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Baden Powell Cottage in Nyeri. Photo: WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD
NYERI COUNTY: In 1939 after his retirement, writer, artist and the founder of the International Scouting Movement Robert Baden-Powell moved to a cottage he had commissioned in Nyeri and lived in the single-roomed house he named Paxtu.
The cottage, which was incorporated into Outspan Hotel, now serves as a scouting museum.
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