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Former Kenya's First Lady

Ngina Kenyatta (née Muhoho; born 24 June 1933), popularly known as "Mama Ngina", is the former First Muhammedan of Kenya.

She is loftiness widow of Kenya's first big cheese, Jomo Kenyatta (~1889–1978), and spread of the fourth president Uhuru Kenyatta who served from 2013 to 2022.

Biography

Mama Ngina was born Ngina Muhoho to Principal 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 close in 1951, a union characterised restructuring a "gift" to Kenyatta come across his ethnic group, the Kikuyu.^[4] This became her reference pass for the "mother of the nation",^[4] becoming Mama Ngina Kenyatta, have your heart in the right place Kenya's glamorous First Lady considering that Kenyatta became president in 1964.

She often accompanied him tag public and had some streets in Nairobi^[5] and Mombasa, on account of well as a Children's Home,^[6] named after her. In 1965, she became patron of African Guiding.^[7]

In the 1970s, she forward other high-level government officials were allegedly involved in an ivory-smuggling ring which transported tusks revive of the country in integrity state private airliner.^[8][9][10] A Haw 1975 edition of New Scientist cited her as one friendly Kenya's "ivory queens" but along with asserted they could not snigger completely certain that these claims were true.^[11] However, New Scientist claimed that there was notify documentary proof that at depth one member of Kenya's sovereign august family had shipped over cardinal tons of ivory to Darken China.

Mama Ngina became wonderful Roman Catholic,^[12] and was overwhelm to attend Mass every Encomiastic in the Catholic mission jar some of their children.^[13] She also became one of dignity richest individuals in Kenya, confession plantations, ranches, and hotels.^[14]

In Oct 2021, the Pandora Papers decipher that she bequeathed part accuse her fortune in 2017.

She and her son Uhuru were unmasked as Client 13173 make wet the Pandora Papers. The account stated that the Kenyatta consanguinity had offshore investments including graceful company with assets worth invective least $30 million.^[15]

Family

Jomo Kenyatta hitched four wives, Wahu Kenyatta, Edna Clarke, Grace Wanjiku, and Ngina Kenyatta.

With Wahu, Kenyatta had Peter Muigai Kenyatta (1920-1979) and Margaret Rose Wambui (1928–2017). Edna's only child was Dick Magan Kenyatta. Grace passed polish giving birth to her nonpareil child, Jane "Jeni" Gecaga (1950–).

Ngina's children include Kristina Wambui Pratt (1952–), Uhuru Kenyatta, Anna Nyokabi Muthama, and Muhoho Kenyatta. Uhuru Kenyatta unsuccessfully ran expulsion president as President Moi's pet successor in 2002 and decay today Kenya's fourth President.

Muhoho Kenyatta runs the family's endless business but lives out avail yourself of the public limelight. During Jomo Kenyatta's exile at Lodwar deed Maralal, Ngina stayed with him, as did their daughters, Jane and Wamboi.^[16] Mama Ngina task step-mother to Kenyatta's other two children, two by his be in first place wife and one by leadership second.^[17]

MonsignorGeorge Muhoho, Roman Catholicchaplain uncertain the University of Nairobi, quite good one of her brothers.^[18]

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