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Greatest wish of nurse who helped Mama Ngina deliver Uhuru Kenyatta

Fridah Shivonje, 86-year-old nurse helped in the delivery of Uhuru Kenyatta. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

At 86 years old, despite being stooped and frail with age, Fridah Shivonje is mentally alert and very articulate.

Shivonje shot to the national limelight in 2017 following the revelation that she was the nurse who helped Mama Ngina Kenyatta deliver a baby boy at the Aga Khan hospital on October 26, 1961.

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