The untold story of Annrita, daughter of reformed bank robber John Kiriamiti

She is the daughter to renowned author and reformed bank robber John Kiriamiti and like her father, Annrita Kiriamiti is walking her way into fame, a different way. While narrating her story, the budding actress, author and script writer opens up about her life, passion and aspirations and the challenges of being a Kiriamiti.

Two questions I have had to answer all my life, two questions as inevitable as the break of dawn; I have had to get accustomed to my answers. “Yes, that Kiriamiti,” is almost always followed by, “No, Milly is not my mother.”

I am Annrita Kiriamiti, daughter of reformed bank robber and renowned author, John Kiriamiti! I wasn’t always aware I had a famous dad. I grew up in a house full of books and was familiar to the fact that my father was an author. Names such as Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Mwangi Gicheru were common in our household and I knew to speak of them with lots of respect and admiration. What wasn’t quite clear to a younger me was the position my father played in all of this. I did not understand for instance, why white men regularly visited our home from all parts of the world to see this very simple man.