally Championship until 2002, the Safari Rally as it was known, bred cult heroes and captured the imagination of the nation at a scale that is yet to be matched.

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