Ngina Kenyatta, popularly known as "Mama Ngina", is the former First Lady of Kenya.
10 Facts About Ngina Kenyatta
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Ngina Kenyatta is the widow of Kenya's first president, Jomo Kenyatta, and mother of the fourth president Uhuru Kenyatta who served from 2013 to 2022.
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Mama Ngina was born Ngina Muhoho to Chief Muhoho wa Gathecha and Anne Nyokabi Muhoho at Ngenda, Kiambu District, Central Province in 1933.
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Ngina Kenyatta married Jomo Kenyatta as his fourth wife in 1951, a union characterised as a "gift" to Kenyatta from his ethnic group, the Kikuyu.
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Ngina Kenyatta often accompanied him in public and had some streets in Nairobi and Mombasa, as well as a Children's Home, named after her.
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Mama Ngina Kenyatta became a Roman Catholic, and was known to attend Mass every Sunday in the Catholic mission with some of their children.
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Ngina Kenyatta became one of the richest individuals in Kenya, owning plantations, ranches, and hotels.
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The report stated that the Ngina Kenyatta family had offshore investments including a company with assets worth at least $30 million.
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Uhuru Ngina Kenyatta unsuccessfully ran for president as President Moi's preferred successor in 2002 and became Kenya's fourth President.
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Mama Ngina is step-mother to Kenyatta's other three children, two by his first wife and one by the second.