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Jomo Kenyatta

AKA Kamau wa Ngengi

Born: 20-Oct-1892
Birthplace: Ichaweri, Gatundu, Kenya
Died: 22-Aug-1978
Location of death: Mombasa, Kenya
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Jomo Kenyatta Mausoleum, Nairobi, Kenya

Gender: Male
Religion: Christian
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State, Politician, Activist

Nationality: Kenya
Executive summary: President of Kenya, 1964-78

Father: Muigai
Mother: Wambui
Brother: James Muigai (stepbrother)
Wife: Grace Wahu (m. 1919)
Wife: Edna Clarke (m. 11-May-1942)
Wife: Grace Wanjiku (m. Sep-1946, d. 1950, childbirth)
Wife: Ngina Muhoho (m. Sep-1951)
Son: Peter Muigai Kenyatta (b. 20-Nov-1920, by Grace Wahu)
Daughter: Margaret Wambui (by Grace Wahu)
Son: Peter Magana (b. 11-Aug-1943, by Edna)
Daughter: Jane Wambui (b. 1950, by Grance Wanjiku)
Daughter: Christine Uhuru (b. Sep-1952, by Ngina Muhoho)
Daughter: Anna Nyokabi (by Ngina Muhoho)
Son: Muhoho (by Ngina Muhoho)

    University: Quaker College, Woodbrooke, Birmingham, England
    University: Moscow University
    University: University College London
    University: London School of Economics
    Administrator: Kenya Teachers College, Githunguri, Kenya

    President of Kenya (1964-78)
    Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-64)
    Converted to Christianity 1914
    Exiled Lodwar, Kenya 1959
    Heart Attack 1966
    Heart Attack Apr-1977
    Conspiracy 20-Oct-1952
    Kenyan Ancestry

Author of books:
Facing Mount Kenya: The Tribal Life of the Gikuyu (1938, social studies)


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