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Grace Wahu Kenyatta (1897 – April 2007) was the first wife of Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya. Records indicate that Wahu married Kenyatta, then known as Johnstone Kamau, around 1917 or 1919. She had two children with Jomo Kenyatta: Peter Muigai Kenyatta (1922–1979) and Margaret Wambui Kenyatta (1928–2017). Grace Wahu died in ...
Mama Ngina was born Ngina Muhoho to Chief Muhoho wa Gathecha and Anne Nyokabi Muhoho at Ngenda, Kiambu District, Central Province in 1933 . [1] [2] [3] She married Jomo Kenyatta as his fourth wife in 1951, a union characterised as a "gift" to Kenyatta from his ethnic group, the Kikuyu. [4]
Jomo Kenyatta [a] CGH (c. 1897 – 22 August 1978) ... On his arrival in Mombasa, Kenyatta was greeted by his first wife, Grace Wahu and their children. [174]
In 1919, Jomo Kenyatta met and married his first wife Grace Wahu, according to Kikuyu tradition.When it became apparent that Grace was pregnant, his church elders ordered him to get married before a European magistrate, and also undertake the appropriate religious rites.
Margaret Wambui Kenyatta (16 February 1928 – 5 April 2017) was a Kenyan politician. She was the daughter of the first President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, and his wife Grace Wahu. She served as the mayor of Nairobi from 1970 to 1976 and as Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1976 to 1986. [1]
Jomo Kenyatta Peter Mbiyu Koinange [ 1 ] (1907 – 3 September 1981) was a politician from Kenya . He served in the government and cabinet of Jomo Kenyatta , Kenya's first president, for 16 years.
Uhuru Kenyatta was born on 26 October 1961, to the first president of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, and his fourth wife, Mama Ngina Kenyatta (née Muhoho). The second born in the family, he has two sisters, Christine (born 1953), Anna Nyokabi (born 1963) and a brother, Muhoho Kenyatta (born 1965).
Daniel arap Moi and his wife Lena Moi separated in 1974. [2] However, they remained married until her death on 22 July 2004. [2] [3] Ngina reportedly retained her first lady status even after the death of her husband in 1978. Official papers and statements released by the Kenyan government identified Lena Moi as the country's "second first lady ...