Safari_ni_Safari
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anao wengi tuu ikumbukwe Mama Ngina alikuwa mke wa nne wa Jomo Kenyatta! Nashindwa kuelewa kwanini watoto wengine hawatajwi?
In 1919 Jomo Kenyatta married Grace Wahu, under Kikuyu customs. When Grace got pregnant, his church elders ordered him to get married before a European magistrate, and undertake the appropriate church rites. On 20 November 1920 Kenyatta's first son Peter Muigai, was born. He eventually married Grace Wahu in a civil ceremony in 1922. Grace Wahu lived in the Dagoretti home until her death in April 2007 at the age of around 100.Kenyatta had two children from his first marriage with Grace Wahu: son Peter Muigai Kenyatta (born 1920), who later became a deputy minister; and daughter Margaret Kenyatta (born 1928). Margaret served as mayor of Nairobi between 1970–76 and then as Kenya's ambassador to the United Nations from 1976-86. Grace Wahu died in April 2007. He had one son, Peter Magana Kenyatta (born 1943) from his short marriage with Edna Clarke. His third wife, Grace Wanjiku, died when giving birth in 1950. Daughter Jane Wambui survived. His fourth wife, the best known due to her role as First Lady, was Ngina Kenyatta (née Muhoho), also known as Mama Ngina. She often accompanied him in public and also has some streets in Nairobi and Mombasa named after her. She bore Kenyatta four children: Christine Wambui (born 1952), Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 1961)now Kenya's president (as of 9 March 2013), Anna Nyokabi (also known as Jeni) and Muhoho Kenyatta (born 1964). Mama Ngina lives quietly as a wealthy widow in Kenya.