Ngina Kenyatta

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Ngina Kenyatta , née Muhoho (* 1933 ) is the daughter of Chief Muhoho and his wife Anne Nyokabi Muhoho from Kenya . She was the fourth wife of the future President Jomo Kenyatta since 1951 . Ngina, once the country's first lady, is commonly referred to as Mama Ngina . A street in the center of Nairobi is named after her, as well as a school (the Girl's Secondary School in Mombasa ) and orphanages.

She married Jomo Kenyatta in September 1951. They had four children together:

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

From 1953 to 1959, Ngina could only visit her husband in Lokitaung Prison . She then accompanied him into exile in Lodwar in 1959 , together with two little girls: her daughter Christine Wambui and her stepdaughter Jane Wambui, whose mother Grace Wanjiku Koinange had died in childbed. With independence in 1963, she became First Lady, a role that she played subtly in the background. She was a businesswoman who continued to be on good terms with President Daniel Arap Moi , especially after her husband's death in 1978 .

But she was involved in many social areas, e.g. B. she was the leader of the Kenyan girl scouts or honorary president of "Project Harambee 2000", a major educational project for Africa.

In 1985, the Out of Africa scenes, which take place in Karen Blixen's house, were filmed at her farmhouse in Karen (suburb of Nairobi), which is now a dairy farm . This dairy farm ("Mbagathi") was actually the first house Karen Blixen bought in 1913. In 1917 the Blixens moved into the next house, "Mbogani", today's museum.

Their eldest son Uhuru Kenyatta was the losing presidential candidate in 2002. The second candidacy in 2013 was successful and Uhuru Kenyatta became Kenya's fourth president.

Her brother George Muhoho was or is an influential politician, minister and manager.