Kenyans have curiously come out to demand to know more about the country’s First Lady, Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta, the wife of President Uhuru Kenyatta, claiming there is little in the public domain about her.With all their due respect for the office she holds and the role she plays in women empowerment and as a role model to many Kenyans and generally to women across the world, the First Lady has little known to the public apart from her name and the activities she has done since coming into office.
Her Wikipedia page is a stub, only showing that she is the wife Kenya’s 4th President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, and the First Lady of Kenya. The page only indicates that she assumed office after the inauguration of her husband on ninth of April 2013 at Kasarani.
To give her office continuity and independence from herself, the First Lady recently began Tweeting as First Lady Kenya but the account also does not give the public any information.
The curious Kenyans say she holds respectful office in the land as the mother of the country and deserves honor and respect. Kenyans believe they can learn from her by knowing what inspired her, which school she went to among others and it has to be done officially.
As a digital regime, the Kenyans believe it wont be a problem updating the free Wikipedia and they find it ironical the profile of Ngina Kenyatta, aka Mama Ngina, the president’s mum and former First Lady is so detailed even though her reign wasn’t in the age of computers.
Mama Ngina’s Wikipedia page is kinda complete;
The Facebook thread read;
“She is no longer just the president’s wife. She became Mama wa Taifa, and we not only need to know her, but showcase her in line with uplifting our women to be equal in status to the men. I want to say that Mama Ngina Kenyatta was presented better than the way retired president Moi honored his wife. Retired president Kibaki and us left it up to First Lady Lucy Kibaki to define herself and she did a pretty poor job, though I miss her.”“I say that as a Kenyan, I want to Know more about the Lady who epitomizes the Kenyan woman. Take a look at First Lady Michelle Obama’s Wikipedia information and you will see what I mean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama. So I ask, who is going to showcase First Lady Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta beautifully and officially for us. I want to know her age, early childhood, romantic days with President Uhuru Kenyatta including wedding, education na kadhalika. And yes, knowing this is synonymous with knowing Lady Liberty, as both epitomizes the freedom of expression. Remember that updating Wikipedia is free and easy. So ladies, you first, but if you cannot do it. just give me the information and I will. Ni hayo tu ya leo. Today I want to display an ignorance I have, or lack thereof. I admit, I know very little about Kenya’s First Lady, Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta. Here is all I found in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Gakuo_Kenyatta. I know nothing about Margaret Kenyatta and she doesn’t seem to want people to know much about her. Everything that I stated in my previous comment is information in the public domain for anyone curious enough to find
To be quite honest, I had no clue that Our 4th President had a wife and kids….She is so private!!