Nyama choma time: President Uhuru Kenyatta and Kajiado South MP Katoo ole Metito when he joined Maasai leaders for a ceremony at Illaiserr Manyatta in Mbirikani, Kajiado County. [File, Standard]
Nutrition is very important to the health of a president whose personal physician checks on what's on his plate, besides physical health and other medical issues.
Founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, for instance, could not stand sukuma wiki and githeri, according to Elizabeth Madoka, his Social Secretary after independence in 1963.
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