Ngina Kenyatta

1933 (age 45)

She is the widow of the country"s first president, Jomo Kenyatta (~1889–1978), and also the mother of President Uhuru Kenyatta. This became her reference as the "mother of the nation", becoming Mama Ngina Kenyatta, independent Kenya"s glamorous First Lady when Kenyatta became President in 1963. She often accompanied him in public, and had some streets in Nairobi and Mombasa, as well as a Children"s Home, named after her. In 1965, she became patron of Kenyan Guiding. In the 1970s, she and other high-level government officials were allegedly involved in an ivory-smuggling ring which transported tusks out of the country in the state private airliner. A May 1975 edition of New Scientist cited her as one of Kenya"s "ivory queens" but also asserted they could not be completely certain that these claims were true. She also became one of the richest individuals in Kenya, owning plantations, ranches, and hotels. She currently leads a quiet life in Kenya as a wealthy widow. She bore Kenyatta four children: Kristina Wamboi (born 1952), Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 1961), Anna Nyokabi Muthama née Kenyatta (also known as Jeni, born May 1963) and Muhoho Kenyatta (born 1964). Her son Uhuru, the senior Kenyatta"s political heir, unsuccessfully ran for president as President Moi"s preferred successor in 2002 and is today the Kenyan fourth President. Muhoho Kenyatta runs the family"s vast business but lives out of the public limelight.

Ngina Kenyatta

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Mama Ngina was born Ngina Muhoho, daughter of Chief Muhoho wa Gathecha, Kiambu District, Central Province.

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She is the widow of the country"s first president, Jomo Kenyatta (~1889–1978), and also the mother of President Uhuru Kenyatta. This became her reference as the "mother of the nation", becoming Mama Ngina Kenyatta, independent Kenya"s glamorous First Lady when Kenyatta became President in 1963. She often accompanied him in public, and had some streets in Nairobi and Mombasa, as well as a Children"s Home, named after her.

In 1965, she became patron of Kenyan Guiding.

In the 1970s, she and other high-level government officials were allegedly involved in an ivory-smuggling ring which transported tusks out of the country in the state private airliner. A May 1975 edition of New Scientist cited her as one of Kenya"s "ivory queens" but also asserted they could not be completely certain that these claims were true.

She also became one of the richest individuals in Kenya, owning plantations, ranches, and hotels. She currently leads a quiet life in Kenya as a wealthy widow.

She bore Kenyatta four children: Kristina Wamboi (born 1952), Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 1961), Anna Nyokabi Muthama née Kenyatta (also known as Jeni, born May 1963) and Muhoho Kenyatta (born 1964).

Her son Uhuru, the senior Kenyatta"s political heir, unsuccessfully ran for president as President Moi"s preferred successor in 2002 and is today the Kenyan fourth President. Muhoho Kenyatta runs the family"s vast business but lives out of the public limelight.

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However, New Scientist claimed that there was now documentary proof that at least one member of Kenya"s royal family had shipped over six tons of ivory to Red China.

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