But did you know the Sagana State Lodge was one of the 2,500 presents given to Queen Elizabeth II as a leased wedding gift from ‘the people of Kenya’ when she married Prince Philip at ...

President William Ruto is currently touring the Mount Kenya region, and will stay at the historic Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri. We compiled the lodge's photos.

It was in the town that Queen Elizabeth learnt of her enthronement. She had visited Sagana Lodge in 1952 when she learnt of her father, King George VI’s death, and her own accession to the throne.

In 1952, amid the heightened agitation for independence against British colonial rule in Kenya, Queen Elizabeth ... The queen then set out to the Sagana Lodge which was by then a royal residence ...