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Trick Kenyatta’s drivers used to exceed speed limit

Kenya’s first President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was so keen on a number of things and one of them was the speed limit of his car.

His limit was 40km/h and anything above this would guarantee his drivers a tongue-lashing.

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