Ngina Kenyatta

Ngina Kenyatta, born Muhoho ( born 1933 ) is a daughter of Chief Muhoho and his wife Anne Nyokabi Muhoho from Kenya. She was fourth wife since 1951 President Jomo Kenyatta. Ngina, once the First Lady of the country is generally only called Mama Ngina. A street in the center of Nairobi is named after her, also a school ( the Girl's Secondary School in Mombasa ) and orphanages.

She married in September 1951 Jomo Kenyatta. Together they had four children:

• Kristina Wambui Kenyatta - Pratt ( b. 1952 )
• Uhuru Kenyatta ( b. 1961 )
• Anna Nyokabi and
• Muhoho Kenyatta (born 1964 ).

From 1953 to 1959 Ngina could visit her husband only in the prison of Lokitaung. Then accompanied him into exile in 1959 to Lodwar, together with two little girls: her daughter Christine Wambui and her step-daughter Jane Wambui, whose mother had died in childbirth Grace Wanjiku Koinange. With independence in 1963 she was First Lady, a role that she played discreetly in the background. She was especially after the death of her husband in 1978 a businesswoman with continued good relations with President Daniel arap Moi.

However, they became involved in many social areas, such as she was the leader of the Kenyan Girl Scouts or Honorary President of "Project Harambee 2000 ", a large educational project for Africa.

In 1985, in her farm house in Karen (a suburb of Nairobi ), which is a dairy farm today, and scenes in Out of Africa, the play house in Karen Blixen. This dairy farm ( " Mbagathi " ) was actually the first house that Karen Blixen had acquired in 1913. 1917 attracted Blixen then in the next house, " Mbogani ", today's museum.

Their eldest son, Uhuru Kenyatta was the defeated presidential candidate in 2002. The second candidacy in 2013 was successful, and Uhuru Kenyatta was the fourth President of Kenya.

Her brother George Muhoho was or is an influential politicians, ministers and managers.

• Spouse of a head of state or government
• Kenyans
• Born in 1933
• Woman
• Jomo Kenyatta