Beyond the usual hullabaloo that surrounds every February 14, Sahara Group has over the years continuously advocated for the entire month to be an opportunity to focus on a cause that promotes sustainable development either by championing climate change or girls in science, tackling substance abuse, increasing cancer awareness and taking global action against COVID-19. Chiemelie Ezeobi reports
Love tickles and tingles every February, especially on the 14th. Grand plans are made to mark the day, usually with high hopes of cementing the bond of love – that elusive and intriguing four-letter word that elicits tears and heart-breaks in equal measure. Beyond the conventional way Valentines Day is celebrated globally, energy conglomerate, Sahara Group happens to have spun a new love ballad that enjoins people across the globe to share love beyond the 14th – to make every February an opportunity to focus on a cause that promotes sustainable development.
The Kenyatta family lineage
Uhuru was a privileged child whose early life was spent at State House.
Kenya s first President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta married four wives, Grace Wahu, Edna Clarke, Grace Wanjiku and Mama Ngina. His children included President Uhuru Kenyatta, by his fourth and youngest wife, Ngina. Little is known about Kenyatta s other wives and children. His eldest son Peter Muigai Kenyatta by first wife Grace Wahu was born in 1920 and died in October 1979, barely a year after his father s demise on August 22, 1978.
Peter Muigai Kenyatta was a prominent businessman in his own right and followed his father s footsteps into politics, getting elected the MP for Juja, a constituency neighbouring that of his father s Gatundu constituency. His father subsequently appointed him Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs.