Ichaweri, village where Uhuru played football, danced with market women

The Kenyattas' Ichaweri home

• The Kenyatta’s Ichaweri home is where Kenya’s national anthem was chosen by 600 school children
• According to a neighbour, even though Uhuru was restricted from moving outside the gate, he would sneak out to play football

Ichaweri is a small village along Kenyatta Road in Gatundu South, Kiambu County. It is the rural home of two of Kenya’s presidents, Uhuru and his father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. The old Kenyatta preferred State House in Nairobi to the noisy crickets in his shags, which he often complained of reminding him of the colonialists.

The largest residential pad in Ichaweri is of course the home of the Kenyattas, its V-shaped entrance flanked by the coat of arms and two lions on either side, besides uniformed security detail.