The Immortals: Gatundu boy, George Muhoho, was Pope’s private secretary

Mr and Mrs G.K Muhoho at their wedding in 1977

Chief Muhoho Gatheca of Gatundu, Central Kenya, had more than 10 wives. The 11th wife’s (Nyokabi Muhoho’s)first two children; Ngina Muhoho and George Kamau Muhoho, became part of Kenya’s body politic - and the enduring face of the Muhohos:

Chief Muhoho Gathecha: The Revered Patrick McGill of the Catholic Church in Mang’u allowed all of his children to forfeit paying 25cts or three eggs per child as fee after he donated land where Gatitu Primary and Muhoho High School - named in his honour - stands. But the colonialists were not amused that he was Kenyatta’s father-in-law and thus demoted him during the State of Emergency in 1952. He died in 1966 at 84.