Rahab Wangui Ng’ang’a died peacefully in her bedroom at her son’s house at Thakwa in Githunguri on July 11, 2009. Her year of birth, registered on the ID card she received in 1979 indicated that she was born in 1884. Her oldest child was born in 1917, and her youngest in 1936.
Her year of birth was based on information she gave then about her riika (age group) and on the events of her childhood she could speak clearly about. Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s first president, was born in 1889.
In Kenya, women were first issued with IDs in 1978 when she was 94.
She must have had amazing years. R. I. P
Posted by Sibbie | 26/07/09, 9:41 AMMay our good lord lord grant you a peaceful rest. I wish to be just 100 years.
Posted by Kenyan | 05/08/09, 9:31 AMMy grandmother Hannah Wanjiku Kimani was born in 1890 and died on 12/5/2012 when she was 122. May almighty God rest her soul in peace
Posted by Alex njenga | 18/05/12, 1:40 PM