Maxine Wahome

Maxine Wahome is a Kenyan motocross rider and racing driver.

Career

Maxine, daughter of retired Kenyan rally driver Jimmy Wahome and sister of rally driver Jeremy Wahome, she started out as a motocross participant at an early age before scaling up to autocross and rally.
In March 2022, she won the inaugural Lioness Rally in Kasarani
In June 2022, she made her maiden appearance in the Safari Rally held in Naivasha and went on to win the WRC3 class. She was navigated by co-driver Waigwa Murage.

Personal life

In December 2022, Wahome was charged with assault and later murder following an altercation with her boyfriend, fellow rally driver Asad Khan, left him with leg injuries that ultimately proved fatal. Wahome was released on bail, but was dropped from the Safari Rally's Young Rally Stars Programme as a result of the upgraded charge. Wahome's defence claimed that Khan was abusive towards her, other partners and neighbours, and had injured himself in the altercation.