Around Africa on a Motorcycle team in their past adventure.
Seven highly motivated Kenyan motorcycle riders will be embarking on a 5-month ride around the Coastline of Africa on an adventure with purpose.
The team will set off on December 12, from Nairobi with the aim of riding through 40 countries and taking the Kenyan Flag to the four extreme points of the African continent.
From Kenya, the team will go upwards to Xaafuun (Hafun) Point, Somalia to Africa’s easternmost point then go Southwards to Cape Agulhas in South Africa.
From there, they will head on to the Cape Almadi in Senegal and finalize the trip at the Al-Ghiran Point in Tunisia which is the Northernmost point of the continent.
Led by Rev Nick Korir, the team comprises Havana Gari, Moses Nderitu, Kairu Mbuthia, Blixen Nderitu, Leonard Nyamunga and Sammy Kiumbe.
The ‘Around Africa on Motorcycle Concept’ idea was first mooted four years ago.
They will also be joined along the route by bikers from the different countries they will pass through in celebration of the African biker community.
The team has already been commissioned to be goodwill and peace ambassadors of Kenya to the continent of Africa; by His Excellency the Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya on December 2 at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre during the 60th Anniversary of Kenya’s Diplomatic Journey Celebrations.
“Our mission is two-fold: to celebrate the beauty and diversity of our continent as we fund-raise to establish the LOGOS Endowment Fund in support the education of underprivileged Youth in Kenya to break the cycle of poverty through transformational education,” says Nick Korir.
For Nick, these two passions resonate deeply with him, merging his love for the Youth of Africa and Adventure Motorcycling.
They have been in preparation for this ride 2 years, now.
“The last couple of months have been intense as we prepare
ourselves mentally for by logistically walking through each day of this
historic trip; physically, to ensure our bodies are in the right form and
emotionally by depositing relational capital in our families because we will be
away for a long time,” says Nick.
This is the third time that Korir, who is also the Senior
Pastor at the Nairobi Chapel will be embarking on a ride like this.
In December 2013, together with a group of other bikers,
they set off from Nairobi to Cape Town over 50 days totaling up 10,000kms and
late on; Ride 47, a tour across Kenya on bike with a mission to ‘Educate Kenya,
County by County’.
