Weteithie got the name after Mzee Jomo Kenyatta gave a parcel of land to some of his female dancers - telling them to help themselves (Witeithie in Kikuyu).
Almost every city dweller seems to have picked up mountaineering as a new hobby, whether they are starting with a seven-hour hike on Ngong Hills and finishing with a week on Mt Kenya or Mt.
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As the rest of Kenya woke up last Saturday to celebrate 57 years since the country conquered colonial rule, an eight-year-old girl was conquering the mountain that gave Kenya its name.
Elsie Akeyo reached Point Lenana, the highest point a person can reach on Mt Kenya without requiring specialised gear and training, at around 7.20am that day, completing a gruelling task that had taken months of preparation.
“We had fun,” an elated Elsie told the Sunday Nation earlier this week. “The experience was nice. Mt Kenya was very lovely.”
Her 10-year-old brother Darwin Dulo had reached the summit minutes earlier than her, and these two siblings with a gigantic passion for hiking have lifelong memories of their encounter with Africa’s second tallest mountain.