Rosendo Ayres Ribeiro (1871 â 2 February 1951) was a Portuguese physician and diplomat.
Ribeiro arrived in Mombasa in May 1889 and later, as Goa was part of the Portuguese Empire, was entitled Vice-Consul of Portugal in Nairobi.
He was KenyaâÂÂs first private medical practitioner and the first to diagnose bubonic plague in this country. Curiously, he used to ride a zebra he tamed to attend his patients' house calls.
Ribeiro is a recipient of the Order of British Empire for the extent of his benevolent works in Kenya.