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Baden-Powell’s house in Nyeri: why you should visit it

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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