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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.
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