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Automobile Association of Kenya |
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The AA of Kenya is one of the oldest establishments in Kenya. It was founded in 1919 by Lionel Douglas Galton Fenzi as the Royal East Africa Automobile Association. The first chairman was the then Governor of Kenya, Sir Edward Northey, while Fenzi served as the Honorary Secretary until his death on May 15th 1937.
Its objectives and aims were to promote and safeguard the interests of motorists by providing information and advise about the purchase, maintenance and repair of vehicles, negotiating attractive insurance premiums, road mapping and the setting up of petrol depots.
In 1923, Galton Fenzi started negotiating for loan cars so that they could be tested under East African conditions. He received several vehicles, notably among them a Riley 12/50 from the Riley Motor Car Co. Ltd of Coventry,which was used by Fenzi and Captain Gethin to pioneer a route from Nairobi to Mombasa in January 1926, a distance of 300 miles. He also pioneered the Nairobi Dare-salaam to Malawi route, and the Nairobi Khartoum route.
The membership of the Association had risen to 2000 by 1925, but the effects of the second world war reduced the membership to 1,189 by 1939 and 753 by 1946.
To diversify its services, the Association started operating a driving school in 1962. A ford Anglia was used and the idea of it being used was by the late M.A.S Northcorte and other former British army men. The Driving school has become one of the most respected in the continent for its strictness and in depth curricular geared towards responsible driving.
At the moment the Association has 60,000 members and branch offices in all major towns countrywide. Internationally it is affiliated with the Federation Internationale De L'Automobile (FIA) which represents over a 100 million members worldwide.
Contact:
P.O. Box 40087, Nairobi - 00100.
Head Office Tel: 825060-6 ,6750751-5,0722205106, 0733620966
Emergency Nos: 825067,825294,825293, 0720227267, 0734611049
Fax No: 825068, 825119
E-mail address: aakenya@wananchi.com
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