Who would have ever thought for a minute that a president would cry?And cry because of a girl?Kenya’s founding father,Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, once cried after being rejected by a woman whom he had been eyeing by the name Esther Wanjeri
Jomo Kenyatta had been appointed as the principal for Kenya Teachers Training College (KTTC) in Kiambu County after returning from England in the 1940s.This according to a publication found in the archives.
There, he met a smashing beauty, Wanjeri, who was studying embroidery.
Jomo and the girl’s dad were good friends and he often visited them to have supper since their house was adjacent to the college.
At times, Wanjeri would take food to the future president who often praised her cooking skills because he loved the way she prepared roasted bananas.
Jomo often escorted Wanjeri home after devouring the meal. While they were walking, he would tell her that she was the ideal woman for him and always got turned down.
Wanjeri later married her longtime boyfriend, Kamau, who was a farmer. Jomo became Kenya’s founding president and married Mama Ngina.
Later when jomo met Ngina, he took her to Wanjeri and asked her to teach her how to serve food because she had refused to marry him. She agreed because of their long term friendship.
