For Stella, the annual Easter holidays were not complete without Safari Rally, or Safo, as it was commonly known. Childhood dreamSince childhood, Stella wanted to be a rally driver after seeing vehicles in action zoom past her during world rally championships in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Advertisement“Whenever I saw the Safari Rally cars wading their way through dusty or muddy roads, I would get excited as I cheered them on,” says the enthusiast who now farms in Kirinyaga. Bought a Subaru ImprezaIn 2010, she bought a Subaru Impreza and, in 2011, decided to take the driver’s seat– making a debut in an all-ladies Safari Rally team. “I was an official in the 2019 KCB Meru rally and most importantly worked in the Nairobi headquarters during the test run for the World Rally Championship comeback,” she says.

Source: Daily Nation August 12, 2020 04:52 UTC