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Charm and fairy tales of ‘toughest rally’

Rally driver Lucille Cardwell and Jill lead climbing Athi River during East African Safari Rally in March 1964. [File, The Standard]

The Safari Rally is a motorsport race in Kenya.

It was first held from May 27 to 1 June, 1953 as the East African Coronation Safari in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, as a celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

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