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Onkar Rai and Dawe Gareth at Kedong in the 2019 Safari Rally FIA African Rally Championship, in Naivasha. [File]

With a new Service Park, billed as the biggest in World Rally Championship circuit, a media-friendly rally route in the scenic tourist hub of Naivasha that is sure to throw up thrilling contests among speed merchants and car manufacturers, Kenya is pulling all the stops to host a Safari Rally in June.

Acclaimed as the world’s toughest rally before it was stripped of its WRC status in 2002, the Safari Rally promises to be an intriguing event on its return to African soil on July 24-27 if the challenging sections are anything to go by.

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