Which country is margaret kenyatta from
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Inside Margaret Kenyatta's Secretive, Powerful Family
Kenya's First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta, comes from a very powerful family that has had a deep influence in most government institutions.
Margaret, who attracted global accolades through her Beyond Zero Campaign, a countrywide grassroots health initiative aimed at zeroing maternal demises, and the First Lady Marathon, is now the leading figure extending her family's legacy.
The alumnus of Kianda School is married to President Uhuru Kenyatta and together they have three kids, Jomo, Jaba Muhoho, and Ngina Kenyatta.
A File Photo of Maina Gakuo and His Sister Margaret Kenyatta
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Her Brother
Margaret has only one elder brother known as Maina Gakuo. Although he has kept a low profile, he has been mentioned on a number of occasions.
To prove just how influential he is, President Uhuru revealed that he met his wife Margaret through him.
Maina and Uhuru attended the same school, St Mary's High School, and that is how he coincidentally met Margaret and their love stars started aligning.
"I first met her brother
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Meet the Gakuo family that gave Kenya her third First Lady - Margaret Kenyatta
Dr Njuguna Gakuo, father of First Lady Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta, was the first African managing director of Kenya Railways after taking over from GPG Mackay in 1964.
That was three years after he returned from Germany, where he taught for a year after graduating with a PhD in Economics from Frelberg University in 1960. He also taught African studies for three years at Delhi University after earning his BA and MA degrees in Commerce from the Delhi School of Business in 1955.
Dr Gakuo did not return from Deutschland with only a doctorate, but a German wife as well, the mother of Margaret and his brother, Maina Gakuo.
Dr E Njuguna Gakuo: The alumnus of Alliance High School was the secretary of the East African Tobacco Company before he was appointed Director General of the East African Railways & Harbours during the Africanisation programme in September 1964, a post he held for 12 years to 1976.
It was during his tenure at Kenya Railways that in 1965, he sourced PS13 million (about Sh1.8 billion at
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Margaret Kenyatta
Former First Lady of Kenya (2013–2022)
For her husband's halfsister with the same name, see Margaret Kenyatta (mayor).
Margaret Kenyatta | |
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Kenyatta in August 2018 | |
| In role 9 April 2013 – 13 September 2022 | |
| President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
| Preceded by | Lucy Kibaki |
| Succeeded by | Rachel Ruto |
| Born | Margaret Wanjiru Gakuo (1964-04-08) 8 April 1964 (age 60) |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta (born 8 April 1964) is a Kenyan educator who served as First Lady of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. She is the wife of Uhuru Kenyatta, the immediate former Kenyan president.
Biography
Margaret Wanjiru Gakuo was born on 8 April 1964 to a Kenyan father, Njuguna Gakuo, a former director of the Kenya Railways Corporation, and a German mother, Magdalena.[1] She attended Kianda School, St. Andrews School in Molo, Kenya, and received a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University.[1]
Social activism
Kenyatta has voiced her opinion on a number of social issues in Keny
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