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Kenyatta, Margaret (1928—)

Kenyan activist and politician . Born Margaret Wambui Kenyatta in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1928; only daughter and one of two children of Jomo Kenyatta (1891–1978, nationalist, politician, and first president of Kenya) and his first wife,Nyokabi ; attended Ruthimitu Primary School; attended Church of Scotland Mission School, Kikuyu; attended the Alliance High School; never married; no children.

The daughter of Jomo Kenyatta, the controversial nationalist who was the driving force in the liberation of Kenya from British rule and the country's first president, Margaret Kenyatta inherited her father's toughness and charisma and followed him into politics. She was born in 1928 and raised in the Dagoretti area of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and has vivid memories of her famous father: "I can remember the crowds of people who used to visit him at home, and I often used to make him play with me and he held me up in front of the people and they all laughed." After high school, Margaret took a teaching post at Githunguri College, where her father was pr

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Margaret Kenyatta (1928-2017)

Margaret Wambui Kenyatta was born on 16 of February 1928 in Nairobi. She was sister to Peter Muigai Kenyatta and daughter to Grace Wahu and the first President of the Republic of Kenya, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. Margaret was educated at Alliance High school in Kikuyu and later on went to Kenya Teachers Training College in Githunguri, 1948-52. She worked as a telephone operator and bookkeeper, before joining KANU on its formation in 1960. Margaret was then elected as KANU Kiambu branch Assistant Secretary and later Secretary, serving from 1961 to 1962. During the period, she also doubled up as a Women’s Wing Leader and Chairperson for Kenya Women’s Seminar. In 1963, she was elected to Nairobi City Council as a councillor representing Dagoretti.

Women's organisations

Margaret was elected President of Kenya National Council of Women (KNCW) when it was first inaugurated in 1963. The inauguration meeting was to be attended by representatives from the foremost women’s bodies, such as the East African Women’s League, Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (women’s developmen

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Margaret Kenyatta (mayor)

Kenyan politician

Margaret Wambui Kenyatta (16 February 1928 – 5 April 2017) was a Kenyan politician. She was the daughter of the first President of Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta, and his wife Grace Wahu. She served as the mayor of Nairobi from 1970 to 1976 and as Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1976 to 1986.^[1] She was thereafter appointed as a Commissioner with the Electoral Commission of Kenya from 1992 to 2002.

Early life

Margaret Kenyatta was born in Pumwani Maternity Hospital in the Kenyan capital Nairobi,^[2] to Jomo Kenyatta, a Kenyan politician who later became Kenya's first president, and his first wife Grace Wahu.^[3] She was one of two children born to Kenyatta and Wahu, after elder brother Peter Muigai.^[4]

By the time Margaret was born, her father was already a political activist. He was the Secretary General of the Kikuyu Central Association (KCA) that had been formed to fight for the return of African lands that had been forcefully taken by the colonialists. In 1929,