Sister Nyaatha, the nun bringing the world to sleepy Nyeri village

Father Peter Githinji, the coordinator of the Sister Irene Stefani ''Nyaatha''Beatification [right], and a catholic faithful at Mathari Central Chapel Church,place decorations on 23 April 2015, where remains of Sister Irene Stefanie had been preserved since 1995 after exhumation was done at Mathari Cemetery where she was buried on 31 October 1930. [PHOTO/ KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD].

Had it not been for the untimely death of her mother that forced her to take care of her young siblings, life would have no doubt led young Aurelia Mercede Stefani to a different path.

But the caring, strong and dedicated woman of God, popularly known as Sister Irene ‘Nyaatha’ Stefani, decided to retreat to a sleepy village in Nyeri where residents had not even seen, let alone tasted, modern-day sausages.